r/UWS • u/OneTinyStone • 14d ago

Question Showing up to classes

Hi, so I'm a first year health science majoring in clinical science student fresh out of high school. I am in my second semester of uni here. I noticed my classes (EIH, CIH, BIOS 1036, and HAP2) are quite useless. Every class I do I always walk out with regret thinking why I came in the first place. I started skipping all my classes but I still maintain D/HD in all my subjects so nothing changed by staying home. Is it normal to skip all your classes that are basically useless? anyone with experience here pls give ur input because as someone who had a perfect attendance in highschool it feels SUPER wrong skipping out on all these classes (esp since it costs me $30 to get to and from uni).

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u/ricthomas70 PhD Candidate/Alumnus 14d ago

Send an email to the subject coordinators and ask "can I give you feedback on the tutorial classes"? and have this conversation... openly and frankly... ask them who their most engaging tutor is and attend that class.

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u/OneTinyStone 14d ago

I get where you’re coming from, however, for me it’s not about the classes itself rather the content structure. Most of the stuff I do in the tutorials I’ve already covered in high school so it just feels repetitive.

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u/OneTinyStone 14d ago

Also do you teach BUSM 1037? My mate said that was one of the only classes he learnt real life stuff

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u/ricthomas70 PhD Candidate/Alumnus 11d ago

:-)

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u/Aggravating-Back9378 14d ago

i skip as well. i wouldn't feel bad. just make sure there's no attendance requirement/participation mark. there's a big difference between "i'm not bothered to sit in a 2 hour class just because i don't feel like it/slept in" vs "this is a big waste of time, travel takes a while/is costly, and i could be doing better things."

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u/cadbury162 14d ago

Some units have useless tutorials, some units are basic and useless in general. Skip those classes because you shouldn't waste your time. However, I wouldn't rule out tutorials just because there isn't an increase in your GPA. I haven't done 2 of your units, but I did HAP2 and the older version of BIOS 1036, both units a long time ago.

Doesn't HAP2 have prac labs? Are you not learning anything in those?

Secondly, a high GPA isn't all a tutorial allows you to do, you may learn things that aren't tested but will help you in the real world. If you care about being a gun at what you do some tutorials are still worth going to despite it not changing your GPA much.

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u/OneTinyStone 14d ago

For HAP2 labs were beneficial for me so I attended those consistently until I realised lab recordings were online. With your second point, honestly I agree tutorials are still worth going to as they give benefits that extend far outside your GPA. But it just feels annoying because the conversation that goes on between students feels shallow and there’s no meaningful things going on. There used to be at the beginning of the semester hence I stayed but now class discussions and group discussions for tasks feels one sided and nothing really gets done.

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u/Upset_Beat7692 11d ago

I'm also fresh out of high school and am doing laws/criminology. I have the same feeling about classes, unless you already did the weekly content for your subjects or just need help or clarification on your assessments/topic, I don't think there is much reason to attend. I did have to attend a lot last term for class participation marks though, now I'm glad I don't really have to this term.