Bad school memory- from light to heavy

somemom
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:04:08 +0000

Calculus- what is it about teachers being offended when kids learn easily.

In college, I took calculus, I averaged 98% on exams and in the first class we were told exams were all that counted so since it was a stand alone night class I skipped many classes, no problem, until I got a B- I went back to that prof on more than one occasion, even years later when I went back to finish my degree and he would never budge and had such a nasty snotty attitude.

He had decided to give some really easy pop quizzes and count attendance to help the kids doing poorly, but he then took that 10% away from me to give me an 88%- that would have been fine if that was the way the syllabus outlined it, but it said only exams counted. Grrr- I know what I earned so that is all that really matters, but what a tool he was!