Missing classes in college: does it really matter?

By Christopher Giacobbe
March 24, 2019

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Everyone has done it at one point or another. Everyone has their first. It’s not always a good feeling or a for a good reason, but it happens to everyone.

Missing or skipping classes in college.

It could be your calculus class, your biology class or your history of hip-hop class that you don’t understand why you are taking in the first place.

Although, does missing class really impact you as much as you think?

A wise comedian, John Mulaney once said “It’s so much easier not to do things than to do them. That you would do anything at all is totally remarkable.” He couldn’t be more right.

Although that does not necessarily mean you should be skipping classes left and right. You may be gaining a few extra hours of sleep or getting done work that you were backed up on. Unknowingly, you just may be causing more problems for yourself. Such as playing catch up in your courses to see what you missed. And the most obvious answer of all that most class-skippers has heard a million times: “It’s a waste of money.” Which undoubtedly it is.

Is there a right way to do it?

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You may be thinking, “Well some days you just need that off day,” which is perfectly fine. If you’re working around the clock and over-stressed, it’s totally acceptable to skip your class for that day. Just remember that timing is everything. If you choose the right time and place to skip then you can technically successfully skip class.

  • For starters, you just have to keep in mind that you’re always going to be missing some content no matter what. It’s also important to keep in mind that you can’t always count on teaching yourself the content better than your professor. The best way to avoid falling too far behind would be skipping days that would work best for you. By that I mean if in class you’ll be going over content you’re familiar with or content that has been covered already.
  • Make sure the thing you’re skipping class for can’t just be taken care of at another time. It can be the worst feeling in the world sometimes when you skip class and end up having a crazy amount of free time for the rest of the day.
  • Get the information/notes from a friend in the class with you. The more you stay on top of what you missed the less behind you’ll be. At that point, it’s like you’ve been to class with minimal consequences. Just keep in mind you can’t ask your notes any questions, a good reason why you shouldn’t skip class if the topic is more challenging for you conceptually.

 

How to avoid skipping class.

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The tough one. It takes a lot of motivation and a lot of willpower sometimes, as silly as it sounds. Sometimes just swinging your legs over the side of the bed is a monumental effort. But believe it or not there are ways to get you out of that bed and into class as distasteful as that may sound sometimes.

If your problem is waking up for class my personal solution is charging your phone just out of reach from you before bed. What I do next is set a bunch of alarms for every five minutes. It’s terrible… but it does the trick. After hearing the first alarm go off I jump out of bed to stop the next 12.

The hardest part is just getting up and getting your foot out the door.

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