{"id":11929,"date":"2012-05-10T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T19:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/UpbeaT\/?p=11929"},"modified":"2014-09-09T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T14:11:06","slug":"listenut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/05\/10\/listenut\/","title":{"rendered":"#listenUT"},"content":{"rendered":"Sometimes being a student while being employed by the university can put you in a weird position. You can have all these frustrations with your institution, but then you get a job with them, and suddenly you need to look at (and write) things from a different perspective.\r\n
\r\nCase in point:\r\n
\r\nI used to believe that I'm at U of T just for the degree. That\u2019s changed now. Some of my most valuable experiences at U of T don\u2019t involve papers, exams or grades. But sometimes\u00a0 it\u2019s not easy getting the information we need to make the most out of it.\r\n
\r\nI know for a fact (and don't you dare deny) that there are thousands, literally, that agree. Have you ever gone for help, only to be directed to the website that you've already been on and pretty much memorized? And what does the website tell you? Go visit another office. This kind of disjunct can be expected once in a while from such a large institution, and I think deep inside we all know that registrars try their best, but it can be frustrating..\r\n
\r\nHas anyone noticed that we have a lot<\/em> of websites, and a lot\u00a0<\/em>of twitter accounts, and a lot<\/em> of Facebook pages that all, frankly, melt together into one ball of pixels and characters? Do you wish we knew who to follow, or where to go? Most of the time, I have to comb through multiple sites just to learn about one thing.\r\n