Skipingclassesviolatesschoolrulesandapoorattendancerecordwilldamageyourfinalmark.Butsomecollegestudentsstilltryeverymeanstoescapeclasses. Thenumberoftheserebelsmaybemuchbiggerthanyouthink. ThreestudentsfromAnhuiNormalUniversityestablishedItaoke.CominJune.Thewebsitequicklyattracted2000registeredmembersinthreemonths.Onthewebsitestudentssharetheirexperiencesofskippingclassesandevenpostadstolookforsomeonetostandinforthemtoattendcourses. Itsembarrassingforuniversitiestoseethisshamefulbehaviordiscussed:
However，it'sgoodforschoolsandteacherstoknowviathewebsitethereasonswhystudentsskipclasses，accordingtoProfessorXiaoHaitaofromShenzhenUniversity:Xaopointedoutthatsome`studentsskipclassesbecauseoflaziness.Othersplaytruantbecausetheteachingistrulydissatisfactory“Universitiescanseekimprovementstogiveacuretotheclass-skippingproblem，”saidXiao.
ChenYang，21，thinksthatheis “forced"toskipsomecoursesbecauseofthepoorteaching. the senior，majoringinEnglishatYangtzeUniversitythinksthathe'swastingtimeintheclassroomwhentheteacherreadsthetextbookwordforwordorhandshimoutdatedreadingmaterials.HewouldratherskipclassestostudyinthelibrarywatchonlinevideosofHarvardorYalelectures，orsitinon(旁听）othercoursesheisinterestedin.Chendrawsaclearlinebetweenhimselfandthosewhoskipclassesinordertogetmoresleeporfoolaroundoncampus.Heemphasized：“Iskipclasseswithacleargoal，whichistoprobeintoareasI'minterestedinandbroadenmyhorizons.”
LiSicen，PresidentoftheNationalTaiwanUniversity，seemstobeonChen'sside. Liclaimedthathesupportedthosestudentswhoskipclassesforgoodreasons.
However，ProfessorXiaowarnsstudentsthatLiisnotgivingpermissionforstudentstoskip classes.XiaosuggeststhatLiwasjustshowinghisunderstandingoftruancyinalimitednumberofcases.
InProfessorPanCuiqiong'sopinion，studentstendtojumptotheconclusionthatacertaincourseisboringanduseless."Toclearstudents'misunderstanding，teachersshouldusematerialscloselyrelatedtostudents’livesandadaptinteractiveteachingmethods，”saidPan.