Should I skip class today?

Ever wonder if skipping that 8 a.m. class is a good idea? 

Well, Jim Filbert has designed a website for college students to show whether skipping class is a smart move.

SkipClassCalculator.com  asks 10 questions about the class that students are considering skipping and factors in the number of times they have already skipped, the number of times the class meets per week and a few other tidbits of information.

“The only time I get irritated by students who skip class is when the excuses they give are so obviously false it’s insulting,” history professor Jack Carey said. “A few years ago, there was a girl that I saw at a Widespread Panic concert that lasted two nights. The next day we had class so I didn’t get to go the next night, and I got an e-mail from her saying that her grandmother had died.”

The skip class calculator has made students rethink the possibility of skipping class and has provided solid facts as to why they may or may not need to get out of bed and try to make it to class on time.

“I think it’s interesting,” student Brittany Pierce said. “The calculator brings up some questions that students don’t normally think about before they skip a class. Every year I start out with a ‘new semester resolution’ to not skip any of my classes, but no matter how hard I try I still end up skipping a few classes.”

While some teachers do not pay attention to attendance, others feel that skipping class will negatively impact students. 

“I don’t like students that skip class,” Spanish professor Maria Eugenia Landa Vera said. “It is important you for you to come to class and when you miss a class you miss all the contents for that class.”

As winter weather approaches, waking up for classes becomes a lot harder than it was a month ago. Those who get a case of the winter weather blues should ask one question: What would the skip-class calculator say?