i should be allowed to have as many absences as i want because im an adult and its college and i should be allowed to fail if i want to fail. its my education why are you grading me based on how many days i show up that has nothing to do with what im learning. if i get a migraine for a week does that mean i fail? apparently so! even if ive gotten 100’s on every single test, if i get sick for more than four days then i fail. and that has nothing to do with learning. your grading rubric shouldn’t have to coddle people who don’t show up, and it shouldn’t reward people either. it should reward people for learning the material, not for sitting in class spacing out. if i read up on everything, and become the most knowledgeable one in the class on a subject, but i suffer from symptoms of IBS and cant stay in the classroom all period, am i somehow instantly stupid because of something i can’t control? if i pay you thousands of dollars for an education, i should be able to have it cater to MY needs. MY education.