One of the deals with setting up an online univ with personal teaching is attendance.
People attend when they are free and when they can.
If you take individual classes.. you end up losing a lot of time.. plus people never pay for classes they dont take.. so all the missed hours are on your bill. Opportunity cost as well as actual revenue loss.
If you take group classes, not only do people have different requests .. they miss on different days.. making it hard for us to complete a course for anyone unless you run the class at break neck speed.
Also, if people stay silent in class without even saying.. “mm”.. it is largely like talking to yourself.
Even in professional courses where people pay for the “course” and not for the ‘class’ they attend only the mandatory minimum number of classes.
I suppose that if you become famous and successful, then the story might be different… but even then it is the qualification that some people pay for.. some people pay for the contacts they make or the friends they make in class.
I am not faulting the students for missing classes. Perhaps the issue is in my mind.
I want them to learn each verse of each chapter in class. Maybe they are happy to learn a few verses in class and a few verses on their own. Maybe they are glad to complete just a chapter!
Maybe I too, am trying to be all things to all students! Maybe I need to say.. this is what I teach.. this is how many classes I take in the week.. and this is the syllabus I mean to cover!
All students will not complete all courses to their desired depth.
Maybe I am making best the enemy of better. The fault is in my perfectionism. This is the same trait that made my life a nightmare in other fields.
Perhaps I need to accept that neither I, nor others, not my work will ever be perfect. So when a student does get something well.. that is a blessing and a bonus.
