Writing Feedback / Some teacher prefer to record the lecture in advance [2]

Some teachers prefer to record the lecture in advance so that students can familiarize themselves with it first, and practice what they have learned from the lecture in the class.

Do you consider this is a good way to teach?

In contemporary, it is convenient for modern people to use techniques to work. The professors and teachers also benefit from advanced technology. So some of the earnest teachers would like to help students preview their classes before starting. Using some ways to benefit students to study from the videos they record. However, in my perspective, I don't think it is effective for most of the students in school.

To begin with, it is impractical for all the students to watch the previewing lecture before classes. If only some of the students have taken the previewed videos, the class' students will have a degree gap after the class started. The more classes they take, the bigger the gap gets. A good course and a good teacher demand to make the whole class to get a better level after the course ends up.

Furthermore, it is unnecessary to put more pressure on the students' backs. Nowadays, students get a lot of courses and homework from school. Most of the teachers put much pressure on them. They study in school and doing homework after school. Giving an extra video lecture for homework is going to take the leisure time they merely have.

By the way, if the students are interested in the subject they study, they would like to surf the information on the internet. It is convenient for teachers to teach students with computers. Hence, it is also comfortably for students to learning information with computers. On the other hand, modern students are "technology natives." Morden students usually use "Google" to replace many sides of teachers.

In light of the above arguments, I believe that is needless for teachers to record the lecture before class. It is neither efficient for students nor a good way for students to learn.

Writing Feedback / A university notices some first-year have poor studying skills. A course on studying skills required [2]

A university notices some first-year have poor studying skills. Some in the university believe all first-year students should be required to take a course on studying skills, but others don't agree.

What is your opinion?

Being a student take skills to study, besides entering a whole new environment to study. Some people suggest that all of the first-year students should take a course of study skills, still, others disagree with the idea. However, in my opinion, I don't think taking one course is effective to help student study.

To begin with, not all of the students use the same way to study. One function is helpful for some students, but the same function may be ineffective way to another student. On the other hand, different subjects also need to study in different ways. For example, I always recite in history class to get good grades, yet once I recite in the math test, I almost failed the test. I think there are a lot of ways to study, one course may teach skills how to study, but that may not be the best way.

Furthermore, finding the skills to study is another ability for students to learn. After graduating from school, there is much more new stuff for social freshmen to explore. It is also a new environment to learn, but there's no teacher to teach. People may get panic or depress if they didn't train for learning new things by themselves before. So I think it is a good time for people to explore in university.

By the way, taking another course for an unnecessary class may be a stress for new students. If it is not so valuable to take this class, new students need to use their study time to take this course. It may lead the new students to condense their time on studying the main subjects. So their score may be lower. It causes the opposite effect.

To sum up, I think it's not a necessary course for first-year students.