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What do you think?

I find it more efficient to get a couple of good books, learn by my own, and if i have questions go to class and ask them.

Yes, maybe a nice lecture is more illuminating than a book, but there's a lot of resources out there. I never got the idea behind being told a proof I can read on my own.

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    When a teacher tells you the proof, he/she tells you his/her experience with the proof , what are the points in the proof that can be applied in some other proof and the idea about the development of the proof.2012-09-23
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    Depends on the lecturer.2012-09-23
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    With the information you give in the question, it is impossible to answer: are the lectures any good? Do you have any success when studying on your own? Are you the sort of person that needs guidance, motivation, and so on, or who can provide it himself? And so on and on.2012-09-23
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    If the lecturer is good, you will get different kinds of insights than you would get from books. If the person is just clicking through PowerPoint-style slides, $\dots$.2012-09-23
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    Another point to consider is that some professors may be offended if you skip all the lectures, and will be less willing to help you when you show up for office hours, saying (rightly or wrongly) "we discussed that in the lecture, and if you had attended, you would not be wasting my time with this question now."2012-09-23
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    See https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~twk/Lecture.pdf2012-09-23
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    This should probably be Community Wiki2012-09-23

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