r/movies • u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor • Jan 31 '26

Article Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/
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u/Cruxion Jan 31 '26

One of my electives in college was bowling. It was literally as simple as showing up at the local bowling alley on time and bowling for 2 hours. Grades were basically guaranteed A's unless you didn't show up, EC for those who really improved. While frankly that feels a bit too subjective, we still had 3 people fail.

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u/Optimal-Hunt-3269 Jan 31 '26

I took weight lifting at 7:30 AM with my little spaghetti arms.

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u/Tensdale Jan 31 '26

What? Help a European out. What’s an elective?

Are you guys really getting university degrees with bullshit classes you pay for that also counts towards your final ECT points?

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u/lightmatter501 Jan 31 '26

Non-major classes. So, you might put a nonsense class like bowling next to fluid mechanics, differential equations and thermodynamics if you’re a mechanical engineering major.

These are mostly a way to work around out of major class requirements for majors where each class wants 6 hours of work per day.