Skipingclassesviolatesschoolrulesandapoorattendancerecordwilldamageyourfinalmark.Butsomecollegestudentsstilltryeverymeanstoescapeclasses. Thenumberoftheserebelsmaybemuchbiggerthanyouthink. ThreestudentsfromAnhuiNormalUniversityestablishedItaoke.CominJune.Thewebsitequicklyattracted2000registeredmembersinthreemonths.Onthewebsitestudentssharetheirexperiencesofskippingclassesandevenpostadstolookforsomeonetostandinforthemtoattendcourses. Itsembarrassingforuniversitiestoseethisshamefulbehaviordiscussed:
However,it'sgoodforschoolsandteacherstoknowviathewebsitethereasonswhystudentsskipclasses,accordingtoProfessorXiaoHaitaofromShenzhenUniversity:Xaopointedoutthatsome`studentsskipclassesbecauseoflaziness.Othersplaytruantbecausetheteachingistrulydissatisfactory“Universitiescanseekimprovementstogiveacuretotheclass-skippingproblem,”saidXiao.
ChenYang,21,thinksthatheis “forced"toskipsomecoursesbecauseofthepoorteaching. the senior,majoringinEnglishatYangtzeUniversitythinksthathe'swastingtimeintheclassroomwhentheteacherreadsthetextbookwordforwordorhandshimoutdatedreadingmaterials.HewouldratherskipclassestostudyinthelibrarywatchonlinevideosofHarvardorYalelectures,orsitinon(旁听)othercoursesheisinterestedin.Chendrawsaclearlinebetweenhimselfandthosewhoskipclassesinordertogetmoresleeporfoolaroundoncampus.Heemphasized:“Iskipclasseswithacleargoal,whichistoprobeintoareasI'minterestedinandbroadenmyhorizons.”
LiSicen,PresidentoftheNationalTaiwanUniversity,seemstobeonChen'sside. Liclaimedthathesupportedthosestudentswhoskipclassesforgoodreasons.
However,ProfessorXiaowarnsstudentsthatLiisnotgivingpermissionforstudentstoskip classes.XiaosuggeststhatLiwasjustshowinghisunderstandingoftruancyinalimitednumberofcases.
InProfessorPanCuiqiong'sopinion,studentstendtojumptotheconclusionthatacertaincourseisboringanduseless."Toclearstudents'misunderstanding,teachersshouldusematerialscloselyrelatedtostudents’livesandadaptinteractiveteachingmethods,”saidPan.