Right, I was ganna say that and I can see thats what he is trying to do. But really, when he solves some stuff on the board Im like WTF did that come from! He sometimes doesnt even know himself, wrong answers, wrong notes, and questions that dont give you enough info to solve. No curve either. Atleast my last teacher talked about how and when we use a formula. She would give us 15-25 questions per test and I ended up with a B in that class. Good teacher, I shoulda just stayed with her.AppleBonker wrote:Alms, that sucks. My engineering profs did some similar things. But it was because they wanted to see how we used concepts learned in class to tackle more difficult questions. He knew the test was nearly impossible. But he didn't want to just see us replicate homework problems. I think one of the tests had a class average of 45% with a high of something like 72%. Obviously, the class was graded on a curve. The worst part was simply the wicked feeling of failure upon leaving the exam even if you may have gotten an A.
That aAppleBonker wrote:The last final I ever took I drank during. I brought booze to the class to start drinking with about 45 minutes left so I could be drunk as soon as possible afterwards. I was completely wasted about 2 hours after the exam. At 11 AM...
right there! That way you can start crying before you even get home lol
Not so awesome when I woke up puking at about noon. I woke up a lot of people when I was walking around yelling and they were sleeping in before their tests.alms24sebring wrote:That aAppleBonker wrote:The last final I ever took I drank during. I brought booze to the class to start drinking with about 45 minutes left so I could be drunk as soon as possible afterwards. I was completely wasted about 2 hours after the exam. At 11 AM...
BTW, all I mean from this is:Dattebayo wrote:I don't see how anyone can complain about school. All I ever get for my trouble anymore is money and bills. Learning something new, interesting and of consequence almost never happens, nor do I get a grade showing me how well I did something. If any feeling can come of it, it's all purely about self-satisfaction now... and that isn't what pay bills or impresses bosses.
Its not uncommon to see question on an exam that wasn't explicitly covered in lecture. Typically, these types of questions are derived from lecture topics and force students to really study to understand and apply concepts. You really can't expect to see plug and chug problems for the rest of your school days.alms24sebring wrote:hey Im right there with you. My physics teacher is a serious pos that cant explain ish, now I have to retake it. He puts questions on the exams that we HAVE NEVER WENT OVER. On top of that the exams are only like 5 questions, so if I get one completely wrong, the grade falls quickly. God he pisses me off!
Getting a crappy teacher can suck, but understand that at the end of the day, you are gonna be responsible for learning the material. This means that would have to rely on your own abilities to learn and your resourcefulness of finding other sources of learning. Office hours, tutoring, and group study sessions are common methods many students use. Some even go through the trouble of reading textbooks that aren't the books required for the course. I know I've looked through a few online to help me understand concepts that weren't clear in my class texts. A huge reality is that if you are seeing a career where your GPA matters, no potential employer is going to care about the excuses you have for getting a poor grade in a class. Nor are they going to provide you with a teacher to teach you new concepts while you are working for them. You are going to be expected to learn these new concepts mostly on your own. The people who are going to be most valuable to them are those that can learn on their own quite well.alms24sebring wrote:Right, I was ganna say that and I can see thats what he is trying to do. But really, when he solves some stuff on the board Im like WTF did that come from! He sometimes doesnt even know himself, wrong answers, wrong notes, and questions that dont give you enough info to solve. No curve either. Atleast my last teacher talked about how and when we use a formula. She would give us 15-25 questions per test and I ended up with a B in that class. Good teacher, I shoulda just stayed with her.
Wouldn't we all. But that's not reality so get used to it. If/when you get into more technical subjects (engineering for example) they have to try and test you on your ability to solve a complex problem. A bunch of smaller questions does not test one's ability to handle the entirety of a problem (applying multiple concepts simultaneously).alms24sebring wrote:I would rather have 20 medium difficulty questions that 5 hard as f*** questions anyday.
