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ilovepineapples06
I love college! One year done. One in progress. 6 more to go!
smerk321
...I think you're in community college...
jdjoyo
I think somebody is a philosophy major (*pssst* - you're getting the wrong information mac. Your professor is a beatnik hippy).
ekreagan
This has definitely not been my experience. I have no idea what you're talking about.
hetriedtokillmewithaforklift
Thinking precisely the same thing. I've now attended 3 universities and none cared about me unless I went to them first. This is not my exp.
Horus175
Upper level classes don't take attendance at all and unless you're a lib. arts major I've never heard of a cancelled final.
hitzchicky
true. I was an anthropology major(so kind of liberal arts), and I've had teachers sub a paper for the final. On numerous occasions.
siriuslygetyourownfirebolt
I don't know if I had more than one class through all of college that didn't take attendance. Varies by school/teacher/major, I guess?
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
I've only had 1 cancelled final and it was because my professor was suffering from health issues and just sort of gave up on class.
sinbios
Automatically fail if you miss 10 days? Some courses I barely showed up for ten days the entire term.
sidfromtoystory
my friend said he went to about 30% of his lectures/seminars in his third year. still passed easily
naughtydismutase
Yeah me too. But our only mandatory classes were practical or lab. Theoretical lectures you could skip with no penalty.
samsonsimson
I still have nightmares about this, and I graduated over 14 years ago.
Snegurkin
We get kicked out from the class after four absences...
TheBreaux
Required attendance? Bitch I majored in Math & CS and neither department gave a shit for the most part. Just do the work/tests
ThisWasATriumph
Yeah attendance isn't mandatory for most of my lectures. Labs on the other hand...
EnderXVI
I showed up a few times for the tests and a couple other days. I was good.
pancreas
I skipped most of my bio classes because the material was available online, and it was my only class on tues/thursday. not worth the drive
pancreas
btw that's a 30-40 minute drive without traffic, plus $6 parking. plus I had to be there 3 hours early or else there wasn't any parking.
ithinkitsfunny
You're definitely not an engineering major
regenrok
I am, and this is kind of my experience so far. Minus the cancelling final and staff caring about your attendance.
regenrok
I am, and this is kind of my experience so far. Minus the cancelling final and staff caring about your attendance.
Ahnengeist
At most universities here in Germany, attendance is not checked. I haven't been to a lecture in 3 semesters.
blackcloudsandrainbows
Nursing school is nothing like this, am I'm glad, otherwise there would be a lot more dead people...
BraveAthos
As an engineering student. NONE of this was true.
dancesincars
What the fuck college do you go to? Literally no one cares if I'm in class or not. I'm responsible for getting my own ass to class.
PaulTomblin
My university: they didn't take attendance - if you wanted to learn, it was your responsibility to get to the classes and learn.
ipanickedandcouldntthinkofaname
"You better learn cursive now cuz in high school it's all you use" "please don't use cursive I can't read it"
ButIBuildAThousandBridges
When I taught college I had no attendance policy. I'm not your dad. You think you can skip the lecture and get a good grade? Go for it.
ThatJerkYouKnow
Somebody went to community college.
linkskywalker14
In college, the most prim and proper professor I ever met (wore a tailored Italian suit every day) said to me: "Highschool is bullshit."
littleasianninja
As someone who has gone to a private college, community college, and state school.... your college is like 10x nicer than any of mine.
tomalt
Worked for Uni/Colleges - Prof's don't care about you at all. Half the time they mark based on "best guess". I've seen 86% become 80%. 1/2
tomalt
"I was rounding". "It wasn't a good 86%". "I always round down if it's below 7, 8, ".
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
this is why I try to get on the good side of all my professors. It works too. I've had B's rounded up to A's before.
Hybris51129
Stuff like that makes me wish I could "round down" their paycheck if it wasn't a good amount.
vegansuccubus
-18 before windchill? Bitch I had to walk to elementary school when it was -45 before windchill.
Stroodle
First day of winter classes this past winter at my University (south side of Chicago) it was -52. That was not a great day.
