Even back in the 1980’s there were a fair number of students who showed up only on exam day.
One of the earlier posters suggested that the professors should take attendance and factor that into the grade.
It seems that would be a better way. What if a friend takes your smart phone into the classroom for you?
My wife would give a quiz with one question as soon as the class bell rang. Papers were collected one minute later.
No tracking, and no attendance - as that would RAYCESS!!
If a student can learn the material without attending, why make them waste their time in class?
> What if a friend takes your smart phone into the classroom for you? <
Good point. In fact, this could turn into a little cottage industry.
Don’t have the time or the interest to go to class? No problem! Just hire someone from our team to take your phone to class for you.
P.S. We suggest that your classroom phone be an old model. That way you can still text away on your real phone while class is in session.
I would go to classes just long enough to figure out if the teacher just taught from the book, or had stuff outside of the book. If he only taught from the book, I basically just showed up for the tests, and I got A’s in every class that I did it.