Beuler....Beuler....Beuler

If you didn't get the title reference 1. shame on you 2. its from Ferris Beuler's Day Off, true classic. The scene I am referencing i when the professor is taking attendance for the class, which is the topic of this post. I can understand roll calls in elementary school to ensure that all the students are accounted for since there is a huge amount of liability when dealing with children, and as far as high school is concerned it seems appropriate because not going to class actually begins to be a possible choice. What I have the hardest time understanding is attendance policies in college. Aren't we adults now who are supposed to be learning how to make our own decisions about life? I mean we don't live at home with our parents anymore, we don't have curfews , we schedule our own classes, so why don't we have the other luxury of adults. I mean the fact that missing class hurts your grade is ridiculous, what if you can learn all the material on your own and ace the tests? If the point of taking attendance is to make sure that students come to class to learn the material so they don't do poorly in the class, then why would a professor hurt their grade. I'm sick of having to try and remember how many absences I have to make sure i don't get 10% of my grade knocked off.