Classes that Allow Personal Digressions

Riccha’s dedication to learning German is limitless! (@LeeKaixin2003)

I was able to accomplish a lot because I studied in my own time, not just during class. When I wasn’t satisfied with the explanation in the handout about Japan’s trade balance, I even read a paper about it. And when I thought the summary of the conflicts was too simplistic, I ended up researching everything and became engrossed in the Congo Crisis and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian conflict, which made that part longer.

(blu3mo) I often do something similar in math.

• Because the teacher’s teaching method is inefficient, I can keep up even with these digressions.
  • (Inefficient means that the teacher spends a lot of time doing unnecessary tasks like writing everything from the textbook on the whiteboard and explaining it almost exactly as it is in the textbook.)
  • It’s a little scary… (takker)
    • I’m worried, like an old lady, that you might get too sidetracked and neglect the fundamental learning.
      • I haven’t strayed that far off track, and I’m good at math in the class, so I think it’s okay.
        • (I do think it’s dangerous to get too carried away (blu3mo))
        • (If you can allocate enough time to complete the assignments comfortably, I think it’s fine (takker))
      • I was going to write this later, but it was already written. What are you talking about? (ry (takker))
      • I often found myself overwhelmed and falling apart by going off on tangents even though my processing capacity was poor, so I couldn’t help but write a comment.
        • However, I think (blu3mo) has the capacity to handle these digressions without any problem.
          • Based on (blu3mo)‘s abilities and environment (although it’s only visible from the outside), I can make that judgment.
    • It’s like Galois.
  • Well, as long as you can keep up.
• It’s nice that the teacher doesn’t force us to follow the flow of the class and doesn’t get mad at us for pursuing our own interests.