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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on the kid's attitude and why they thought it was o.k. to skip their classes.

Lots of college classes these days are pretty much mandatory attendance.  But some of the large lecture hall type classes are easy to skip out on.  Sometimes the notes (and even the lecture itself) are also posted online, most of the quiz/test material comes straight from the book...so skipping a class is NBD if you have the study skills to do so.

[b]Once you get that habit of skipping class it's a hard one to break and in the smaller classes it can feel like the walk of shame reappearing in a class after weeks of not being there.[/b]

I know because I did that as a freshman, myself.  If my kid seemed genuinely regretful for blowing off his/her classes I would probably agree to give them a second chance.  [/quote]

I can relate. I crashed and burned my first semester. I still struggled second semester and decided, with my parents encouragement, to take a semester off. I worked two full time jobs for those 6 months and went back to school with a different head on my shoulders.

What I wish my parents had helped me understand going into that first year was exactly how much each class cost per day. Like if you skip you 10:00 class it’s like wasting $300. I just had no clue and I think that would’ve helped me get my priorities straight.

Talk to them and get a sense of what was going on. And then set a grade minimum. My friends call theirs “The Smith Family Scholarship.”  If you fail to qualify for a semester you go on probation. If you can turn it around the scholarship ends.

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