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