I Thought I Was in College?

I go to the University of North Carolina. Yes. North Carolina. The South.

Why has it snowed twice in one month? That is NOT a North Carolinian thing to do.

Snow + North Carolina Roads = DISASTER. Therefore, when it does snow I do not want to make the commute to class. My apartment provides a shuttle/bus system, but I'm not so sure about the skills of the drivers in wintery conditions.





So...when I am trying to stay safe I am put in a horrible conflict: the dreaded ATTENDANCE POLICY.

But wait...attendance policy? I thought I was paying for this education?

My 8am class that I have on Tuesday/Thursday has a very strict "One Unexcused Absence" policy. That one absence that I am allowed to have is when I go to Nationals in April for dance team. So...basically I can never miss a class at 8am. I think that is pretty ridiculous.

Why is it that professors can put extreme absence policies on college students? We all don't live at home with our mommies and daddys and take the bus to school. Some of us work. Some of us are married. Some of us are parents. Some of us live 15 minutes away and can't walk to campus on snowy/icy days. We aren't being paid to go to school. We are paying to go to school. Sooooo - if I never wanted to go to class they shouldn't be able to do a damn thing. They are still getting their checks (and our tuition hikes I might add). Granted - the attendance policies make me go to class when my lazy ass doesn't want to get out of bed...but we should be more mature about our decisions.

We shouldn't need our professors to be our mommies and tell us to come to class. We are adults. We are supposed to be in "the real world." Therefore, we should be smart and mature enough to get our asses out of bed when we need to go to class and stay in when it's icy. Those decisions should not affect our grades. So if it snows again and I don't want to risk an accident...my grade shouldn't drop!

Yay for snow.