2016年下半年大学英语四级作文优秀范文四

　　Is It Right to Require Class Attendance?

　　Required class attendance， like an old custom， is so common in Chinese colleges and universities that many teachers and even students themselves simply assume it a good practice.　But is it wise to do so? It does contribute to the rise in the number of students attending class. But is there any proven correlation between attendance and performance in a course? The value of required attendance is being questioned by more and more teachers and students.

　　Why is class attendance required? The reason seems fairly distinct and understandable. For one thing， to ensure that all the students in his or her class are attending it has been considered one of the responsibilities of the teacher in the long run.　A strong sense of responsibility is acting on the teachers and making them feel lose face or even guilty if they are facing just several students in a classroom which should be filled with many more of them. Also playing a part is that teachers have to find ways to evaluate their students， and attendance， which is a perfect measurable factor， can be their good choice apart from mere paper marks.

　　But does that make sense? Have teachers achieved their goal? Take the first glance and people may say "yes"， because you can easily find that in the courses which require class attendance there are always a lot of students.　But things are not just simply what they look like， however. "I'm tired of the course，but I've got to attend it. So I leave after my name is mentioned by the teacher." A college student said so and if you have experienced college life， you'll find he's not alone in saying so. In some courses attendance checking has been somewhat a burden to the students and they have developed several ways to escape classes while still retain good record on the teachers' handbook.One way is to leave silently after attendance checking， and there's still other ways such as asking others to reply when his or her name is called， etc. Even just talk about the students who never escape classes. We can hardly assume they're really "taking" the course because none of the available data shows any proven correlation between attendance and performance in a course. One may be sitting in the classroom， but who knows whether he or she is just sitting there daydreaming all the time?What surprises us is that there are students who get high marks without attending many classes. So now we seem to have reached a corner： how to explain all these phenomena? Is class attendance requirement really a ridiculous thing or have we missed something important that gives us the answer?

　　Just consider the teachers' goal again and we can get more out of the problem. The point of all the things is that we should find a better way to arouse the students' enthusiasm and efficiency to study and attendance requirement is just one of the methods. One's course performance is measured by his or her efforts and efficiency rather than the time he spends to attend class.　A student may have a high rate of attendance but low study efficiency. What's more， if we make a close research about the college education we can see why college education is not welcome. A sense of being compelled to study and not being trusted is the most important factor in it.　Students in colleges tend to think they are already grown-ups who're responsible for what they can do and what they want to do.　The attendance checking makes them feel that they are treated like children and thus may destroy the enthusiasm of study or even cause them to cheat the teachers in different ways.　Another factor that bears the same importance is the classes， or to say the teachers them selves. Why do students fail to follow the courses? One thing that can not be denied is that many classes are simply too boring.Teachers only repeat　their materials　from　the　textbook and students feel they can gain nothing from it. For the third but not the least one， students do lack a strong desire to study and responsibility for themselves these days. Their life is filled with too many things such as PCs， TVs， and a lot of other things.These make them impetuous and unable to sit down quietly studying.

　　"Awareness of the problem is half of the solution，" Once Edison mentioned. Now that we have reached the conclusion that mere attendance requirement is not right， nor necessary， what shall teachers and students do to find the other half of the solution and end the "hide and see" game?

　　First， maintaining students attention and interest is still a big challenge for the classroom lecturers. One way for professors to meet the challenge is to brighten the classes with anecdotes for comic relief.　Another way is to integrate visuals into classroom activities. Still another way is to punctuate the classes with discussion. Through all these methods the students' enthusiasm of study may be aroused and they would have the desire to study instead of being compelled to sit in the classroom thinking how to escape it.

　　Students themselves should take actions to solve the problems too.　The essence of the problem is how to improve their study quality and students themselves，　as those who benefit from all the endeavors， must give an active response to teachers and the society. Just as Newton once said， "Exploring the unknown is the happiest thing in my life."Students must develop their interest and desire to learn in classes. They should try their best to follow the courses to get knowledge from them instead of making all kinds of excuses to escape classes.

　　After all， taking all these factors into account， we may safely arrive at the conclusion that to require class attendance is not an effective way to ensure the students' study quality and efficiency， but it stands for the endless endeavor of educators to improve the standard of education and to give students better tourscs. Awareness of the problem is the first step and other effective measures are being taken. We have strong belief that the situation in the near future will be better and students as well as the teachers will both get high efficiency and interest from the classes.