It is an article of the student mind that classes are an unavoidable danger, a necessary evil that comes with studentship. Classes are the most popular and common ways through which students interact with their lecturers. However, one cannot deny that attending classes can become frustrating over time. Many students attend classes primarily because attendance is required, not because the process is always engaging or effective.
Going to class, one has to make preliminary wardrobe preparations, made more difficult when one’s faculty does not have a dress code, or, one might say, a uniform. This lack of structure can become particularly uncomfortable when a student has multiple classes in a week. It can also add an unnecessary layer of stress to an already demanding routine. Over time, repeated discomfort from long hours in lecture halls can affect concentration and overall readiness to learn.
Another issue is note-taking, and in the case of some ineffective lecturers, the effort is hardly worth it. This observation does not apply to all lecturers, but it occurs frequently enough to affect the learning experience of many students. Such lecturers are either too broad in their explanations or arrive with analogies that offer little to no help when it comes to passing tests and examinations. One leaves the class with a head full of stories and very little that can be reproduced under exam conditions.
The mental energy expended in attending long hours of classes is not to be overlooked, either. Many students find that they are only able to maintain full attention for the first fifteen to twenty minutes of an intense lecture, after which concentration begins to decline. Any longer than that, a boring lecturer runs the risk of droning on before a room of visibly uninterested students. This situation is further worsened when students do not have adequate feeding and resting breaks between classes. I have never known a hungry man to be accused of being eager to sit through a lecture on tedious theories.
In all, attending classes can become a menace when the environment is not conducive, and the well-being of students is not taken into consideration. These details are rarely brought to the notice of the authorities. Or perhaps, they have simply chosen to ignore them. The persistence of these conditions should prompt reconsideration of how classes are structured and scheduled. It can be said, with little disagreement, that attending classes is an ill that has come to stay within our academic environment, whether students are prepared for it or not.