TheMajor comments on Starting University Advice Repository - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Bryan-san 03 December 2015 11:51PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (93)

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: TheMajor 04 December 2015 09:51:56AM *  2 points [-]

You are paying for the classes, i.e. the attention and time of your teachers. Make sure to get your money's worth: if you don't understand something speak up, or contact the teacher after the class. If your class has teaching assistants contact them (for example by email) if you get stuck on the homework/exercises or don't understand something from the lecture. All of these people are literally being paid to answer these questions, be aware that this is a resource you have at your disposal at all times. A common failure mode is thinking: "It's embarrassing to speak up in front of the whole group and/or I don't want to waste their time, I'll just figure it out on my own later" - if you have this thought contact the teacher/assistant after the course about the part that wasn't clear.

Comment author: gjm 04 December 2015 10:22:53AM 1 point [-]

On the same theme, note that if you don't understand something then almost certainly there are other people there who also don't understand and will be glad you asked.

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 December 2015 02:05:56PM 0 points [-]

When it comes to asking question, take note that asking questions is a skill. Asking good questions is a skill worth developing.