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Azumi · 01/06/2009 02:38 PM

crazieladi24 Wrote:I have never understood what the big deal is with skipping school as long as you get your work done. I mean a skipped probably half of the last semester of my senior year to hang out with my boyfriend and got 101 averages or higher in all my classes.

past is the past though... i wasn't around.... i already got the boot by then...
or was your senior year when you came to my house like everyday.. wait... it was your last year wasn't it... LOL yeah you were at my house alot back then
... i wonder myself how you passed.... but then again i went to school two day a week and still aced the classes i cared about... i don't like math but science, history, english, and japanese i had really high marks until those idiots across the country got me kicked out...

as far as the question... no because i hated school and when i went to high school, nobody had a cellphone except me... and i had a giant one because all cells were huge... huge donkey motorola... but i have an iphone and an ipod touch 2g now so i win LOL

Assassinator · 01/06/2009 04:45 PM

crazieladi24 Wrote:I have never understood what the big deal is with skipping school as long as you get your work done. I mean a skipped probably half of the last semester of my senior year to hang out with my boyfriend and got 101 averages or higher in all my classes.

Heh, I used to always come to school (since there is also an attendance rule for graduation here), but I never really did anything at school.

In the lower years (7-9), I pretty much just sat there talking to friends during class, and never really did much work. Still got 95%+ for every single exam because shit back then is so retardedly easy.

And in the higher years, I just sat there doing assigments and other stuff in class (so I don't need to do them at home). Teacher hates me though since I never really listen and participate in class. My uni entrance score was still higher than 95%, so still all good.

In uni... yeah, it's actually bad to skip class. Because shit is hard enough so that you'd have to spend time catching up later on your own, and that can be pretty gay depending on the content.

brentbizzle · 01/06/2009 04:46 PM

The thing is Japanese university is way different than the states. If it's a prestigious university, chances are students aren't skipping class anyway. If you go to an average university, students skip left and right because most classes are boring lectures with absolutely no class interaction, no homework, only exams.

And about the iPhone... dunno if any of you have one, but you have to give an application permission to use GPS before it can give your location. You would have to have whatever application they are going to use open in order for them to do this. Besides this, Japan is BIG on personal privacy, so if this is actually happening I don't see it even lasting long.

Also, the iPhone was a huge flop in Japan because they don't meet the needs of the average Japanese consumer. To them it would just be an ipod touch with a camera and probably wouldn't be used for personal use anyway. I wouldnt put it past some students to just keep it plugged into a wall outlet somewhere on campus.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 01/06/2009 04:57 PM

^ That's interesting.  But on the other hand, is attendance actually required at a University level?
Here, you can skip any class you want to (though you might want to show up to exams).  Some classes do try to entice you to come by giving out marks for attendance.

If the Uni wants people to have a higher passing rate, then I think the iPhone is a bit of a counter-intuitive measure, even if it was a popular device there.  Something like weekly tests probably work a lot better in forcing people to attend.

krystabegnalie · 01/06/2009 07:37 PM

if that they will do in our country, they will sell the free iphone and buy a psp

brentbizzle · 01/06/2009 08:33 PM

Well, the article does mention that attendance is a requirement. I'm sure the issue isn't even getting more people to pass. On average, it is easier to graduate from a Japanese university than an American one. Japanese kids spend their whole k-12 education cramming to pass a university entrance exam. Mind you that there is no standard test like the SAT's, each university has their own test. It's so difficult to just enter the friggin school that I guess they ease up curriculum wise.

And about attendance. I personally don't think it should be required when you are paying money. (Except for some airline situations) Give me one example where you pay full price to be able to attend something and be penalized for not going? I think it's just a rule to feed professor's egos. You can't pass unless you sit here and listen to me.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 01/06/2009 11:05 PM

Not sure if this is for lectures (would take ages to take the role, unless they're small), but they could require students to show their ID when walking into the room or something like that (tis what they do here for exams). A bit of a bother, but arguably not much more than checking for everyone's location, and certainly more cost effective (and from what you've said, more reliable)...

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