“I have a friends whose son wanted to skip an extra day of classes before Thanksgiving break. She took the total tuition cost and calculated the cost of those classes he would miss that day and told him no way - she wanted her money’s worth.”
That’s the most flawed concept I have ever heard. A college degree is not about class attendance and that is not what she is paying for. She is paying for grades which equal credits which equal a degree. If you can miss a classes without consequence the day before Thanksgiving by all means go home. Now if you have a test, presentation or some other reason you need to go, then go to class. But going because your mom thinks she paid for the individual class is just silly. She is paying for the grade not individual class attendence.