Should Class Attendance Be Required?
Nowadays required class attendance is very common at colleges and universities. Most people take it for granted that students should attend all the classes required by school. However still some others do not agree with this argument. They don't think it should be compulsory for students to attend class.
As for me, I'm in favor of the latter opinion. The following reasons can account for my preference. First, the rigid attendance policy does not benefit students' studies. For example, a student may have to give up a lecture which he finds useful to his studies simply because he dare not run the rest of being penalized for his absence in his course. Second,the lectures of some teachers are not always constructive. A student should be allowed to tell for himself whether an inclass experience is worthwhile. Finally and most importantly, there is no proving and corelation between class attendance and academic performance. A student may never be absent in a course, but who knows whether or not he is just sitting there daydreaming all the time.
In conclusion, class attendance may secure one hundred percent attendance for a course.But it is not really beneficial to us. As college students we should learn to make the right decisions for ourselves about whether to attend a class.
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应该要求课堂出席？
现在上课点名在高校是很常见的。大多数人想当然地认为学生应参加学校所要求的所有课程。但是仍有一些人不同意这种说法。他们不认为学生上课是义务。
就我而言，我赞成后者的意见。以下原因可以解释我的偏好。第一，严格的考勤制度，不利于学生学习。例如，一个学生可能不得不放弃一个讲座，他认为很有用的研究，因为他不敢走剩下的是他的课没有惩罚。其次，一些老师的课并不总是建设性的。学生应该被允许告诉自己是否在课堂上的经验是值得的。最后，最重要的是，没有证明和出勤率和学习成绩之间的关系。一个学生可能永远不会缺席的一门课程，但谁知道他是否只是坐在那里做白日梦呢。
总之，上课可能获得百分之一百的出席课程。但它并不是真的对我们有益。作为大学生，我们应该学会做出正确的决定自己是否要上课。
