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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]never heard of anyone checking on a student who wasn't in class...[/quote]

If someone quits showing up to work, they will still call and ask[/quote]

But it is very common for kids to skip class.  DS has a class of 100, but said that only 25 actually show up.  [/quote]

If a student stops going to class for multiple classes someone should check on them.

Nobody is talking about 1 or 2 classes.[/quote]
np.. a lot of college classes don't take attendance, especially the large ones. How would anyone know your kid skipped multiple classes?

DS has skipped most of his one math class (math major) and just studies stuff online (straight As). He tells me all of this.

If you are concerned that your adult child is not going to class, then maybe you need to have a conversation with the adult child.

If you are concerned about their safety, maybe you should have a system where he checks in with you every few days.  If they are living in a situation where there is an RA, maybe call the RA to do a welfare check.

Or get life360 on their phone.[/quote]

I’ve never been concerned but mental health issues usually arise during college not before.

I think colleges phone it in and I don’t know why people tolerate it.

students are being hazed and raped, so no I didn’t really “expect to be concerned “.[/quote]
That's still not the professors purview. They are there to teach; that's it.  This is not K-12 where teachers are notifying parents of kid's behavior and if they are not in school (our public k12 sends out a robocall if a kid misses class).

If you have concerns about their physical welfare, call the school.

Otherwise, these are adults, and they are expected to act like it.  
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At what point did the citizens and institutions in our country decide to opt out of being decent, compassionate humans, who care about those in their community?

Because your response is absolutely digustingly callous. [/quote]

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