" I’m just saying religiously attending a class because its there (or your parents think you should) is not always the best or most efficient use of your time. I’m sure your daughter will attend all her classes all the the time, but if the information can be obtained from a video lecture or book more quickly and concisely she could be wasting her most precious resource in college, which is time."
This attitude makes me oh so happy my kids attend(ed) colleges with out large lecture classes instead focusing on small classes with discussion based learning. Students there learn from their peers’ insights and questions as well as their profs.
" know for a fact that my parents only care about the grades and the degree." “Only the GPA and the degree matter.”
Of course I want my kids to obtain a degree in the end but my most important criteria is that they actual learn - knowledge, critical reasoning skills, etc. Grades are tertiary. I hope they get good grades but they are meaningless without knowledge and learning. And, yes, it is possible many places to obtain good grades while not maximizing your learning/knowledge.