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blunomore

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As a first year student, I - and all my classmates - were either petrified or in awe of our lecturers. They just seemed a million miles removed in terms of knowledge and experience.

That was more than 10 years ago and during the past year or so, I once again had contact with some of them, this time on a more equal and professional footing.

I am still making up my mind on whether they have lost their former glory :D


Have you ever experienced the same?
 
blunomore said:
As a first year student, I - and all my classmates - were either petrified or in awe of our lecturers. They just seemed a million miles removed in terms of knowledge and experience.

That was more than 10 years ago and during the past year or so, I once again had contact with some of them, this time on a more equal and professional footing.

I am still making up my mind on whether they have lost their former glory :D


Have you ever experienced the same?
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I ran into some of my primary school teachers some years ago.

They're not so fscking big and tall now.
They can try giving me some cuts now.:mad:
 
lol not yet since I am a 1st year student and study through UNISA.

Think I am going to fail due the to the new stupid semester system they have :( :mad:
 
In my first year, my marketing, communication and economics leturers seemed like geniuses. Now, they don't seem AS godly, but still come across as professional and intelligent.
 
blunomore said:
As a first year student, I - and all my classmates - were either petrified or in awe of our lecturers. They just seemed a million miles removed in terms of knowledge and experience.

That was more than 10 years ago and during the past year or so, I once again had contact with some of them, this time on a more equal and professional footing.

I am still making up my mind on whether they have lost their former glory :D


Have you ever experienced the same?
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Hmm, gonna have to knock off 5-6 years from my initial age estimate in the other thread. Guess you're my age then :p
 
blunomore said:
As a first year student, I - and all my classmates - were either petrified or in awe of our lecturers. They just seemed a million miles removed in terms of knowledge and experience.

That was more than 10 years ago and during the past year or so, I once again had contact with some of them, this time on a more equal and professional footing.

I am still making up my mind on whether they have lost their former glory :D


Have you ever experienced the same?
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I never admired my teachers or lecturers or were in awe about their knowledge and experience. i respected them though, and the lessons they did teach me was way out of class room type stuff you'd learn anyway.

I never fear people I think knows more than me because it's just an opportunity to learn more myself....
 
AcidRaZor said:
I never admired my teachers or lecturers or were in awe about their knowledge and experience. i respected them though, and the lessons they did teach me was way out of class room type stuff you'd learn anyway.

I never fear people I think knows more than me because it's just an opportunity to learn more myself....
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Umm .... I was 17. Law can be pretty intimidating.
 
I am in 1st year right now. I don't find them particularly intimidating, and some of them are real idiots. Although there is one I find particularly intelligent - and it's not in the Maths or Economics departments :p
 
I found varsity lecturers a lot easier to confront then teachers, I hated school, kinda like the idea of your on your own at varsity.
 
Morgoth said:
I found varsity lecturers a lot easier to confront then teachers, I hated school, kinda like the idea of your on your own at varsity.
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Well I love the freedom and the fact that lots of the little elite cliques that existed at my school have been broken - although some still depressingly hang out with each other every break (although not so much). Why can't they make new friends :( ? I'm a shy chap, but I've made like 7 or 8 new "friends".
 
I never actually attended enough classes to feel in awe of my lecturers, needless to say I didn't finish my studies, although I did respect the off campus barman quite a bit, he let me buy beers on credit :D

I do however have a good deal of respect for old teachers and such like from school, and on the very very rare occassions I bump into them I still call them Mr So & so or Mrs So & so
 
Perhaps experiences differ based mostly on the lecturers themselves?

My lecturers varied quite a lot in experience and knowledge, and sometimes more importantly, in speaking abilities. There was a few that were memorable, my high school maths teachers was one of them. In a weird twist of fate, he also taught me first and second year varsity maths. He had an awesome personality, and was pretty well versed in maths as well so made a lifelong impression on me in what many would consider the least loved subject. I'm sure he has helped many students in solving x over the years.

Engineering was taught by a similar personality. He could give valid examples that tied in well with the material, not just boring numbers that you can read from any old book.

Physics was taught by a prof that knew his work inside and out, but his lectures weren't very well presented. He could give extremely detailed answers, but he couldn't switch context as well, so he couldn't give very good answers if you had questions during a lecture.

My main subject, computers, was presented in the first year by a very unsuited lady. She might now the course material, but her knowledge outside that area was very limited. Even then I knew more about programming that she did, which made taking classes a very tedious process. Second year was handled by a more capable lecturer who almost seemed bored as we were by the subject matter ;) The juicer bits helped, and it was awesome learning some of the more advanced things from her and the assistants that weren't covered in the course material. Third year is where things really started getting interesting.

I'm sure that the honours/masters work would be even more satisfying, but at that point I opted for the job market to get some money together.

I haven't really seen my varsity lecturers since then, but my school teachers today seem more like peers. I was actually surprised how many of them still remember you!
 
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AcidRaZor said:
I never admired my teachers or lecturers or were in awe about their knowledge and experience. i respected them though, and the lessons they did teach me was way out of class room type stuff you'd learn anyway.

I never fear people I think knows more than me because it's just an opportunity to learn more myself....
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Now that's a +1 if I ever saw one...
 
It makes a huge difference to motivation if you respect and admire those teaching you. My lecturers were all top of their game, wrote the texts, did the math types. Even now I feel honored to have been in their class(es).
 
it is only when you stand up and do the lecturing that you get a sense of what a tough job it is - energy drain of note. i do try to remember how i felt as a student but that can be summed up as "disinterested" or "high" and is not much help right now ...

the fun ones stand out
 
Chris said:
Well I love the freedom and the fact that lots of the little elite cliques that existed at my school have been broken - although some still depressingly hang out with each other every break (although not so much). Why can't they make new friends :( ? I'm a shy chap, but I've made like 7 or 8 new "friends".
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Go and hang out at the library with some other geeks during break. They might feel the same way and these geeks are the friends you'd like to have after school and further on in life, because they will probably be the most successful professionally. It might just smear off on you.

I once saw an advert in a newspaper with this catch phrase (can't remember what it was about):

The guy I bullied in high school has just bought the company I work for.​
 
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