MrHappy_J, the fact the it's a joke should prevent you from getting depressed. If my attendance is that bad and i get 4% shy of a first, and the other guy cruises and gets a first, then it's clear that the methods of assessment don't actually test overall knowledge. I'm sad to say that, unless you are able to retain every piece of information ever given to you and organise it well within your head, then getting a 2:1/first is entirely about knowing how to do the exams. I've always seen 2:2 as being the level you can get based on knowledge alone. Anything higher is just organisation and essay writing method, though of course usually in decent subjects/universities a first requires demonstration of a good level of extra reading. Then
again, i got a few firsts by ONLY talking about extra reading. Certainly saves time in revision :P
My point is you would get higher than 2:2 if you figured out how to play the exams/cw.