Social science lectures CAN be good, but the norm is that they're boring and frequently useless. Technical lectures (like for Algebra, Calculus and Trigonometry) are a necessity to help students pass.
If I have a good textbook, I can teach myself most things. I had a lot of boring and bad science teachers in middle and high school. I slept and day dreamed in chemistry and finished with an "A." We had a pretty good textbook. I also had to teach myself algebra since my teacher was often sick leaving us with a substitute.
a response to "good riddance" https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/flipped-courses-and-costs
OK so I linked to Part 1 (above) and below is the link to the last part in the series. I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to find the middle parts, if you were interested. https://qz.com/1070119/the-future-of-the-university-is-in-the-air-and-in-the-cloud/
