GGgggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

I strongly advise CUHK to offer MA in Linguistics in distant mode to local students (be they part-time or full-time) since I can absolutely see no point in being physically present in the lecture theatre when the lecturers are just PowerPoint or, even worse, PowerParagraph readers or paraphrasing assigned readings and textbooks without appropriate demonstrations or elaboration, giving personal insights or facilitating discussions (with such a large class size).

I can also see no point in having attendance as one of the assessment criteria of Master classes while I, as a student, can't possibly benefit from making a full-house scene or just sitting there given the above situation.

What's worse, having made attendance 10-15% worth of the total mark (while a paper or a presentation, which takes an ample amount of real academic work, accounts for around 20%--only 5% more), some lecturers try to test your patience and physical strength by circulating the attendance sheet in the last 10 minutes or in a randomized pattern so that they can make sure you can tolerate until the last minute.

All the lectures I was so eager to attend when I did my first degree did not take attendance.

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Right... enough grumbling. Time to get back to the readings.