Published on 12, July, 2020
A couple of days ago I posted on here about wanting to pay attention in lectures. However, I managed to have a look at my timetable today for September-December and I have 7 hours of lectures every Monday split into 9am-1pm and 3pm-5pm. Unfortunately, at least 4 of these hours are for a module where part of your grade is dependent on your attendance.
I know no one can help me, and the school has never done anything about timetable issues in the years gone past so it's not possible for this to get changed. I'm just very worried for how I am supposed to cope with this. It will completely wipe me out :(
My school was exactly how you described - you must sit in silence while being taught ('spoken at') while taking notes for a few hours. Then you change classroom and do the same in the next class on a different subject.
Is that not what all schools are like?
I went to three schools and they all had this same teaching style, but again they were all boarding schools so maybe our rules were just different? I don't know.
University lectures are quite different from school. In school you have a bit of teaching and go off and do your own work. At university you literally have to sit there in silence for however long and just get spoken at the entire time on a very specific/ complex topic.
Unfortunately not. There are some lecturers who do record their lectures, but others refuse to because they want their lecture attendance to be really high. Legally they are allowed to refuse as it has something to do with their right not to be recorded if they don't want to.
Also, as I was diagnosed more than halfway through my second year, when I spoke to them about my difficulties with taking in information during lectures/ being wiped out with multiple back to back I was just told "well you haven't struggled so far" or "you've managed up until now so why should anything change?"
9am-5pm with a 1hr lunch break is a typical standard working day. I haven't been to university but I would have assumed working 9-5 being a pretty standard, or is that not the case? My when I was at school it was 8am-6pm followed by 2hrs of homework after dinner - but that was boarding school so maybe normal schools differ.
If attendance is an issue, can any classes be taken online? Maybe you'd feel more comfortable in your own home rather than in a lecture theatre?
Surely you are entitled to reasonable adjustments as an autistic person? For example, maybe you could ask for the lectures to be recorded?
If your current timetable will wipe you out, you can’t be expected to be able to work and achieve to the best of your ability.
No I can't help but wanted to say I'm sorry and I hope you find a way to manage these insane hours
I'm at school again in September but get breaks and tho it seems neverending the hours are a lot better than that. Be kind to yourself and take breaks and do things for urself when u can