After reading this poorly composed post, I wonder WHY this person even bothers to attend college? If you are not present in the class – you won’t learn anything. I have 3 degrees and am working on my 4th degree. I can assure you it is quite rare for a professor to lecture straight out of the textbook. I had many professors who gave handouts in class, many of my teachers gave Power Point presentations in class, or the teacher had the class break up into small groups and work independently in class on projects. Many of my instructors had students give oral reports – or the teacher showed films – or we had a special guest speaker who was an expert on the subject we studies.

All of these things would be missed if you don’t show up for class.

There is also the issue of “Contact Hours” which need to be completed in order for a college to maintain it’s accreditation. If a college wants to be an accredited institution and also eligible for federal and state financial aid, they MUST make students have their fanny in the classroom chair for a set amount of “Contact Hours”.

If you don’t want to attend in-person class – then try “Distance Learning” watching the class on cable TV public access channel. You could also do online classes.

If you are studying science – you need to be IN PERSON to do lab classes. If you are studying a foreign language you need to be IN PERSON attending class to HEAR correct pronunciation. If you are taking a Speech class you have to be in the class in person to do public speaking oral reports. If you are taking drama/theatre classes – how could you learn acting if you aren’t in class in person?

I’ve taken online classes to study computer skills – and that was done 100% over the internet – the only class we attended was an Orientation meeting to go over logistics of online learning.

Sounds to me like the person who wrote this article is a lazy person – who just wants to skate through college and party.

The author refers to his “time being wasted” – well, if you are a college student – you are SUPPOSED to attend class – but this fellow thinks that is a “waste of time”.

Maybe he needs to go to trade school to learn a high tech blue collar skill. Some people simply do not enjoy studying, reading, attending class – I don’t want to stigmatize or make pejorative comments about those kind of students. Those kind of students would be probably more interested in a “hands on” type of learning environment and complete a trade school education in a high tech type career or highly skilled blue collar trade.