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> Hell, the school had to force some of the teachers to give out their PPTs so the students could study them. Those profs responded by printing them 6 slides per page.

Why? I never got why this is made so hard. Isn't the transfer of knowledge the whole point?

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A lot of academics are precariously employed (short, term-time only contracts). They are often against the recording of lectures because they're concerned that the universities won't bother paying them to deliver the lectures again next year when they could just give students the recordings.

Yeah, recordings are one thing. But I'm asking about the presentation itself. If the teacher doesn't provide more value over reading the presentation... that's not a good sign for the teacher.

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