Althoughsomestudentsarguethatclassattendanceshouldnotbecompulsoryeitherbecausetheclassesareboringorbecausetheycanlearnmoreontheirown,Ibelievethatmakingclassattendancecompulsoryisbeneficialforbothstudentsandteachers.
First,itisbeneficialforstudentsbecausemostuniversitieshavearegulationthatstatesifstudentsmissone-thirdoftheirclassestheywillnotbeallowedtotakethefinalexam.Sostudentsbeingabsentfromclasspunishthemselvesbymissingoutontheexamandfacehavingtoretaketheclassduringthenextsemester.Furthermore,manyteacherstieinattendancewithmarks.Forexample,myEnglishteacherawards10percentofthefinalmarksforattendancewithpercentbeingdeductedforeveryabsence.Insomecases,lackofattendancecouldmeanthedifferencebetweenapassorfail.Second,itisbeneficialforteachersbecauseafullclasscomplementshowsrespectfortheteacherandtheuniversityeducationsystem.Ifateacherpreparestoteachaclassitisonlyrightthatstudentsturnuptobetaught.Ifitisnotcompulsoryforstudentstoattendclassesthenteacherscouldsaythatwhatisgoodforthegooseisgoodfortheganderstooandrefusetotakeclasses.Clearlythiswouldleadtoabreakdownoftheentireuniversitysystem.
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