Went down the moment I got back in at around 9:30pm, been down all evening since, still down now. Not happy 
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Overload (Arc ID #405822) | Status: Final | Last Edited: 5th Nov 2010 for text fixes.
Sounds like a class my wife had this spring. The teacher had preview tests that were never anything like (or even on the same material) the actual test. He also phrased the things as confusingly as possible. Drove me nuts as a teacher, as those are the things I try to avoid doing.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
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well, that was fun. five pages of essay questions, half of which were all "communication in healthcare". Guess what chapters we barely covered in class?
I think I managed to ******** my way through most of them.
Unless they ask you for a hard fact all college is bs'ing.
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Unless they ask you for a hard fact all college is bs'ing.
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I incurred a monster debt for a piece of paper that says I know something.
My Comp Sci degree taught me nothing. It merely confirmed a bunch of stuff I've been doing for years (decades in some cases).
Unfortunately, a Bachelor's is the new High School diploma.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yup. I incurred a monster debt for...education? Nonono!
I incurred a monster debt for a piece of paper that says I know something. My Comp Sci degree taught me nothing. It merely confirmed a bunch of stuff I've been doing for years (decades in some cases). Unfortunately, a Bachelor's is the new High School diploma. |
And college is supposed to get you in touch with experts in a field and learn from them. I find it sad that no teachers at your institution were able to teach you anything, Hyper, even if you came in with a lot of background experience. I know I have been an avid reader and writer all my life, but I learned a whole heck of a lot about both and literature from the many excellent professors I had.
Ironically, most of my less worthwhile classes were in education. Some were great, but others were a waste of time and didn't teach me anything new (especially once I started having field experiences at schools). My best were from professors that (once again) were experts, shared that knowledge, and didn't accept weak performances from their students.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
Had a "History of Western Europe" class like this. Got an A on the final because I'd read the book cover-to-cover... twice. Most of my classmates did far worse, because they'd made the mistake of taking notes in class.
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Sadly, the vast majority of my university experience went like this:
1) Professor reads directly off his/her slides during lectures.
2) Slides are posted online.
3) Slides are virtually plagiarized from the textbook.
So this basically told me that if I could read the slides for myself, I didn't have to attend class. If I didn't understand something, there was always the textbook. Not all professors were like this, but I'd say a good 80% would spend their time reading bullets that you could clearly read for yourself.
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im in my 4th year of college atm as well, and i have to say that this is exactly how 99% of my classes have been so far lol (if not all of them, some of the classes i hardly pay attention in lol)|
Originally Posted by Amygdala
Sadly, the vast majority of my university experience went like this:
1) Professor reads directly off his/her slides during lectures. 2) Slides are posted online. 3) Slides are virtually plagiarized from the textbook. So this basically told me that if I could read the slides for myself, I didn't have to attend class. If I didn't understand something, there was always the textbook. Not all professors were like this, but I'd say a good 80% would spend their time reading bullets that you could clearly read for yourself. |
i also have to agree with the earlier statement that large portion of college is BSing, with all the required BS they make you take, for every class i took that didnt pertain to computer science, i BS'd. i have learned some stuff through my computer classes that i doubt i would have learned on my own (i do a LOT of gaming in my spare time, usually either on coh or one of the 510 games i have on steam, and i still havent been able to find an intern position or something in the computer science field just yet)
one of my friends is kind of the same thinking as Hyperstrike, hes only going to college for the degree to help get a job and he absolutely hates most of the education system with how it currently is set up
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Originally Posted by Amygdala
Sadly, the vast majority of my university experience went like this:
1) Professor reads directly off his/her slides during lectures. 2) Slides are posted online. 3) Slides are virtually plagiarized from the textbook. So this basically told me that if I could read the slides for myself, I didn't have to attend class. If I didn't understand something, there was always the textbook. Not all professors were like this, but I'd say a good 80% would spend their time reading bullets that you could clearly read for yourself. |
I hate your #1, as it is so common in business (my dad and wife have groused about such speakers at their relative jobs). There is no way it should be common in education either, but that's part of the ridiculousness of teaching in college. You don't need to take any education or teaching classes to teach in college. While you probably have done some presenting or teaching once you have a PhD, it's not necessary (though any school I have heard of generally has some training and support).
But not reading off of slides or your notes is one of the things I hit on when talking about presenting effectively. Funny thing is most students know this, but don't necessarily avoid doing it when they present. I'm sure all these teachers are in the same position.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
Gives me less of a distraction when studying for my last Final tonight, on about the single most meandering and pointless class I think I've ever taken. Other students have professed that they have absolutely no idea what to study for since the instructor at no point has ever given a clear answer as to what will be on the test, so they pretty much just stopped and hope that it isn't crazy in-depth questions about some obscure thing we never discussed in class.
Then I get to go to the meet-n-greet tomorrow, and that will be awesome provided I can afford a drink and snag my first evar costume code. So I guess that makes up for if I fail the final.
...now that I think about it, posting here kind of defeats the point of this thread, huh?