Student lectures – the lamest thing ever?

Yes. I’m not going to write anything political, the politics of the situation don’t bother me. But  just generally, I do agree with the strikes – I have this weird belief that people like, deserve to lead happy lives or something? But that isn’t the point.

Let’s look at the following idea: lecturers aren’t idiots. They aren’t going to skip over or miss out important material, and then examine you on that material. Why? You’ll probably do worse. That makes them look like they’re bad at their job. I’m going to suggest the point of the strikes is to point out that they deserve more for what they do, not that they’re useless people who can’t plan anything. Oh and add to this that many people miss one or two lectures and end up perfectly fine.

So yes, don’t worry you enthusiastic attendees! You won’t be missing anything.

Let’s also look at what Alex Bunzl, one of the leaders of these strikes, says about lecturers.
“To suggest that students can make do without them is a discredit to the excellence of the staff. The idea that we should work independently is an insult to our choice to study at Warwick and pay substantial fees.”

Yes, that seems plausible. The staff are striking in order to show that maybe independent work is less effective.  Going off to get taught by a lecturer is more useful. That’s what makes a lecture a lecture: a lecturer, not just any guy who can stand up at the front.

Don’t value the style (which, despite any claim, is just obviously political) over the substance.  There are so many alternatives. My personal favourite being: use the day off to take the stick out of your ass. If you are concerned about the strikes, here’s what I’d say: do your own reading.  If you don’t have the intellectual capacity to allow your lecturers like, three days of striking, no wonder you got a rejection from Oxbridge.

Don’t let your own feeling of uselessness motivate you to get up, get dressed, and go to a lecture to get taught by someone that knows, frankly, very little more than you do. It’s overly keen, it’s too enthusiastic, and it’s a bit, well, sad.

You’re a student. University is meant to be about having sex in toilets, taking romantic walks and staring at the stars with your lover, going to parties, playing video games, doing drugs (shh) and just having a WHALE of a time.

If you are panicked over missing three or four hours of lectures (so much so that you’re willing to be persuade yourself that holding fake lectures is useful), sort out your priorities, and don’t be so lame.