CHAPTER 2

Chapter two will provide a synthesis that supports the evaluation of the
study about the reasons of the students who did cutting class. Always cutting
classes and not getting to school on time are two of the crucial determining
factors of a student’s success. Given the importance of being punctual, this study
aimts to explore and find out what triggers the students to cut class and also how
it affects their academic performance and daily life. From reliable research
materials like online journals and research papers, we will provide some facts and
theories from authors, teachers, and notable people in order to have a concrete
justification of our study.

An accessible business school population of undergraduate students was

investigated in three independent, but related studies to determine effects on
grades due to cutting class and failing to take advantage of optional reviews and
study quizzes. It was hypothesized that cutting classes harms exam scores,
attending preexam reviews helps exam scores, taking optional exam preparation
quizzes helps exam scores, and earlier exam scores in the semester predict later
exam scores. Using an objective measurement method of actual events and
actual exam scores instead of the predominant nonexperimental survey method
most often used, it was found that all hypotheses were significant and supported
in the predicted direction. Implications for professors and students are provided,
revealing that cutting class, missing preexam reviews, and ignoring chapter
quizzes effects are real and they matter.

We will study the factors that triggers the students into cutting classes
theories are social interactions, academic performance, romantic relationship,
family problem, and work.

In social interactions with other students could affect the confidence of the
students or possibly be influenced by their friends and fellow classmates. “If acting
self-confident people automatically assumed that the person was truly just that,
self-confident. Acting” – Keli Chaffin (2004). Therefore, students who doesn’t have
much self-esteem are mostly the one who are easily convinced in cutting classes
could be either because of pressure in classroom, teacher, professor or anyone
ahead of them.

In academic performance every students that are “academically

challenged” are tend to be pressured in the task that teachers assigned them to
do. There are different ways a person think and they have different intellectual
capacity. Usually in every classroom it is divided into smartest to average and
those who are smart enough somehow rules the classroom and everybody
respect their mental capabilities. And when two intellectual person abreast each
other in midst of studies tendencies are they would be competing in order to know
who’s better. At this time, students whom struggles to keep would lose the interest
in studying since they are bombarded with different assignments to pass on time.
It triggers them to cut class to as if it is their “scapegoat” to free up some pressure
in their mind. “Where does one go from the bottom? You hit the bottom of the
well and what? People say the only place to go is up, but they seem to ignore
how long you can spend wallowing in the muck at the bottom of the well.” – Keli
Chaffin (2004).

In romantic relationship, since most of the students are already in the

puberty stage it is then ideal to them to take admiration towards the person they
like into next the level sometimes this is one of the reason which makes them to
cut their class. In addition, once they are committed in such relationship it is like
they are already bound to hold such responsible in meet the desire their partner
holds. One thing to make a relationship stronger and alive is to satisfy them with
all their needs. And that is also when they’ve become independent on the way
they think and the way they act towards one another just only wishing what’s best
for them both. “I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the
unicorns and puppies.” – Magenta Periwinkle (2005).

In family problem, the researchers believe that everyone has their own
problem and most of the time it’s in their household. Broken family, financial
problem, and all sorts that likely came from their own household. Your personality
will likely be influenced in how you used to be in your home so it affects a great
deal of your personal preference in daily life. When people experience problems
at home they are tend to be distracted at all times through out the day depends
on how extreme the problem is. Just like in academic performance, they would
wish to buy some time for their own to think properly. Which is why they tend to
cut their classes anytime. Henceforth, cutting classes is the only scapegoat they
have “I had too many questions and no answers.” – Ruther Balmond (2007).

Lastly, work, with your young age some students are obliged to take part-
time job to meet the financial needs they have to pay. Financially it is a problem
on everyone, some students chose to be a working student in order to help their
parents to pay for thei tuition and studies this also cause them to split their time
into studying and working. Time distribution is likely to happen, this is an all-out
effort studying in the morning and working at night shift is very stressful and fatigue
breaking. If one’s body cannot attain into overdoing themselves it will surely come
into the conclusion that one day they’ll just be exhausted and would rather rest.
And most of the time it is the school days they sacrifice to skip, because they also
benefit in work by getting salary. Some of them are also influenced by the salary
they are getting into which makes them choose to work and stop studying. “I had
choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and
puppies.” – Magenta Periwinkle (2001).