Are all professors like this?

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<p>I have been going through the MIT's OpenCourseWare Calculus lectures. The professor is Dr. David Jerison. He is a fantastic teacher; I understand every concept and every step and why they are done that way. Now, my issue is that he frequently seems to rush a bit. I would often pause the video to write some notes. He rarely takes questions, and when he does, he only take 3 max. The class seems very strict of time too. It might be the large class size.</p>

<p>The question is: are all classes like this? I will be taking a lot of math and science classes when I go to college. Are there more "interactive" math classes? I am looking at all the 6000 and under schools. Where most classes are with 20 students or less. Would I have a problem like that?</p>

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<p>No in universities, it’s usually lectures with a huge number of people. It gets smaller as you move up though.</p>

<p>If you want smaller classes, then go to a CC</p>

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<p>Most intro classes tend to be fairly large at any school but the very smallest.</p>

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<p>MIT classes have a lecture with the professor and a review with a TA. They don’t tape the TA.</p>

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<p>They are called Recitations, MIT releases some of their recitations now. it’s only 18.02 and 18.01 for now. A few from 8.01 and 8.02 as well</p>

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<p>You generally don’t think of questions during lecture because you’re just absorbing things.
You ask these questions during “recitation”</p>