Missing a class is equivalent to paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket to a show and then not going. Unfortunately, you can’t scalp tickets to English 101. Besides the price, your grades will suffer.

From The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College by Harlan Cohen. Copyright ©2005 by Harlan Cohen. Reproduced with permission from Sourcebooks, Inc. For more advice from Harlan, visit www.helpmeharlan.com.

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