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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    :shock: You have to explain yourself when you miss class??? Brutal!

    If I want it to be excused, yes. Unless the professor doesn't give a fuck.... see art history :lol:
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    :shock: You have to explain yourself when you miss class??? Brutal!

    If I want it to be excused, yes. Unless the professor doesn't give a fuck.... see art history :lol:
    Wow, they are strict. :lol:
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Wow, they are strict. :lol:
    high school aint college but getting closer. in canada can you just not show up?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited May 2013
    chadwick wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Wow, they are strict. :lol:
    high school aint college but getting closer. in canada can you just not show up?
    Of course. They're adults, they can do what they want. If they feel like they don't need to go to class, that's their business, for better or worse. Some professors have participation marks for tutorials (as opposed to lectures), and if you don't show up you don't get those marks, but that's it.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Wow, they are strict. :lol:
    high school aint college but getting closer. in canada can you just not show up?
    Of course. They're adults, they can do what they want. If they feel like they don't need to go to class, that's their business, for better or worse. Some professors have participation marks, and if you don't show up you don't get those marks, but that's it.

    Want to know why we do it?

    It's for kids that use financial aid and never show up to class.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Of course. They're adults, they can do what they want. If they feel like they don't need to go to class, that's their business, for better or worse. Some professors have participation marks for tutorials (as opposed to lectures), and if you don't show up you don't get those marks, but that's it.
    high schoolers is who I was meaning
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    high school aint college but getting closer. in canada can you just not show up?
    Of course. They're adults, they can do what they want. If they feel like they don't need to go to class, that's their business, for better or worse. Some professors have participation marks, and if you don't show up you don't get those marks, but that's it.

    Want to know why we do it?

    It's for kids that use financial aid and never show up to class.
    Well if they don't pass they'll lose the aid anyhow... Anyway, I'm glad that's not how it works here! Half of my classes were a complete waste of my time. I could miss half of them (sometimes more like 90% of them!) and still get a good grade, so why waste my time? One course I took, I went to the first one and never showed up again. I just slid my assignments under the prof's door when they were due. And then I showed up to the final exam (where everyone looked at me like "who the fuck are you?". I got a B. :thumbup:
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    chadwick wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Of course. They're adults, they can do what they want. If they feel like they don't need to go to class, that's their business, for better or worse. Some professors have participation marks for tutorials (as opposed to lectures), and if you don't show up you don't get those marks, but that's it.
    high schoolers is who I was meaning
    Oh... well, that was trickier. You could get in trouble for skipping too much. I was lucky in that my mom was a teacher and my dad a principal, so all the teachers and principals knew my parents and liked them and didn't want to embarrass them, so I could pretty much do what I wanted. I think I missed 100 classes in grade 12. :fp: .... Still got a scholarship though. I guess that's really it. If i'd been doing poorly, they would have cared. But since I was getting good grades, I guess they figured it didn't matter if I skipped class a lot.
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    I don't use any aid, so I'm exempt from it.

    :P
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Huh... I think you can miss 3 days at my high school before they didn't allow you to walk at graduation.

    I dunno, I never had an unexcused absence in high school
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    When I took my horse psychology courses, I only went on field exercises, skipped all the actual classes, studied my own horses, and wrote my papers as needed... Other than that, I was never in class. I graduated top of my class with my best friend at the time! Hahaha. But then again, being raised forcing my way into other people's stables didn't hurt any!! Lmao
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    I don't use any aid, so I'm exempt from it.

    :P
    That's good!
    I just figure, as long as students are passing the courses, why should they care if they attend class? :willshrug:
    But I guess this policy of theirs has kept some kids who needed to be managed in college. I just figure that once they're adults, they should be left to sick or swim on their own, without the school "parenting" them.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Huh... I think you can miss 3 days at my high school before they didn't allow you to walk at graduation.

    I dunno, I never had an unexcused absence in high school
    Wow, you were a good boy. :P
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    whispering hands wrote:
    When I took my horse psychology courses, I only went on field exercises, skipped all the actual classes, studied my own horses, and wrote my papers as needed... Other than that, I was never in class. I graduated top of my class with my best friend at the time! Hahaha. But then again, being raised forcing my way into other people's stables didn't hurt any!! Lmao
    Yeah, sometimes class is just a huge waste of time. I was working 6 days a week in university while taking full time course loads every term (including summer), and completely supporting myself without loans or help from my (cheap ass) parents. I didn't have time to go to all of my classes. :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    whispering hands wrote:
    When I took my horse psychology courses, I only went on field exercises, skipped all the actual classes, studied my own horses, and wrote my papers as needed... Other than that, I was never in class. I graduated top of my class with my best friend at the time! Hahaha. But then again, being raised forcing my way into other people's stables didn't hurt any!! Lmao
    Yeah, sometimes class is just a huge waste of time. I was working 6 days a week in university while taking full time course loads every term (including summer), and completely supporting myself without loans or help from my (cheap ass) parents. I didn't have time to go to all of my classes. :lol:
    That's exactly what Iwas doing!! Worked three jobs, went to school!
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    looking at recent pictures of a former girlfriend, with her third child, 3 weeks old,what a weird feeling
  • comebackgirl
    comebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Huh... I think you can miss 3 days at my high school before they didn't allow you to walk at graduation.

    I dunno, I never had an unexcused absence in high school
    3 days :shock: I don't think there was a limit when I was in high school. I'm pretty sure that has changed. I missed over 40 days senior year. I already had gotten accepted to college with scholarships and had better things to do with my time (that I cannot coherently recall at this time) :oops: I used to just show up on days I had a test or needed to hand in a paper. The college where I work now has no attendance policy - it's up to the prof and usually will just impact their participation grade unless it's a seminar class. If a class is interesting and the professor keeps the students engaged they'll usually show up for it regardless.
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  • madtowndave
    madtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,013
    Isn't it awesome when you find out your first day on a new job that you can cover your Macbook with PJ stickers to differentiate it???

    Also, it's pretty freaking awesome to meet someone at a new job that already has PJ Wrigley tix when I don't?? I thought they were talking to someone else, but tomorrow I have to do some follow-up and see if they are on the pit. Anyone else at University of Wisconsin here???
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    BinauralJam wrote:
    looking at recent pictures of a former girlfriend, with her third child, 3 weeks old,what a weird feeling
    A little FB stalking eh?
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    We styed up till two last night for the play offs, I had the time to nap today, and now I am wide awake while Cav is already in sweet slumber. Hmmmph. I'm going to have a smoke on the porch now, testing my paranoia levels in the dark :lol: I wanna be tired!
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