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My last year of higher edu was remote and I really loved it in 80% Finally I didn't have to waste time on commute and it was way easier to ignore doubtful prof

My last year of higher edu was remote and I really loved it in 80% Finally I didn't have to waste time on commute and it was way easier to ignore doubtful profs/useless courses and focus on the right things. but yea, things may be harder if you don't know people you're studying with

WalterBright 5y ago
Why did you take useless classes? Colleges give students great leeway in course selection.
- tester756 5y ago
  (not US) I couldn't I could only take "specialisation" - a few courses at the last year or something like that. It could be software engineering / cybersecurity / something else
- cjaybo 5y ago
  I'm sure you've heard of prerequisites, but maybe you haven't encountered any questionable requirements in the classes you took at the schools you attended? Personally, I had to take classes like "Ancient Eastern Civilizations" while pursuing a degree in Audio Production. So while the term "useless" is a bit strong, I understand where they're coming from.
  - WalterBright 5y ago
    Caltech had a requirement for classes in social studies. This was a rather broad category, and included things like language, history, and even accounting. So there wasn't any reason for me to select a useless class. There were specific required classes that I didn't like, but they weren't useless. Prerequisites, of course, prevent one from wasting the professor's time from unprepared students.
    - tester756 5y ago
      >There were specific required classes that I didn't like, but they weren't useless. Sure, course is never 100% useless, but when in one course you can learn "10 things" and on this one you can learn "1 thing" and have to spend similar amount of time on them meanwhile you're working full time, studying on weekends and trying to learn other things for your job/career, then things are tricky and you gotta pick - you put effort into some classes that aren't really efficent or maybe some OSS side project?

WalterBright 5y ago

Why did you take useless classes? Colleges give students great leeway in course selection.

tester756 5y ago
(not US) I couldn't I could only take "specialisation" - a few courses at the last year or something like that. It could be software engineering / cybersecurity / something else
cjaybo 5y ago
I'm sure you've heard of prerequisites, but maybe you haven't encountered any questionable requirements in the classes you took at the schools you attended? Personally, I had to take classes like "Ancient Eastern Civilizations" while pursuing a degree in Audio Production. So while the term "useless" is a bit strong, I understand where they're coming from.
- WalterBright 5y ago
  Caltech had a requirement for classes in social studies. This was a rather broad category, and included things like language, history, and even accounting. So there wasn't any reason for me to select a useless class. There were specific required classes that I didn't like, but they weren't useless. Prerequisites, of course, prevent one from wasting the professor's time from unprepared students.
  - tester756 5y ago
    >There were specific required classes that I didn't like, but they weren't useless. Sure, course is never 100% useless, but when in one course you can learn "10 things" and on this one you can learn "1 thing" and have to spend similar amount of time on them meanwhile you're working full time, studying on weekends and trying to learn other things for your job/career, then things are tricky and you gotta pick - you put effort into some classes that aren't really efficent or maybe some OSS side project?