Most people especially college students know skipping classes can hurt your grades substantially in instances such as pop quizzes. In addition to affecting students' performances, students who skip classes are wasting their money. According to this article, skipping class costs a full-time resident student almost $30 per day. However, for an out-of-state full-time student, the cost of skipping classes increases drastically, almost $73 per day! Then why many students are skipping classes regardless knowing the consequences? Larry Booker, a 20-year-old student who majors in business, thinks f skipping classes as a mean of alternative education. He explained, "I'm skipping class to finish my homework. Once the homework's done, I'm going to class to turn it in. Sometimes student learn better alone with a book in front of them instead of an instructor." Some students like Erika Yazzie however, puts the blame on the professors for making classes boring. She said, "Teachers often make the classroom an uncomfortable environment. If more teachers made their coursework more exciting fewer students would skip their classes." On the other hand, some believe skipping classes is a freshman thing while it rarely happens to upperclassmen. Nevertheless, the main reason that many students skip classes is because they are still intoxicated from the night before. As I am closing this post, here is a funny picture showing a student's apology email to his or her professor for her absences.
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