MasterRadishes
Uphill both ways, right?
coanarcanius
I changed a flat tire in -18F two winters ago, the flat spot on it stayed flat until it was in the shop long enough to heat up.
princessbunnie
Both sound horrible to me! In Texas, all our schools closed when it was 30 degrees out because we were worried abt driving on ice
PrincessUnicorno
I had to walk through a flood and a blizzard cause my professors refused to cancel classes. We were reviewing for finals both times.
CaptainHanderpants
University of North Dakota alum?
kinglycitrus
"Through two feet of snow, uphill both ways!"
gayconstructionworker
Damn it you beat me to it lol
CoconutCyclone
"Barefoot in shorts!"
nightexcessive
Uphill both ways?! That just seems like poor choice on your part! If it was uphill both ways, surely it could have been downhill both ways!
nightexcessive
... too literal?
ridetheshoopuf
you can never have too much education.
FannyFondler
Well......this is bullshit.
AirlineGeek
Describes my school and a half dozen others I've got good friends at pretty damn accurately...
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
describes my college really well as well
TyrionTheGodofTitsandWine
Must be nice. However, I think your second or third year will hit you like a ton of bricks
AirlineGeek
Didn't work that way for me. 3rd year on it was all major classes in a major I love, so it just got more enjoyable.
Molanski13
Probably more workload later on but better teachers and students are a lot more organised.
Dansance17
Obviously not an engineering major....
voltron7812
for me, college wasn't as bad as my HS teachers said, but it wasn't this easy. then again, I did electrical engineering, not liberal arts.
SouthernGoods
Yea I'm studying EE now and all my professors have been pretty lenient, but it still wasn't as easy as this post makes it sound.
PutinTheMeerkat
Idk I went for engineering and a lot of my liberal arts friends had stricter deadlines and attendance policies. This post describes more 1/2
Cobaltios
I was in Game Development. It was a really eclectic mix.
PutinTheMeerkat
2/2 the "lazy" teaching style of engineers/science ppl at my school than liberal arts profs. Both are difficult in different ways
voltron7812
5) math or science concepts need, not saying it doesn't still require effort. just a theory.
voltron7812
2) they wouldn't take points off an attendance grade, but you probably wouldn't learn the stuff as well and end up suffering on the tests
voltron7812
1) I know in my engineering classes, it was more of a "You fuck yourself over" teaching attitude, where if you didn't attend the lecture,
voltron7812
3) and homework. Honestly, if you know the material, why should you go to class? you are just wasting your time. that might be why liberal
voltron7812
4) arts classes take attendance so seriously: because a lot of the material is just straight from a book and doesn't require explaining like
jenvsyou
I'm a high school teacher and I'm pretty sure I've never said any of these. Also your college experience depends on degree and college.
aramil31
Sounds like a small, private liberal-arts college. UCSB, you'd never hear stuff like this. Thank goodness I go to the former.
chosenones
I attend a university in Norway and this sounds weird to me. I can show up to 0 classes and still get A's. We have mandatory exercises tho
TheBeast617
I attended a small, private, liberal-arts college and this was nothing like my experience. Then again, I majored in engineering...
aramil31
Didn't have the space to say it, but classes you take also play a big part.
mockingjay137
I attend Virginia Tech as an architecture major and I've heard similar versions to all of these stories, especially from my engineering buds
anglophilestymie
Nah. UNC is like this. Just depends on the specific professor.
TheSisko
My husband attended Cal. They didn't give a shit. Show up or not. Your grade is based on turning in assignments and if you fail, too bad.
rngdicebb
I went to Davis and has a mixture of both.
SpikeCanKickLestatsAss
Absences at my school are determined by the Federal Gov't. Three times w/o note and you can be dropped.
TheSisko
Where is that?
SpikeCanKickLestatsAss
Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. It's a fairly small school that gets a lot of federal funding. Professors even have to take roll.
MelfsAcidArrow
Sounds exactly like my small, private liberal-arts school!
ifinallyfeelathome
I loved UCSB.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
as a student if a small, private, liberal-arts college, yup, this sounds exactly like my experience.
crow350
You didn't go to an engineering school, did you?
rhm2084
This
strangecharmquark
I'm in engineering. It's nowhere near as easy as OP says, but it's wayyyy easier than high school said it would be.
