Posted by Gooblebrai 5 hours ago
I think we've yet to stumble upon a form that combines these three actions into one medium. Perhaps AI-guided doing (in simulation) will be the way.
Maybe if you're stuck in a classroom with unmotivated people, or your classmates are much slower than you, or the class is huge and your teacher doesn't give a shit about teaching. But in the absence of a severe case of some incidental problem like that, I've found the opposite to be true.
Besides that, a lot of classes are centered primarily on learning by oneself anyway. Many of my favorite classes in college were simply too fast-paced to allow students to rely on lecture time to pick up the material. Most of the learning was driven by out-of-class study, while lecture time was essentially used (along with office hours) as a chance to ask questions and catch up. In those classes I had the dual pleasures of exploring the material in solitude and testing my understanding with others who likewise were exploring the same wonders (and sometimes struggling with them) for the first time. It was great!
Admittedly, I was generally extremely unhappy in high school, and even in college I often felt frustrated with the arbitrariness of assignments and grades. But for me, as studying with others, especially people who were smart and passionate, was one of the best parts of both. (Generally, college was better due to a greater sense of freedom and (eventually) classes that were much more challenging in a way that felt meaningful.)
Wasted time.
Yeah the class composition probably matters, I wish a universe where what you described make sense.
Agency is actively suppressed at school; that's one of its core functions.