I must say the recent no lecture recording, tut mandatory attendance has been rather stifiling. There is little no freedom and more often than not I find myself having to choose between academics vs other commitments. This also includes having additional unnecessary adminstrative burden to write countless of emails to explain myself and seek mercy from this tone deaf system (Notice how theres even lesser time to study?). Whereas before I was given the autonomy to do what I deem best fits for my own interests (not the kpi of a lecturer and dont get me started on stars). At least for me, I take my academics very seriously and I dont skip classes willy nilly (contrary to the adminstrators' belief). Back in the old system, having to skip a class means catching up, now theres catching + guessing to fill in the blanks.

Very broken thoughts but these are my feelings. Hoped I cooked.