Go you pay, pay to go

It is not enough that students pay hard-earned cash to attend college. It is not enough that they are required to pay various student fees.

Nope.

Students also are required to pay the price of lowered grades for missing a certain number of classes, regardless of whether the student does adequate work to receive a higher grade.

Ridiculous.

Especially at Metro.

Students here, unlike most colleges and universities, tend to be anything but the typical college student.
Teenagers and senior citizens alike share this campus. And every age group in between. Students with children, wives, husbands, etc. Students with one, two or three jobs.

Sometimes it just is not realistic for students to attend class as regularly as it can be expected for, say, high school students.

Lowering a studentās grade simply because that student missed three, four or even five class periods is insulting and wrong.

There are exceptions. Certain lab classes or classes that require direct participation each and every meeting can be included as such.

But for typical lecture classes, where a student listens to a professor speak then reads the required chapters, only to be tested two or three times per semester with multiple choice or essay exams, attendance is not of major importance.

If students can miss five, six or seven classes and still complete the required work, pass the tests and learn, why should they be penalized for missing a few classes because of work, family or other personal reasons?

To make things fair, teachers should be penalized for canceling classes if they can penalize a student for missing class.

How many times have you trudged through snow, fought traffic, paid for parking and hustled to class only to find a posted note explaining that class is canceled?

College students pay for the right to attend or not attend classes. Students are, for the most part, adults.
Metro should start treating its students like adults.