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Attention Span
There are some great old movies, but for a lot of them the pacing seems painfully slow. I got the important plot point the first time it was raised. Did the film really need to try to explain it with no added information over and over again for 20 minutes?
A Note-Taking Crisis
I recently experienced a note-taking crisis mid-way through a lecture. ‘A crisis?’ you say, and yes, it was indeed a crisis.
Lecturers later in the degree
Is it just me, or does anyone else find that the closer you get to finishing your degree, the more obscure and hard to understand your lecturers become?
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Confessions of a behind student
I solemnly swear to catch up on my lectures. I vowed to not miss any lectures this year, but obviously it’s already past that point. One day I was sick, one day I had to travel, and one day I had a clash. Life happens, and luckily lecture recording exists as a plan B. If […]
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Lectures. Let’s chat.
So, I’ll be brutally honest here; I hardly ever go to lectures. And that’s not without reason. I work part time at a nine to five job, three days a week. I can’t live with my parents for personal reasons, and the job I have is in the field I want to enter when I […]
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Lecture-Watching Tips for First Years
For all the ickle firsties out there, this will (most likely) be your very first university semester and therefore your very first university exam period. If you’ve already succumbed to the never-attending-lectures-and-never-watching-them habit, this is for you. Or, if you’re one of those students who prepare thoroughly (good on you!), hopefully this will help you revise, […]
