{"id":5513,"date":"2013-09-06T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2019-08-18T03:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T07:34:51","slug":"the-commitment-that-comes-with-language-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=5513","title":{"rendered":"the commitment that comes with language-learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

I want to take EAS121, but until the interview, nobody said anything about having to attend a lecture, just tutorials. My schedule has space for me to attend HALF the EAS lecture, but in the second half is a class I really want to take. Are the Japanese language lectures mandatory? Is it possible to attend just the first half of the lecture?<\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n

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Hey hey<\/p>\n

I’m going to be very blunt with you.<\/p>\n

(You know, as if I’m one to beat around the bush<\/a>…)<\/p>\n

Lectures aren’t really something that anyone needs to remind you of.<\/p>\n

Lectures are a given<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tutorials are basically always attached to a lecture. There is no tutorial without lecture.<\/p>\n

That being said, if you’re trying to learn Japanese for the first time in your life<\/a>, then heck yeah are the Japanese language lectures mandatory. No one is going to stop you from leaving halfway through the lecture. You can. It’s frowned upon — especially when you’re being disruptive — but it’s possible. You’ll miss a lot, but, again, possible.<\/p>\n

But I really really don’t recommend going through with a timetable conflict. Technically, if you have one, no one is going to remove your from the two opposing courses. HOWEVER, if midterms come around and you conflicting midterms or something along those lines, neither professor is going to be particularly accommodating.<\/p>\n

So really this comes down a matter of priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you want more: to learn Japanese or to take that course you really want?<\/p>\n

Personally, once upon a second year, I reaaaaaally wanted to take Japanese but couldn’t fit all the lecture\/tutorials into my schedule and gave up on the dream. If it comes down to having to pick between different courses, keep in mind that a language is something you can learn at any point<\/a>, in many places, and probably for a lot cheaper.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, I want to take EAS121, but until the interview, nobody said anything about having to attend a lecture, just tutorials. My schedule has space for me to attend HALF the EAS lecture, but in the second half is a class I really want to take. Are the Japanese language lectures mandatory? Is it possible to attend just the first half of the lecture? Thanks. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey hey I’m going to be very blunt with you. (You know, as if I’m one to beat around the bush…) Lectures aren’t really something that anyone needs to remind you of. Lectures are a given. Tutorials are basically always attached to a lecture. There is no tutorial without lecture. That being said, if you’re trying to learn Japanese for the first time in your life, then heck yeah are the Japanese language lectures mandatory. No one is going to stop you from leaving halfway through the lecture. You can. It’s frowned upon — especially when you’re being disruptive — but it’s possible. You’ll miss a lot, but, again, possible. But I really really don’t recommend going through with a timetable conflict. Technically, if you have one, no one is going to remove your from the two opposing courses. HOWEVER, if midterms come around and you conflicting midterms or something along those lines, neither professor is going to be particularly accommodating. So really this comes down a matter of priorities. What do you want more: to learn Japanese or to take that course you really want? Personally, once upon a second year, I reaaaaaally wanted to take Japanese but couldn’t fit all the lecture\/tutorials into my schedule and gave up on the dream. If it comes down to having to pick between different courses, keep in mind that a language is something you can learn at any point, in many places, and probably for a lot cheaper. Cheers! aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-conflicts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}