Your thoughts, insights, and experiences are as valid as anyone else's. The whole point here is to continue to gain the self-discipline and thinking skills you will need to succeed in a career, and to gain experience expressing yourself in an environment that values creative and critical thinking. The degree to which you attempt to improve these two abilities in yourself is, I believe, the degree to which you can expect to succeed after college. Students are expected to attend all classes . Failure to attend class regularly impairs academic performance.
Absences are disruptive to the educational process for others.
This is especially true when absences cause interruptions for clarification of material previously covered, failure to assume assigned responsibilities for class presentations, or failure to adjust to changes in assigned material or due dates. A student's final grade will be lowered one letter grade if the student misses 10 percent of the scheduled meeting times for unexcused absences. Likewise, coming to class late without a valid excuse impairs the academic performance of the student, and is disruptive to the rest of the class. Students should be prepared to explain to the instructor, at the end of class, why he or she arrived late to class. If a student does not provide an acceptable explanation, that student's attendance will not count for that day.