VOX POPULI: Hear the Thoughts of 7 Respondents from 7 Faculties on the New Normal-Virtual Lectures.
Having had a glimpse of what virtual lectures feels like, our correspondent, Fatima Anibaba, sets out to collect people’s opinion across different faculties on their views and feels on the new normal
Tiamiyu Hikmah. 300L
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture.
HOW ARE VIRTUAL CLASSES GOING?:
All shades of good, bad and ugly. In short, “gbasgbos”
WHICH DO YOU PREFER BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL CLASSES AND WHY?
”Okay… Kinda technical but I would choose the physical classes over anything. Apart from having an eye contact with the lecturer, getting to face the stress with my full chest, I miss having my group class discussions and the bustling of my classmates”
”Meanwhile, I must commend the effort of the school in ensuring a smooth virtual session but I’m still clueless on what’s expected of me for this year! This would never happen in a physical session .”
Opeyemi Razaq
Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
HOW ARE VIRTUAL CLASSES GOING?
‘Bad’
WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
‘Physical’
WHY?
‘Virtual classes are draining data yet no progress’
Alimi Zeenat
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
300L.
HOW ARE VIRTUAL CLASSES GOING?
‘Like an avalanche, overwhelming after the lag phase’
WHICH DO YOU PREFER BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL CLASSES AND WHY?
‘I still prefer physical because at least, the lecturers would slow down a bit. They’re just carrying jet with this virtual thing’
Adesina Adeyeye
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology 300 leveL
HOW ARE VIRTUAL CLASSES GOING?
‘We’ve done one lecture so far’
WHICH DO YOU PREFER BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL CLASSES?
‘Virtual’
WHY?
”We do little to no practical in the university… So, it’s a chance to learn practical stuffs alongside schooling”
Angel Umez
400l Department of Biochemistry, College of Medcine
HOW ARE VIRTUAL CLASSES GOING?
We haven’t started
WHICH DO YOU PREFER BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL CLASSES? WHY?
Virtual. It gives more space to handle my personal and business needs
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A deeply insightful exploration. The balance between academic discipline and spiritual consciousness is precisely what our student body needs today.
Barakallahu feek Brother Ahmad. May Allah grant our youth steadfastness in learning and practice.
Jazakumullahu Khayran to the editorial team. The references from Surah Taha were especially grounding.
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