I think it is a joke‏

Hi,

last term was my first term here. At the end of the term they asked me for an attendance score. No one told me I needed to keep attendance! My TA sat in every class and read a book. He never mentioned attendance. So I told the school to give them all 100%; they gave them 90% and I had students pissed off at me because they were there every class!

This term I took attendance; not every class and not always in the first period. Many students would skip out after the first period and so sometimes I would call attendance in the second period. But now I have heard that most teachers do not call attendance. I am confused. They have rules but the rules are not told to me.

Apparently, students have to attend 60% of the classes; I found out this week. I have 10 students who have not done that in my Marketing class. My TA said I will have to give them 60% or they will complain, heaven forbid that they may have to tell their parents why they couldn't come to class. So they will have 60%. There are good students and then there are others who should never graduate but they will. There is no such thing as repeating a course. You go through with your classmates. Don in Changzhou said it best when he was looking for some help. You cannot trust that a person who has a degree here is capable. There are many that are but there are more that are not. They push them through. Last year Lijun had 5 roommates, all marketing majors because she started out as a marketing major and it didn't matter that she switched to Enhlish. You stay with the same roommates all through university. Last year her roommates had one course and they didn't go. So would you hire one of them to a marketing job? She has her degree!

The students who are serious work very hard. The others play basketball, don't come to class and don't give a shit. But they will pass.

Don