How is it that there are people who just get it?

[elfboy]

mandatory lectures /attendance records are a bad idea. I don't know why so many colleges do this. We're adults and we should be graded on performance, not attendance.

 

[Geezer]

mandatory lectures /attendance records are a bad idea. I don't know why so many colleges do this. We're adults and we should be graded on performance, not attendance.

I couldn't agree more.

I have some auditory processing issues that make it very challenging to "get" any information from lectures. The first time I was in college, I avoided attended class unless I had to. But the school had a mandatory attendance policy. I ended up with a 3.3 GPA despite doing 4.0 work...I got docked for attendance (or lack thereof).

Yep, I'm still bitter about it.