Friday, January 08, 2010

When did Universities start acting like high schools?

I returned to new classes at UVic on Monday to discover that professors have a new way of treating students…like children. I am taking two English 400 level classes and both of my profs feel it is their responsibility to monitor class attendance like high school. I find this very disappointing. First of all, being an adult and attending classes at a University, it is taken for granted that we are all responsible for our own attendance. After all, we pay the money so we can make the choice whether or not we attend class right? Wrong. Both profs stated that they were trying to encourage students to come to class by making attendance worth marks. How ridiculous. So someone gets 10% just for showing up? What a bunch of crap. I work hard to get good grades and it pisses me off that they would just give away 10% like that to some students. Who cares if someone shows up or not? Everyone learns differently and some people learn better from a book than a prof. I am not one of those people, I actually like showing up for lectures, but I’m just saying. There are days when I feel it is not necessary to come to class (eg. movie days bcs I always fall asleep), so I feel it is my right to NOT attend on those days if I so wish. I’m a good, dedicated student, so why should I be punished for not attending a class in which I wouldn’t learn anything anyway? I’m majorly pissed at this. Especially for a 400 level class, Uvic I am so disappointed in you.