SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
WickedlyPerfect
Featured Actor Joined: 11/5/05
#0SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:47am
Ok so I am a college student with a problem. On March 1st, I have class from 4:30-7 at night. However, Anthony Rapp is doing a book signing in DC at 7pm the same night. Do I skip the class and go see Anthony (whom I love!) or do I suck it up, go to class and miss out meeting him?
well my only set back is the fact that she finds it rude and disrespectful to miss class. Not only that there is a chance I might miss the week before because I'm flying back in from Boston (a weekend in which I will be meeting Adam Pascal!!), so I really don't want to make here upset
What good is a life,
With no one to share,
The light of the moon,
The honor of a swear?
Updated On: 1/29/06 at 12:47 AM
#1re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:48amjesus skip class, one time can't kill you. haha
Isabella2
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/05
#2re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:48amit depends on how imortant the class is. i think you should skip it if the class isn't extremely important
Dirty Rotten Scoundrel
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SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#5re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 12:58am
I have the same exact problem, except my is on 2/22. I have never, in my whole college career, skipped a class. I told my mom I probably am and she nearly flipped out about it but I decided that I am 21 and I can do things once in a while...although I do feel really bad about skipping. My classes are 5-7 (oceanography lab) and 7-10 (oceanography class) But there is a lab from 3-5 that I can go to but I would even have to leave early from that one to get to Miami on time.
I don't want to miss it and I really feel like I deserve to go but I just don't wanna dissapoint my parents. uhh...decisions decisions decisions...
I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and go.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
Updated On: 1/29/06 at 12:58 AM
#6re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 1:00amI am so guilty of skipping classes for this sort of thing. heh.
#7re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 1:01amI'm all for skipping classes. (and ps, March 1 is my birthday! whoo!)
#8re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 1:04amUnless you're in danger of failing based on one night's attendance, SKIP. In fact, you could probably talk to your professor about it ahead of time. I know most of my college professors would have worked with me to miss one class in order to go to a book signing, considering the amount of other students who just skipped to go get high and hang out.
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#9re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 1:07amthe teacher might teach the same course at another time to a different group of kids. if thats the case you could sit in then.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#10re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 1:10am
I've talked to my professor and she said it would be fine and just to let her know a week early. She said she could e-mail me the stuff that I missed..etc...
The only thing is that this is a once a week class. AAHHH- can't the book signing be on any other day!!!
I know people who have missed so many classes but I just feel...I don't know. I just feel like missing a day or something is gonna make me a 'bad person, If I am sick, I go to class...
One week I totally felt like crap but went through the week and then went to the hospital Friday night because I was doubled over in pain and it was appendicitis...I mean, I really go out of my way to not miss classes.
Uhh- I don't want to regret not going to this but I also don't want to regret the fact that I am gonna miss class and I don't want my parents to be mad...
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
WickedlyPerfect
Featured Actor Joined: 11/5/05
#11re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 1:14amI'm the same way about missing classes, specially the price college is going for lately and my class is a once a week class as well. My other thing is, it's at night and in Washington DC. My parents wouldn't flip at the thought of me skipping class, but the idea of going do DC alone at night would piss them off. (which sucks because i'm 20 and shouldn't have to worry about this type of stuff
What good is a life,
With no one to share,
The light of the moon,
The honor of a swear?
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#12re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 7:15amUnless you missed so many classes, then skip.
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#13re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:36amAre people seriously saying that you should talk to your professor and *tell* them that you want to skip class to meet a celebrity? I'm not normally one for dishonesty, but I really don't think it's wise to go "oh, the professor will understand that!" because... well, I just don't think most professors would be very cool with that. If you skip, just... don't go. You can get the notes or whatever from a classmate, I'm sure. Or, if you tell the professor in advance, don't be elaborate. Just say you have to miss class. I really can't imagine -- with all due respect to Anthony -- that a professor would think it a good reason to miss his class, since most professors tend to think their classes are THE most important thing in the universe.
#14re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:03amHave to agree with luvtheemcee...don't tell her that's the reason you're missing. Unless it's a course where the prof. is a real hard a@@ about you missing ANY classes (and I took a couple of those in my day) then missing really won't be a big deal. This is coming from someone who also NEVER missed class unless I was nearly dying or had some other VERY good reason - I never missed just to miss. Even now, as a teacher, I don't ever take off because it's just more of a hassle than being there.
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#15re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:16am
What size is the class?
Whether small or large, I say skip. These types of things may or may not come your way anytime soon, and you'll regret it if you don't go. If it is a large class, just don't go. If it is a small class, email your professor the day of saying you're sick and that you'll get the notes from someone else. By any means, do not actually *ask* your professor for permission. Just don't go.
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gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
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#17re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 3:45pm
Skip it- just let your professor know via email that you will not be in class (this is coming from a professor!). Too much info in this case might work against you.
On another note, does anyone know if Anthony will be singing at the Miami signing?
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#19re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 4:00pm
Ok, Im from Canada, and not Toronto or Ontario at all for that matter. Anyway my point is, celebrities like Antony never never never come to Canada to do book signings unless its Toronto. I am a HUGE HUGE fan, and I wish I had the chance to see him in person. So if I were you, I would go and not regret it. How many other classes are you going have in your life time??? Lots. How many Antony Rapp book signings????? None!
So do it.
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SweetQintheLights
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#22re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 5:33pm
bmeonbway2- it doesn't say he is singing but maybe we can't get him to since it seems he is singing everywhere else. I called Books and Books to find out exactly where they were at and they said it doesn't start until 8. Now I'm confused because the thing on his site said 7. hmmm...
Are you going?
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
Updated On: 1/29/06 at 05:33 PM
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#23re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 6:58pm
I am a teacher, now, with that being said,
SKIP IT!!!!!!!!
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#24re: SKIP OR NOT TO SKIP
Posted: 1/29/06 at 7:04pm
We are all horrible influences.
Skip it, it's one class.
