Final Blog
It's been a good semester blogging for Prof. Arvan's class, we've covered a lot of interesting topics and for the last prompt we've been asked to evaluate some course policies, specifically attendance and mobile devices. The way that I often tend to approach situations like attendance in classes is starting with the pre-supposition that adults are rational. We’re taught starting in Econ 102 that we make the assumptions of rationality and ranked preference before we can begin any sort of analysis on behavior. When it comes to attendance, I think it would be silly not to continue to hold them. So, if a student is able to make rational choice, and is able to properly rank their preferences, then the discussion really hinges on whether attendance is a behavior which needs to be incentivized. Part of me thinks its really an issue of free association, the student should be free to choose where they go and what they do at all points, with whomever they so choose. From