ZombieEinstein
You must still be in your first couple of years.
DoctorWatchamacallit
I had a calculus III professor who just told me not to do the final because I already had an A.
TylerTheAnarchist
I majored in Electrical Engineering and I always showed up about an hour late and NEVER did any homework. maintained a 3.5 GPA.
juann913
I go to an engineering college. My professors don't really care if i arrive late, most of the time they do it themselves.
catbob111
At my school, most of my professors tell us if we arent going to pay attention, just dont come. Attendance isnt required (above 200 level).
Novazilla
No one got straight A's in engineering... NO ONE!
dipper
A kid in my class did. Unbelievable.
Novazilla
I don't believe it. The C became my new A. Still got an awesome job after with a C average.
dipper
Where?
Novazilla
Government
Trion13
I go to a school known to be a difficult engineering school, people won't get hired if they have a 4.0 because they are perfectionists (1)
Trion13
that will spend way too much time on a project. (2)
AllieMcAllister
I go to an engineering school and I'm a biological science major. Kill me. Most of the teachers are nice, the work is just RIDICULOUS.
scantraxxx
Hey me too. I feel the pain.
scantraxxx
Hey me too. I feel the pain.
applesforjuice
The thing is, in engineering school, at least mine, they don't take attendance. They don't give a shit as long as the work gets done
brodyrick
That's how it is for me as well
broconno
True bro, I stopped going to class after second yeat
brodyrick
That's how it is for me as well
FancyFrance
Same. No class after 2nd year. Top Ten school too. Have a master's now too. I self teach better than I learned in lectures.
TheBeast617
Not at all how my experience went - most of my classes had the three absence rule, after that you started losing big points.
applesforjuice
That's interesting. Yeah for mine it is completely optional. If I'm not getting much out of lectures I'll skip, saves time for other work
GittOffMee
Or to a school w/ over 2,500 students?! Got my first bachelor's 10 yrs ago, getting my 2nd now & have never experienced anything like this.
ModernZelda
do you live in montana or something? XD I go to a high school with 2000 kids and we're not even in a super populated area
GittOffMee
What? No, I'm saying the poster must have gone to a fucking small-ass school to have had the experience s/he did. Calls from profs??
DoctorWatchamacallit
I did. at a large school. But, my department was small, and I also happened to have (usually) great profs
itdoesntmatternoneofthismatters
I think I had one professor that had attendance rules. The rest said "you're paying for the course credit, so it's your choice to waste it."
msquizzle
(1) I had a professor who had a 3 hour drive (lived in NJ and taught in central PA) to class. His rational was if he was going to put in the
msquizzle
(2) effort to come to class, the students should too. He was pretty easy-going and a great lecturer, so I didn't mind. Other than that, the
msquizzle
only classes that had attendance policies were labs, since those required a TA or professor to be present.
Melophobia
This was why I was always annoyed with mandatory attendance. I am an adult who is paying to be taught. If I don't go to class it's my prob
warick
Most of my classes required participation, so attendance was necessary for that. The calc and physics classes weren't mandatory, but I never
warick
Wanted to miss for fear of missing something important.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
I've only had a couple. Most of professors have the policy "If you miss a class, you figure out what's covered, I ain't giving you my notes"
Littlemssunshine
College professors actually let you out early if they're done with the material.
ThatRussian
Nobody took attendance in our university. You show up or don't, whatever. You pass exam, fine. You don't, fine. No excuses off exams tho
IAlwaysPupvoteDog
One of my profs has band practice on Friday, so we get out of class 30 minutes early.
ThisWasATriumph
Let you out? I leave whenever I damn well please. College FTW.
CynicalFish
You can walk out anytime :x What, are they going to tackle you or something? It's learning at your expense, they don't give a fuck.
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor do that 1 hour before class actually ended.
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor who ended the class 1 hour before the actual time.
rickim24
got let out early once cause the teacher still had a hangover.
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor do that 1 hour before class actually ended.
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor who ended the class 1 hour before the actual time.
TheSnarkyPhilosoraptor
Got out 30 minutes early today because the guest lecturer was finished. Can confirm.
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor do that 1 hour before class actually ended.
