Why university lecture halls don't stay full
Is it just first-week syndrome or do university lecture halls always turn into ghost towns?
As we peruse the many stories about University students and the things that seem to be gaining them headlines outside of their stellar studies, it has dawned on us that going to University has shifted over the years.
Where once it was an honour to attend university, more and more students are taking this experience for granted.
What does this mean for future generations?
An alleged social media trend related to lectures. A student was recorded explaining why lecture halls are filled the first week of returning to campus, and then die off.
"The reason classes get packed during the first day, you know, the first week, is that we want to evaluate how the lecturer is, and if we find out that the lecturer is a disaster, we are not going to attend," he claims.
The video was reshared on Instagram and attracted many comments.
Many people called him out in the comments, while others agreed that lectures were a waste of time.
A student who was in the lecture hall with the speaker said: "I have most of my classes with him...sad thing is the lecturer for this module is a cutie!! When did this behaviour become acceptable?"
This is said to be Roos Hall at the University of Pretoria.
- "He is about to repeat the module 5 times with 49 mark."
- "Failed with flying colors."
- "Thank you my leader! You don't need to go to lecturers, there are thousands of lectures on your topic on YouTube."
- "And there are actual people that would give an arm and a leg to go study a degree and then you have people like this."
- "Imagine this guy going for a work interview, and they pull up this video. There is no way anybody will appoint him."
- "go to your classes. you pay too much to be wasting your money by playing games, respect your lecturers. they're people too and just doing their job."
Watch the video below from Instagram.
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