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> Yet my recently hired collegue insists he spent more time learning from Youtube than from lectures at "proper" university. Unless you go to an elite universi
by qwerty456127 6y ago
> Yet my recently hired collegue insists he spent more time learning from Youtube than from lectures at "proper" university.
Unless you go to an elite university like Stanford or MIT (whose lectures actually are among those on YouTube), an ordinary university lectures usually are garbage (in both how deep and how easy to understand they are) compared to what is available on YouTube. It is common (among people I knew) to waste time on the uni lectures (because they won't let you to attend the exams otherwise) learning nothing, then watch some YouTube, get it quickly and go pass the exam.
- CodeGlitch 6y agoUniversity degrees are totally doable without going to lectures, or attending any classrooms at all. People of univeristy age should be able to self-learn, and I see no difference to a video of a lecturer vs sitting in a hall. As long as questions can be emailed to them. Schools on the other hand...plenty of students are unable to learn on their own. "Self learning" is a skill, that even at the ago of 40 I'm still trying to master. (Anki seems to be the key here!)
- qwerty456127 6y ago> University degrees are totally doable without going to lectures, or attending any classrooms at all. Nevertheless universities require you to attend about 90% or fuck off. In my opinion examination/certification should be done by an independent institution and require no prerequisites. So people could get the knowledge from anywhere they prefer (YouTube, books, private educators, paid or free lectures, commercial companies, experience) at any pace they feel comfortable then just come to pass a standardized exam and get a diploma.