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor do that 1 hour before class actually ended.
itxtalone
i think what you meant it that, in a class of 300 i can leave when ever i want because they have no idea who i am
Littlemssunshine
What high school class has 300 people in it? In college yea, but in college you can leave whenever the fuck you want
hannahCC13
Last week My professor closed her book in the middle of lecture and said 'my brain is fried, lets go home' two hours before class ended
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
I've had that happen. Also professors who taught for like 10 minutes and then just had discussions with us about live for the next hour
RandomCulturalReference
I teach at a college and I do that.
guzzball
Fuckin' Gilespie would only teach 15 minutes each class. 20 if he wanted to tell us about his lunch.
Galahir950
Wait, Ken Gilespie? Where is this teacher?
Galahir950
Wait, Ken Gilespie? Where is this teacher?
MarlinCivetta
I had a math professor do that 1 hour before class actually ended.
Littlemssunshine
High school teachers keep you to the last minute even if they have nothing more to teach
nelshai
My high school teachers just let me sorta come and go. I even had my own room that they let me use. I played games on the projector.
ThePelican
High school teachers have a duty of care.
Mistruths
Because they have to. If they're done 10 minutes early, that doesn't mean you can go home for the 10 minutes until the next class.
ThePelican
High school teachers have a duty of care.
timepterodactyls
Because they're held legally responsible for you and any dumbass decisions you make during their period if you're marked present.
Bob423
College professors already have you're money, so if you leave, they still get payed.
tukaluk
"The bell doesn't dismiss you. I do." -every high school teacher
PennyWiseInDisguise
I never understood that. Why teach MLA in high school when most college courses use APA? Frustrated me!
SoupcanSam
I've never even heard of APA. Thanks a lot, every single teacher I've ever had.
theinternetisascaryplace
Not 'most' uni courses, its based off of what field you're in and even then a lot of professors just want consistency of whatever you use.
WhereLBJsNutsHang
Mine taught NEITHER and I was so fucked when I started college courses. Holy shit. It took me 2 years to get it right, + a web tutorial
Veit
My entire East Asian Studies major used MLA for every paper, and my psych major used APA. It depends entirely on the discipline.
wowTheUsernameWasAlreadyTaken
They didn't teach us any citationstyle in Norway before going to uni. That is weird!
LoveTheRock
As an engineering student, we only use IEEE :(
ILikeWeirdMusic
Pretty much all of my professors have said to use whatever we feel comfortable with because they really don't care.
PennyWiseInDisguise
For those asking, MLA, APA, Chicago are all types of citation styles for writing papers/essays. Yes some Lit classes prefer MLA but (1/2)
PennyWiseInDisguise
many of mine asked for APA but never bothered to teach it to us. Go to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ for better understanding.(2/2)
KyleWStacey
You all know that Microsoft Word formats this all for you and you dont have to learn it right?
PennyWiseInDisguise
teach us your ways oh wise one! Seriously though, I did not know that. I use an online generator that I found last semester...
KyleWStacey
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/word-help/create-a-bibliography-HA010067492.aspx
Thor561
The best citation style I ever used was APSA. It's a trimmed down, simplified version of Chicago. It's tits.
AHornyRhino
My lab TA was asked if we should use MLA style. He ended up laughing and said no go with APA.
thisnameistaken
What is mla apa and Chicago?
Khenny92
Preach. I learned nothing but MLA in high school and was screwed when I got to college. Had to teach myself Chicago/Turabian
baronridiculous
Most Lit and Art classes will call for MLA. I can't imagine a college professor being that snide about MLA, no one cares that much.
PennyWiseInDisguise
Unfortunately some are. My first lit teacher required APA and failed my 1st paper b/c it wasn't set up right from being self-taught >:/
yourefuckingout
I had to use MLA only in my English classes..really irritated me. Other than that, it was Chicago or APA style.
KyleWStacey
You all know that Microsoft Word formats this all for you and you dont have to learn it right?
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
APA is so much easier and I love using it so much more
kwad8
As a History major ithis frustrated me too since. We only used Chicago/Turabian style. I was so annoyed they drilled this into us in HS
redhedqd
I was a Psych major, so it never dawned on me that everyone was being asked for APA.
