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On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 19:32:04, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> And college was no better.
>
>I *hated* college.  So freaking s-l-o-w.  3 months to read a book and
>take a test.  Really?  C'mon, that's ridiculous.  And the class didn't
>even cover the entire textbook.  Then they switched from quarters to
>semesters, so even longer to be bored.  I tested out of as many classes
>as they permitted, and they wouldn't let me test out of more.  They
>claimed the classroom experience must also be included for a

There is _something_ in that ...

>well-rounded education.  Yeah, sit in a chair and listen to a prof orate
>a textbook, and his oration interrupted by stupid questions.

... but you do remind me of the definition of a lecture as "a means for 
the text to pass from the notes of the lecturer into the notes of the 
students without passing through the minds of either".
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

It's a beta orgy, not a product. - Mayayana in alt.windows7.general, 2018-3-8