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You can separate the socialising and the educational parts of the university experience. For a large majority of courses I simply did not attend to lectures, i
by the-smug-one 6y ago
You can separate the socialising and the educational parts of the university experience.
For a large majority of courses I simply did not attend to lectures, it's a lot faster to learn on your own. Yet, I could have gone to the social nights that the CS chapter held every week and mingled if I wanted to.
But yes, the lack of separation of studying and private living in a one room apartment sucked during Covid. Of course, in a regular school year I could just take the subway to my uni or uni library to work there.
The bad parts of the remote experience will go away.
- dan-robertson 6y agoI think I strongly disagree. For one thing if you view the university as trying to train people towards being researchers (or even employment) then collaboration and socialisation matter a lot. For the actual learning I think socialisation with one’s peers (a prerequisite to having good discussions about the subject with them) is crucial because it is the fastest way to get feedback. It also can provide inspiration for alternative approaches, motivation, or a tip to get unstuck. A book, lecture or grade can’t do any of those things. Office hours or other expert feedback from teachers may help somewhat but it’s different from the kind of camaraderie one will develop with fellow students.