There comes a time each semester where teachers become aware of their students’ attendance and realize that some students enrolled do not shown up for class. At this point, instructors usually carry the burden to decide whether they should drop these students from their class or leave them enrolled with the likelihood to fail.
Some feel that it is a good idea for teachers to drop students because they feel that it is the teacher’s responsibility. However, we at The Skyline View feel that it is a student’s responsibility to drop themselves from classes, not their instructors’. A teacher’s workload is already rather large and they should not have to go the extra step that their students should take responsibility for.
Teachers sometimes drop students because they feel that it is the kind thing to do. In reality, do the students that are being dropped even care? Most likely they do not concerned at all about classes they neglect. In addition, it is not difficult for students to drop classes themselves. All it takes is a quick visit to building two or about five minutes on a computer to drop a class.
On the other hand, not dropping a student can also serve its purpose. Although they may fail the class, it may make them realize that they need to be in charge of their education. Many students that drop themselves feel that it is unfair for the teacher to put the extra time into dropping students when they could be working on improving the class, or helping other students who more devote more time and effort into passing the class.
In a worst case scenario, a teacher could leave an inactive student in the class and pass them even though their work is incomplete. This often leaves the rest of the students disgruntled, as it means all the time and effort they put into the class was pointless.
We at The Skyline View feel that teachers should not drop students from their classes. They should allow them to fail with a lesson learned. To say the least, if they don’t learn to get their act together now, when will they learn? The consequences of failing one class are not that bad and certainly far less disappointing than the consequences of failing in their future workplace.