Should university students be required to attend classe3

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Should university students be required to attend classes?
I think attending all the classes should be doubtlessly required for
all the university students. This is in classes that one can get
himself really involved in the discussions, which are completely
relevant to the subjects covered in the course.
Today, most of university teachers are complete masters of the
subjects that they teach. It seems also that presenting a monologue is
not as effective as getting the students involved in teaching by
having an interactive environment in which students can think and
present their thoughts without fear or disgrace. So the classes are
moving to having flat and interactive conditions. So, I do not think it
would be a good idea to ignore these optimal situations for learning,
in favor of loneliness for having better focus on the teaching
materials or relative reading.
One other reason I think will remove any doubt on the matter is the
overall time spend for attending classes during one semester; as long
as I know, each credit of a course is equivalent to one hour of class
attendance in a week. So, for a regular 3 credit university course, a
registered student is required to spend just three hours in potentially
more than 30 hours of official university hours in one week. Is this
time really so much that a student decides to save it for - in the best
conditions - self studies? Does this student learn subjects as
efficiently when he is studying by himself, as in a live class? What
does he do when facing a contradiction or even when a question
rises in his mind that hinders his normal progress?
Another benefit of attending the classes is that students have to get
themselves with the class by reviewing the subjects covered in
each session and ask their probable misunderstandings or questions
in the next session. By being with the class, the amount of

materials to be studied at the end of the semester for the final
exams, which are very common, is reduced and made easy in
study.
Considering these normal conditions, I think if a student really is to
study and learn the


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required subjects, the best way would include attending the official
class sessions. But if this is not the case and he need not get the best
from his course, he can cram for the final exam just a few hours and
hopefully get a pass mark!