Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 18. July 23rd 1975

Lectures No Help

Lectures No Help

Dear Mr Editor,

Because we are not allowed to mention names we would like 'Salient' to look at the standard of lecturing in Maori 101 and 102. A lot of us are just sick and tired of sitting through 2 hour lectures and gaining nothing. Already there have been protests about the lecturer concerned. The lectures seem totally disorganised, the first hour is just waffle, the second hour hardly improves and is often cut short. All in all, it is a waste of time. Most of the understanding of the language we have has been gained through tutorials and work done in our own time.

If it's any indication of how bad it is, out of a starting class of approximately 100, about 46 passed terms. What happened to the other 60?

As we mentioned before we would like you to look into it and see what you can do. Other people have already seen the Department but nothing has changed.

Concerned.