Just want to thank RMIT, the lecturers, Brenden and all the staff for making these incredible lectures possible.
Suggestion for future AN lectures
AN is a hardworking community, a dedicated one for those that want to pursue higher academic grades. Think about it, why should AN organise lectures open to everyone in the community for free, for those who aren't active or even members on AN? For example, yesterday, at the start of the methods lecture, people were saying, "oh Sammy only got 47 raw, why the f*** is he lecturing us?" In the middle of the lecture, someone disrespectfully shouted out "pi/11" to an answer which was wrong and when sammy corrected him, he said "just joking" before starting to laugh again. The member of the crowd again shouted out another wrong answer 2 minutes later. As Bangali mentioned earlier, the small minority that were disrespectful regarded AN lectures as:
-Its free (less concentration)
-An excuse to go out with your mates whilst "pretending" to do something educational
AN shouldn't care how many we can fit in the lecture. If i were AN, i would rather take a lecture full of dedicated students who actually want to learn than 3 lectures but of which half the students aren't as dedicated.
Solution
-Make the headstart lectures $20 but include the notes for "free"
-Mid Year Lecture
$10 for newcomers(didn't come during lecture 1), $5 who came to lecture 1. Money goes to AN meets, development of AN, charity?
Revision lecture $10, provide additional revision lecture notes+key tips
TL;DR Charge everyone for the lectures, but provide the notes for free. Win win for all except the disrespectful guys.
Qazser
Some great points made qazser! Can't we have lectures for just AN people who we know are dedicated and care and respect the lecturers?
Probably not feasible, but on a serious note, agree a lot with what you've said here. It's not fair to students who want to learn or the lecturers for students to take up seats in fully booked lectures and just disrupt it. It's honestly so disrespectful for everyone. I had friends who really wanted to go to the chem lecture but it was booked out and there were people in the room who took out laptops and were on Facebook and talking even after Thushan asked them to stop. It's not the lecturer's job to make sure everyone is listening and it wastes everyone's time when they have to keep stopping to shut everyone up. If you aren't interested, just don't go.
I agree about charging for lectures, it is an effective way to restrict the students who attend, but maybe mid years shouldn't be half price for newcomers?? Just a thought, I don't really see why they should be because the value of the unit 4 lecture isn't any less than unit 3, and as the notes are worth more than $5 to anyone, maybe it isn't the most effective method? Either way, considering it, this might not be practical in actually running the lecture.. We could suggest AN members only get discounts
Although I want to say, it isn't up to us to decide what the money goes towards. It should continue going to whatever the money made from lecture notes has been going to, and what the company decides to do is their privilege.
Just another opinion, but maybe make the revision lecture free and open to everyone (without the notes included though?). I don't know, these are all just my ideas.
Just to clarify, I love what AN does for us all, it's really considerate of them to offer us so much for free, knowing that students can't/don't want to spend so much money on this stuff and like every other company takes advantage of this, and I know that's something they're proud of and it sets them apart and above other lectures. I understand that some might take advantage of that, but if there is any other way to get only dedicated students to attend without having to charge for it, please can we try to do that (hate to say it, but like running lectures only for AN students
). I think because it's free people don't understand the true value it has, so if this could I don't know, be means tested in any feasible manner, I think the lectures could be so much more successful and have greater benefit to those who actually want it.
**disclaimer, these are just some of my opinions, I'm not suggesting that everyone outside AN is disrespectful or doesn't deserve an opportunity this great, I'm just saying that no one deserves to have such opportunities ruined by people who don't care. Also not saying anyone should heed these ideas, as mentioned by qazser, they're just suggestions! Thanks again to everyone involved in running these lectures though
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