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I often notice the whole class (including me) refusing to answer questions they obviously all know the answer to. Do people ever grow out of this? Should they?

― Graham (graham), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Lethargy will be the end of us all.

― Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Ha. No. It's cause answering is like making it look like you don't realise that everyone else knows too.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)

If everyone knows the answer already, then the question needs questioned.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Knowing answer don't make you smart. Its having the answer book that makes you smart,

In lectures though its bloody pointless when they ask you to arbitrary display some knowledge that you are assumed to have. In a long discussion about Die Blau Engel the other week it suddenly became a matter of great sadness that none of us were willing to surrender its year of release. Some of us knew, some of us didn't but for the actual lecture under progress - it didn't evern matter.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Who cares I just want the lecture to finish? I should've outgrown that, I suppose. Answering a question won't help me pass!

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Well the class I'm thinking of, it's not a knowledge thing, we're learning a logical algorithm thing so you need to be able to work out the answer.

Answering the question makes the lecture finish earlier cos it avoids all the long gaps were everyone waits for someone to answer.

― Graham (graham), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Do you (people in general who aren't lecturers) think that if you don't answer the lecturer will stop asking you idiotic questions? They won't (I won't), they'll just ask even dumber ones, since they think you really don't know -- or want to get some reaction out of your apathetic asses.

― alext (alext), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:35 (twenty-three years ago)

There is the danger in answering a question, that you may be asked to elaborate/expand... and you won't be able to.

(This may not apply to Graham's logical algorithm class)

― Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:41 (twenty-three years ago)

and there is the danger that if you answer to fill the gap, no one will answer the other questions anyway, and you can't answer EVERY question or people get mad at you.

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:43 (twenty-three years ago)

That said I am really gobby in lectures and so generally answer them anyway.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Lara -- you're absolutely right, I hadn't thought of it that way.

― alext (alext), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I just answer it these days if I "know it", it tends to be a discussion/argument in our classes anyway and I like arguing.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I generally tended to answer ebverything and then ask another question. or laugh. or swear. Or invite the lecturer down the pub. Jeez, they must've loved me at university.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Nick -- you were either God's gift to the lecturer or the devil incarnate...

― alext (alext), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Both. But mainly the latter.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I've noticed this as well but it doesn't stop me from answering questions although I do restrain myself from answering all the questions.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

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