Since the coronavirus outbreak, more and more people are starting to work and study from the comfort of their own home. Unsurprisingly, people are joining a lot more video conference calls, and if you've been doing that too, you might already know that they do not always go as planned.?
Now, a professor has had an absolute nightmare after realising he had given a two-hour long lecture on mute.
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A video uploaded by Singapore Incidents¡¯ YouTube channel on February?4, shows Wang Dong, an associate professor in?National University of Singapore's (NUS)?mathematics department, finishing his lecture with the typical call for questions.
However, no one answered him. ¡°No¡uhhh¡we can finish our class?¡± he asked. Eventually, a few students spoke up, informing the professor that he had been on mute mode all the while.
¡°We cannot hear anything,¡± said one student.
This took Wang by surprise. ¡°From what?¡± he asked. The student confirmed the time, and Wang could be seen looking beside him as if to confirm the current time.
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¡°You mean, how long did you hear?¡± asked Wang. A student answered that they only heard some parts at the beginning and nothing else from 6:08 onwards as his screen froze, and the audience couldn¡¯t hear anything moving forward.
After taking a few moments to compose himself, Wang accepted the reality and informed the students he would repeat the lesson some other time.
Ouch. Someone should have told him sooner!