Lecture videos

philosophised at 8:19 PM

This year our lecture videos are all posted online, and consequently I find myself skipping lectures very often because I find it more advantageous to just watch them online in the comfort of my home.

There are a few benefits of doing so:

1. I get to sleep late, and that means I get to wake up late, which means that I won't fall asleep during lectures. You may ask why can't I just go to sleep early and wake up early? The answer is that I can't — I'm very obvious a night person who functions better at night.

2. It takes me 15 minutes to walk to school, and 15 minutes to walk back. It takes another 10 minutes to dress up, comb hair, put on contact lens, wear socks and shoes, and another 10 minutes to take off. Counting in some delay time, it all adds up to one hour every day in preparing for school. A huge waste of time if I can skip school entirely and just watch videos online.

3. I can rewind the video and listen to it over and over again, whereas if I were to attend the lectures, if I miss something, that's it.

4. Going by the same logic, I can pause the video and actually google something that I don't understand.

5. I can pace myself. If I feel tired I will just take a nap before watching the next video. In the long run it's better to have a solid one-hour sleep and study with a clear mind for the rest of the day, rather than study for the whole day without rest and feeling really groggy.

That's about it for self-justification for why I skip lectures.