Branex
I had to learn like 5 APA,MLA, whatever Psy and Pols had, and mostly Chicago Turabian
AtlantisSkye
The only time I used MLA in college was in an English class because that's all they knew and didn't want to learn another one. (1 of 2)
AtlantisSkye
Every other class wanted a paper written APA or Chicago style. Or any other format you were conformable with as long as it wasn't MLA. (2/2)
TastyTastyScience
No idea what either of those are. Does it make an actual difference?
MyLuggageAteMyHomework
All my classes use MLA. Fuck APA. MLA is way simpler, more consider, and harder to fuck up
TheSisko
I've only ever used Chicago Style in college. High school was a mix of MLA and APA.
MyLuggageAteMyHomework
All my classes use MLA. Fuck APA. MLA is way simpler, more consider, and harder to fuck up
InBlue0
I learned MLA and APA in high school. In college, I've used MLA for Lit, APA for science, and Chicago for history.
ncNinetyNine
In Business it was "pick one but be consistent"
IFNg
Exactly. Very discipline specific. I think I've had to use about 8-9 diffferent styles depending on the class.
onlyjustthisonce
They don't care which one you use at mine, as long as you're consistent :P
thelongbowman
And then there is the journalism majors rocking AP style.
emilygw
I've only ever used MLA because apparently that's what we use in the music faculty.
thisnameistaken
What is mla apa and Chicago?
PennyWiseInDisguise
MLA, APA, Chicago are all types of citation styles for writing papers/essays.
BobberAnne
I was a English major & almost every class (in my major or not) used MLA. Only my Bio & Ethno-musicology classes wanted anything else.
DrYoloMcSwagmasterIIIEsq
My lit elective was the only time I used MLA, for the rest it was either Chicago or they didn't care
Vampiratelycan
Are these referencing styles? At my uni we used Harvard.
PennyWiseInDisguise
MLA, APA, Chicago are all types of citation styles for writing papers/essays.
Vampiratelycan
Merci
melda
Harvard is used in Ireland/ Brits. US uses MLA or APA, possibly chicago.
Cobaltios
I think Canada uses Harvard also, but I'm not sure.
Vampiratelycan
Thank you :D
AerysIITargaryen
So I start college in a couple of weeks (Ireland) and I've never heard of any of these...
solosysygy
Honestly: don't worry about it. Harvard and APA are mostly the same, and most systems are not hard to learn.
melda
I never heard of Harvard style. (Citation machine is your best friend)
solosysygy
ALSO: if you write papers using MS Word, it will format your references for you. Let me know if you want details on how.
AerysIITargaryen
Thanks a million, I will be using MS Word and I'll google it. If I can't figure it out I'll message you, if that's ok?
barcodescanner
As a college grad writing java code for $100k/yr, what the fuck is MLA and APA?
PennyWiseInDisguise
MLA, APA, Chicago are all types of citation styles for writing papers/essays.
ManyOfThemManyMuchMoosen
Uh no. This is not a normal college. And as a former academic counselor please don't call us with personal shit.
hitzchicky
I think some of it is a bit lax, but overall, I had a similar experience. The teachers in my dept were some of my best friends.
WhatStinks
Agreed this seems unusually lax. My uni is extremely uptight about exams, attendance and professor
WhatStinks
Agreed this seems unusually lax. My uni is extremely uptight about exams, attendance and professor
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
my adviser is not the personal shit type, but some of my friends are friends with their advisers. They even call each other during summer
ManyOfThemManyMuchMoosen
I'm friends with some of my students, but they know not to try and get out of school stuff for ridiculous stuff.
megaepicllama
Depends on the university, mine is in the top 100 worldwide and most of these are true up to certain extent.
ManyOfThemManyMuchMoosen
I went to a university not even well known and none of this stuff flew. At all.
djzkay
Yep, I go to a top SEC school and most of these scenarios I have also encountered.
ManyOfThemManyMuchMoosen
Maybe it's a well known school thing. I went to a college in the Big Sky conference. They were very strict.
AirlineGeek
I go to a MAC school, and have friends at several other MAC schools. This is highly accurate.