Lmao, my Japanese teacher takes of points from my final exam if you missed too many classes during the semester.
So even if I got a 100 on the test, the best I can get is a 90. Which is still an A, but THEN HE TAKES AWAY MORE FROM THE OVERALL GRADE SEPARATELY.
So basically I get punished twice over if I miss class.
Screw this, if I get a C in this class despite getting an A for the quizzes and exams, I'm dropping Japanese, learning it myself, and testing out of my school's language requirement with Russian.
Because this teacher basically has "Do I like you?" as 30% of the class grade.
30% OF THE GRADE IS "ATTITUDE (WTF), ATTENDANCE (would be fine if he didn't take additional points off the final exam), participation (drills, okay I can get this), and oral fluency (again, wtf)."
Which means he can manipulate that 30% how he sees fit.
Yeah, no.