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Then you ended up with people sleeping and even snoring on the floor behind the back rows, people in the front row with their nasty bare feet up on the desk while guest lecturer's are walking around trying not to lose thier lunch, and people answering their cell phones and crap like that during lecture.
I think this is pretty ridiculous behavior for someone in medical school. Whether you want to be there or not you should at least have enough respect to act like an adult while in lecture. Doesnt matter who you are, who the lecturer is or what they are talking about. If youre going to be there then behave like youre 20 something and not 5.
And I agree...you dont have to go to class to be an excellent student. I was MIA for 90% of my second year and I did very well academically.