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Harvard students think being required to read stuff is professors “arbitrarily withholding information.” I thought smart people went there.

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Anonymous 19h

Oooooof I hate that

Anonymous 14h

We’ve lost the art of reading 🤦🏽‍♀️

Anonymous 13h

that’s because people don’t know how to interpret literature they need every detail explained which is honestly very bad

Anonymous 18h

I mean, I think there are faster ways of finding information if efficiency is what your after. Books are made for everyone, but Harvard students probably do better with a YouTube video on 3x speed.

Anonymous 13h

I refuse to believe none of you can relate to being too busy to even read for pleasure let alone requirement

Anonymous 6h

I’d understand if it was from the stand point of “they are supposed to teach this info but instead they make you buy a textbook”, but if this is a literature or reading skills thing then of course they want you to read. Like, I’d be pissed if I had to read 12 hours of textbook to learn something that could be taught in a lecture or 2, but if I was asked to read a scientific paper I would because the point is to learn how to read a scientific paper.

Anonymous

#2 17h

Why are Harvard students different than other students? We should all be reading books. The TLDR YouTube videos are only good for surface level info. I would like my lawyers to know more than a YouTube video.

Anonymous

#1 17h

I did all of calculus with videos. Passed all my classes when some of my classmates using the book failed.🤷‍♂️ I just think it’s more efficient because I know what it is I need to learn and search engines are good at finding that one thing. I guess if you need a crash course a book is better though.

Anonymous

#2 17h

You’re comparing stem with law manuals and literature. It’s not really the same at all.

Anonymous

#1 17h

Oh, sorry then. Good luck with your law studies!

Anonymous

#5 12h

if it’s a requirement u need to do it it’s part of ur education trust im always busy and dont always do my readings but they are very important

Anonymous

#5 11h

I was working 2 jobs as an English grad student with 2+ entire books a week to read plus homework and 4 dogs to care for. It comes down to prioritizing. I didn’t really watch TV for months at a time. And sure, sometimes I had to skim especially long texts. But that’s better than a YouTube video or AI summary doing all the thinking for you.

Anonymous

#2 6h

honestly as someone with adhd i completely understand this. i hate fucking reading for school its so tedious. i always try and find audiobook versions of textbooks or use text to speech extensions at 3x speed because my brains gets so bored it just refuses to focus. even when i read for pleasure i have to read the page once and then read it again to be able to comprehend what i read. its exchausting doing that for a class

Anonymous

#6 2h

It was a society prof, who said their discipline is rooted in “observation, argumentation, and analysis.” I think the math example above makes sense, but in the humanities? You have to read!