Re: What should I do?
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Any classes I took in university attendance was not mandatory so I see no problem in skipping classes if attendance isnt part of your grade. Handing in assignments late when you skip class a lot is stupid. If you skip class atleast make sure you hand stuff in on time and do a good job on the assignments. Any prof I had never cared if I came or not. I always handed stuff in on time and did a decent enough job.
I wouldn't say anything to him, I wouldn't make it a point to start going to class either. I would just start getting the stuff handed in on time. If attendance or class participation is worth some part of the grade that is the only part where your mark can be docked. So if it's something like 10-15% then you can stil get a good grade by doing well on the assignments/exams.
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I personally never cared whether students came to class or not--except for the fact that there was university policy requiring me to take attendance and care. If a student cut every class and still did excellent work on the assignments and tests, I would have been cool with that--but I never met a student who could in fact do that.
Judging from my colleagues and myself, your professor does not want to hear your whining and bs excuses for not doing what you are supposed to do when you are supposed to do it. I would cut zero slack for students who were chronically absent or late. If they couldn't be bothered, neither could I. I felt no responsibility for students who didn't hold up their end of the deal.
I would suggest either turning over a new leaf and attending every class and handing in every future assignment on time and in excellent shape or dropping the class in order to stop wasting your professor's time and energy.
BTW if I were your professor, I'd cancel class on Monday and substitute a library assignment or something similar in which the class time is made up at the student's convenience.
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