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Missed lectures!

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er, this is to anybody who's at university or has been. What would you say is the most number of lectures u can miss? because i was ill for two, and now ive missed another two because i've been trying to piece my life together. i know it sounds strange and even selfish that missing lectures is 'piecing my life together' but i have zero motivation, and i know having something in my life will give me that kick i need. So if anybody could let me know their experiences and how they solved it, it'd b greatly appreciated :) thank u
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Depends on the class... If i miss more than 2 of my English lectures, my grade goes down by a whole letter. But my instructor told me of this in advance. Look at the class syllabus. If participation is NOT included in your final grade, then missing out is NOT a problem at all. It's recitation that you usually get in trouble for missing because that's when the work is turned on. NEVER miss the days when something is due or when there's work where attendance will be graded. Otherwise, if it's not even for participation, it does not matter as long as you do the work by yourself at some point so you don't fall behind.
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First two said it all. Depends on the class, if its not a requirement then do as much as you can outside of class. Some of my instructors post their lectures online for students who miss. One thing I would like to add that the others didn't is this... KEEP IN TOUCH with your professors. They aren't all assholes, if something is going on, let them know and you can work something out with them. The number one thing is you have to take charge. They aren't going to hunt you down, your parents aren't going to hunt you down. Nobody cares about your grades except for you, so show initiative.
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yeh, ive kept in touch with my lecture thru emails, and he's been entirely supportive. in fact he was worried about me! so now i feel i have to make an even bigger effort, because he's being so gud about it.
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thats not a bad thing :)
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heh yeh the guilt is gona make me work my ass off...i told him that (not word for word lol) and he understands! just need to use a couple of days to sort things out.
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My school actually had notes you could buy for most of the classes, and they weren't that expensive. They pay a student that is in a class to type up their notes and then you buy them from this organization. At my school it was called Nittany Notes (I'm a penn stater). You might want to see if your school has that. Saved my butt on more than one occasion... I'm not exactly a motivated student. Good luck!
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thanx il see if they have any! im in england tho, so im not sure whether they do that, but i can always try! :)
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harvah8, no rivalry or anything...

...but tonight I'm going to bed actually thinking that Penn State is better than UPenn. :P
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