Joshua Halberstam, an ethics professor at a New York University, wrote a book titled Acing College, in the book he gives readers a view on how to be successful in college. The book contained an article “Class in the Classroom”. Halberstam, uses this article to show that actual classroom attendance does matter, their behavior can impact their grades. He starts off by telling a story of a student that had poor attendance in a class of his appeared in his office asking for an extension on his midterm. From there Halberstam goes into detail on four different sections; does attendance really count, what’s the best place to sit in the classroom, does class participation really matter, and the do's and don'ts of classroom behavior. In each section