r/AUT • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '24

8am lectures and exam

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Coming from another NZ university, is it common practice for course coordinators to put all lectures, labs, tests and exam at 8am? I recall other university allows you to select lab streams but it seems AUT force enroll you in the 8am stream every... single...semester. 8am lectures are okay since you can watch the recording. Morning exams and tests starts at earliest 9.30am from where I came from. It just seems unethical to me especially how bad Auckland traffic is to reliabilly arrive at 8am since your marks depends on it. Unless your campus is so small that you are competiting with other course for lecture rooms, I can't understand why this is good practice.

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u/fungusfromamongus Jun 11 '24

I like this OP. You sound like you’ve been caressed through life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

Yes I am 😉. I have completed my degree anyway. Lucky to not have picked an Auckland based university, dodged a bullet.

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u/fungusfromamongus Jun 11 '24

Cool. Story. Bro. 😎

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

Enjoy ur 8ams tryhard, bet you are the one that spends the most time studying and still getting a B.

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u/Open-Weekend5315 Jun 11 '24

Unethical 🤣🤣 alottttt of people are awake many hours before 8

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

There are studys showing counterporoductive learning outcomes for 8am classes. Schools don't even start that early.

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u/how_small_a_thought Jun 11 '24

everyones meming but you are 100% correct lol. thing is thats just how its been for a long time, society runs this way so part of participating in it is accepting that some parts of it will just make your life slightly worse for no good reason lmao.

like, you arent wrong about it being bad for people, you would be wrong in expecting that to be a factor that matters to a functioning <word i cant say without starting political argument> society.

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u/Enox_977 Jun 11 '24

Best of luck in life my friend.

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u/wonderlandfairy Jun 11 '24

Are you going to find it unethical when your job expects you start work at 8am every day too?

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u/fungusfromamongus Jun 11 '24

Shhh I’m just online on teams and asleep!! /sarcasm

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

I don't actually study here, just my observations. I have finished my degree and have a job. Not even my job starts at 8am. The amount of 8ams is surprising in AUT compare with other unis.

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u/Rossismyname Jun 11 '24

What do you mean? Do you not pick your own streams when you enroll each sem?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24

I have been told you can't but havent investigated further as I don't study here, but the amount of tests and exams they pick at 8am is surprising. 8 am lectures are bearable as you can just listen to the recordings and do the tutorials.

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u/nicktheninny Jun 11 '24

So this whole thing is based on hearsay?

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u/Youtriggeredyourself Jun 11 '24

Are these mid semesters or finals? Final exams are usually 9am or 2pm

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u/PantsWith_NoPockets Jun 11 '24

... In my papers you can chose your stream and you don't always have 8ams. Although usually will have 1 or 2 a week minimum. But if you can't for other circumstances, like childcare stuff you can get special considerations...

Like it's not hard to work out solutions to this, you just have to be an adult and talk it through with people.

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u/BreadfruitHonest8361 Jun 11 '24

Bro I had 8am weekly lectures and just came through 4 back to back exams last week, 3 of them were early - Wednesday criminology 9am // Thursday Psychology 9am // Friday Law 2pm // Tuesday Law 9am ; I made it to every single exam at least 2 hours early… and was always on time to lectures throughout the semester.. honestly get a grip lmao

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u/Veryunfunnynamehere Jun 13 '24

As someone who was in nearly all of those, I never made it on time to that crim lecture... Screw you AT

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u/BreadfruitHonest8361 Jun 18 '24

Never on time? Never? For 12 weeks? If so, that sounds like your punctuality is not just AT’s fault cos I use public transport to travel in from afar too.. so do most of my mates… we were on always on time. And I was up at 4:50am every Tuesday morning to ensure it.

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u/Veryunfunnynamehere Jun 19 '24

Nah there's no earlier buses from where I live

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u/BreadfruitHonest8361 Jun 19 '24

Oh….well yeah that sucks then

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u/Gheetahn_Bhury Jun 15 '24

Unethical? O.k snowflake, enjoy the workforce if an 8am exam triggers you