Should university students be required to attend classes?

Essay / Article – 1

The extent to what level of efficiency modern education system could perform in teaching students is always a hot topic. Among many developing suggestions that could improve learning efficiency, the necessity of attending the class has been argued frequently in recent years. When it comes to whether giving students freedom of attending class as an optional choice or not, tradition has it that class is affirm part of the school life. Nevertheless, in my part, I prefer having the rights as individuals to make our own decisions about attending a class.

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I believe that studying out of class does certainly save our time and make learning more comfortable. Take e-learning at home as an example: students may learn at home via “visual classes” which are powered by computer and the Internet installed at home instead of pen and paper and white board in a classroom. Being connected with professors in different locations, students could do their research at home pr even at a vacation hotel. With modern technology, people could choose to learn any topic no matter what they are doing= drinking, eating or even listening music, at anywhere and anytime. Therefore, studying without a real class attending requirements will save out time, and offer a comfortable learning environment.

Another advantage of making class an optional choice is that people could customize their learning process according to their own interest and capabilities. While classic class leverage learning speed and depth to satisfy every student in the class as a whole, learning out of class means self-control. Students choose to attend one class because its topic is just suitable for his study plan, and discard another class because he had learned it in advance during the weekend at home. He may then accelerate his studying speed and go on to the further topics that interest him.

Admittedly, attending class at regular time has its own advantages. Students in a real class may be regulated by a teacher to concentrate on their study. Teachers who are well trained could also give learners professional guides and interesting demos. Moreover, some special programs such as physical exercises and experiments may only be conducted at real classes.

All in all, from what I have been discussed above, I suggest granting students rights of making their own decisions for attending classes. To make classes optional in universities will certainly bring advantages for learning and benefit the whole society.

Essay / Article – 2

Should Schools, Colleges and Universities students be required to attend classes? There are two different opinions. Some people claim that attending classes is a must to students. Other people, however, argue that it should be up to the students to decide whether they need to go or not. As far as I am concerned, no matter whether students like it or not, they must attend classes.

Students who don’t like to go to classes have their reasons. The main one is, they can learn knowledge by themselves. If they were asked to attend the class in which the professor teaches something they already have known it would be a pain. By not attending class, students can control their time more freely and are likely not to waste time.

Although I agree that there are maybe one or two advantages of not attending classes, I insist that the advantages of attending classes far overweight that of nor attending. In the first place, professors can teach students a lot of things that are not written in the books, such as the way of thinking. In the dictionary, a university is defined to be a place where teachers lecture what they know to students. Books normally offer just concentrated knowledge. How the authors developed their ideas and reached their conclusions is usually not written in the books. How to answer these questions? Go to the classes. The professors will not only teach you knowledge, but also teach you methodologies and answer your questions, face to face.

In the second place, students will benefits from seminars and group discussions with their classmates when they attend classes. It is a society that emphasizes on the importance of communication and listening to other people’s options and ideas. It is very important to share your ideas and knowledge with other people. In a class, the professor often gives some topics for students to discuss. In the discussions, a student will be surprised that he/she can get so many fresh thoughts and ideas from his/her fellow students.

In conclusion, I believe that students should attend classes not only because professors can teach you knowledge and methods, but also because students can learn from each other in the classes. In short, one must attend classes if one chooses to attend university.

Essay / Article – 3

Some people may believe that going to classes should be optional, but I really disagree with them about it. I don’t understand how a university student can expect to learn much knowledge if he doesn’t attend classes. Although self study is a good way to acquire knowledge, students, I believe, need to be in class.

In classes students receive the benefits of the teacher’s knowledge. A teacher does more than just going over the material in the textbooks; she draws her students into discussions that may lead further understanding of the teaching materials. She not only teaches acknowledge and theories, but also presents opposing options that help students think and absorb what they have learned. Additionally, she may invite guest speakers to give students extra information from another prospect, or play some documentary films on certain subject.

Besides teaching knowledge, a teacher impart her students the right method of study. In the way, the students can understand how to study efficiently, how to find information from proper resources, and how to apply what they have learned into practice. In other words, if there is no teacher to lead them to the right way, the students may go into a roundabout and waste lots of time.

The last reason for attending classes is that going to classes can train students to by more responsible and have good sense of teamwork. In classes, the students may be given some group assignments. To achieve assignments, they can know what their respective responsibility is and how to cooperate with others. Meanwhile, they can learn from each other because students have his strong points, different background and experience.

In short, going to classes give students more knowledge, help them to become more responsible, cooperative and thoughtful. I believe that attending classes cannot be optional, but should be an essential part of university education.