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My college just basically closed and hour ago saying everything is online now after spring break. Kinda nice for my easy classes. Sucks for my harder ones thoug

My college just basically closed and hour ago saying everything is online now after spring break. Kinda nice for my easy classes. Sucks for my harder ones though.

munk-a 7y ago
Good luck - I think I would've had a lot of issues had I ever been forced to remote into classes. When I was in college I definitely didn't have the discipline for that.
impendia 7y ago
Speaking as a college professor: Read your textbook, do homework exercises, and (above all) feel free to contact your professors and ask them for help. That is what they are paid to do!
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Underrated advice. I'd get 10x as much benefit from my undergraduate studies than I did if anyone got it through my head that the academic staff will help you with the stuff that was in the class - and more importantly, they're very happy to tell you everything about their field of research.
- LeoTinnitus 7y ago
  I mean I'm a returning student and have always been good with online classes so it's honestly an actual perk for me. The hardest part is instructors who feel like unlocking everything to let people work at their own pace is somehow egregious...I think it's so stupid that a teacher cant somehow manage grading the same stuff for everybody at the same time but just ignores the other students who are ahead until they get to that point. The best online teachers I've ever had were the ones that unlocked it all from the start and helped you with the few questions you had along the way.
MrFoof 7y ago
In the Boston area, Harvard, MIT, Boston University, all five UMASS campuses (including Boston and Lowell), Tufts University, Suffolk University, Emerson College, Northeastern and Olin have all moved to online classes. Plus Amherst College out in western Mass. That seems like a lot until you realize there's still Boston College, Simmons, Berklee College of Music, Emmanuel, Brandeis, Babson, Bentley, Wellesley, a pharmacology college, two art colleges, and a bunch of community colleges -- and plenty of others I'm forgetting -- I could reach via public transit are still to announce anything, presumably because it's all still being discussed. For Boston this is really weird and impactful. There is a massive population (somewhere between 350,000 - 400,000 students I think) in the area that is just a transient student population. Though outside of NYC and VERY specific parts of the SFBA, the Boston area is one of the most population dense parts in the US, so there's no more fooling around.

My college just basically closed and hour ago saying everything is online now after spring break. Kinda nice for my easy classes. Sucks for my harder ones though.

munk-a 7y ago

Good luck - I think I would've had a lot of issues had I ever been forced to remote into classes. When I was in college I definitely didn't have the discipline for that.

impendia 7y ago

Speaking as a college professor: Read your textbook, do homework exercises, and (above all) feel free to contact your professors and ask them for help. That is what they are paid to do!

TeMPOraL 7y ago
Underrated advice. I'd get 10x as much benefit from my undergraduate studies than I did if anyone got it through my head that the academic staff will help you with the stuff that was in the class - and more importantly, they're very happy to tell you everything about their field of research.
LeoTinnitus 7y ago
I mean I'm a returning student and have always been good with online classes so it's honestly an actual perk for me. The hardest part is instructors who feel like unlocking everything to let people work at their own pace is somehow egregious...I think it's so stupid that a teacher cant somehow manage grading the same stuff for everybody at the same time but just ignores the other students who are ahead until they get to that point. The best online teachers I've ever had were the ones that unlocked it all from the start and helped you with the few questions you had along the way.

MrFoof 7y ago

In the Boston area, Harvard, MIT, Boston University, all five UMASS campuses (including Boston and Lowell), Tufts University, Suffolk University, Emerson College, Northeastern and Olin have all moved to online classes. Plus Amherst College out in western Mass. That seems like a lot until you realize there's still Boston College, Simmons, Berklee College of Music, Emmanuel, Brandeis, Babson, Bentley, Wellesley, a pharmacology college, two art colleges, and a bunch of community colleges -- and plenty of others I'm forgetting -- I could reach via public transit are still to announce anything, presumably because it's all still being discussed. For Boston this is really weird and impactful. There is a massive population (somewhere between 350,000 - 400,000 students I think) in the area that is just a transient student population. Though outside of NYC and VERY specific parts of the SFBA, the Boston area is one of the most population dense parts in the US, so there's no more fooling around.