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"I missed my first lecture today"

Right now I should be listening about the Western Europe in the 13th century.

I slept in for a few minutes so decided not to bother rushing and probably missing train and stayed in bed for half an hour extra. So far I have cleaned my room, hung out washing, did some ironing, had a 'good' breakfast and sorted out all my previous notes. True I have missed some notes and feel guilty for not going but meh. Not got Politics till 1 and then I finish after that anyway.

It's so crap... I need to get up at 7 just to get in for 10. Stupid long journey.

*Moan whinge etc*

And I don't get Sociology... stupid busy course.

Hmmm, I missed all my lecture today, had a valid excuse though. Anyway, that also means I've missed getting lunch, and am now feeling mighty hungry. THere's nothing to eat except biscuits and some Nutri Grain bars, and with the next meal at 5, should I just chomp and a bar and wait, or try and go out and get something healthy?

does anyone go Canterbury Uni?

You just miss lectures tactically, and I say this as someone in the fourth year of a Law and Accounting degree who currently coasting through with a high 2.1 average. Loads of lecturers don't actually lecture, they just dictate notes with a very sparse commentary - these you can miss as long as there's someone to grab notes from (and share the skiving with by sharing-alike). For my degree it’s more a balancing act between the reading and the lectures, you can ease off on one, but not both.

Just use the tutorials to see if you're keeping up.

I missed a couple in week 2, had a funeral to go to and grieving family to tend to. Missed one on Monday because the class before it overshot by half an hour. Apart from that, I'm doing ok so far.

Anyone live in Armagh? I'm going there on Friday with the Uni.

you're on the slippery slope Sheepy - missing lectures was my achilles heel and subsequently I'm repeating a module at the moment. Don't do it!

I miss Hanibal Lector, Hannibal from the A Team and lecturing people on woodlice.

Cherish your first year at Uni as it's the only one you can get away with missing piles of stuff - most Universities the first year is just pass or fail and doesn't influence your degree one bit (unless you fail in which case you're likely to be chucked off the course).

I really hated on set of lectures on Heritage Studies so me and my friend missed all but 3, and still romped home with a score of 75% in the overall assessment for the module.

You can miss stuff in year 2 and 3, but you'd be a bit stupid to unless you're ill/drunk, that kind of thing.

I missed an accountancy lecture yesterday afternoon and an economics one today...

My first 2 misses.

I'm ill though, so I got an excuse...

Ill again that is.

Freshers flu has gone, now everyones getting sore throats and losing the ability to speak!

So, you're no longer a lecture-skipping virgin - hurrah! That was sarcasm by the way. It's easy to get into the routine of missing lectures to lay-in, so unless you've got an incredibly good reason/fit woman, don't start doing it. I'm still paying for missing a load of lectures from the end of last year. Trust me, you'll regret it afterwards if you skip too many.

I got an E in a Biology test, if it makes you feel better.

Two massive "extended answer" questions, one worth eight marks, the other ten. One mark for the former, three for the latter. And one mark is awarded for quality of written communication.