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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Behavior is often better when attendance is more lax. Students who resent being in a particular classroom or school altogether can make it a miserable experience for all involved. I once encountered a student in 7-11 about 20 min after school started. I had run out during my planning period to get some ibuprofen. I encouraged him to get to school. He told me that he was waiting until second period because he didn’t want to get in trouble. He had a lot of conflict with that teacher. He hadn’t done his homework due to an issue at home and felt she would yell at him or say something that made him feel stupid. Because he also hadn’t slept well over the home issue, he felt irritable and decided to just wait out her class rather than go and risk ending up in the office for nothing off. Sounded totally logical to me. [/quote]

I think there is real tension in high school with all of this

I'll say this again [b]most colleges don't care if you show up to class[/b] so why are we trying to micromanage high schoolers.[/quote]

That is not correct. It is mostly up to the professors, not the colleges.  I don't think the college would have a problem if a professor takes attendance into consideration or not when the final grade is calculated.
Many professors do care, yet many do not.

Also, you have to understand, you pay for your college education. Either side can choose to end that contract. 
HS education is different.

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