DH> MS>     Absenteeism due to excessive partying is the biggest 
DH> discipline 
DH> MS> college profs face.  Disruptive behavior _does_ happen, if more 
DH> rare
DH>  
DH> I'm curious, is this really the biggest discipline problem college 
DH> professors face?  I mean look at it from this angle--college students 
DH> do have a lot more "freedoms", if you will, than do high school 
DH> seniors,
    And when they are a very few months more "mature"!
DH> by virtue of being HS graduates we expect them to act somewhat more 
DH> responsibly.  
    Given that the vast majority of HS seniors (particularly in 
"college-bound" courses) graduate, is it reasonable to expect them to 
magically become more responsible the moment they get the HS degree?
DH> I had one such student last term (SP 96) in my college 300 level 
DH> Speech 
DH> Communications class, he was doing well up to Mid Term and choose not 
DH> to attend from that point on, he had my syllabus outlining the 
DH> grading 
DH> criteria and all the measurable events and he choose to stop 
DH> attending 
DH> & participating.  He ended up failing the course.  He wasn't what I'd 
DH> call a "discipline problem" although his absenteeism disturbed me
    A few months earlier, his same behavior (skipping class) would have been 
considered a "discipline problem" in most any HS in America.
    As for his absenteeism disturbing you, we agree.  Profs are disturbed by 
the high rate of student absenteeism because it leads to bad grades, which 
then get the prof into trouble with the administrators if he gives too many.
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