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<p>Please don’t make sweeping generalizations. It’s just an insult to those of us who are actually intelligent enough to earn all A’s or mostly all A’s, even if it’s at a seemingly “easy” school.</p>
<p>My GRE scores were 610 verbal, 740 quantitative, and 5.5 analytical writing - respectable scores. I could have gotten into a nationally ranked graduate school for computer science… (It’s pathetic that I should have to advertise GRE scores to get through…) I don’t know how people could point the finger at me, when my grades have been so consistent in the past. Yes, different courses might have different standards. However, if that’s the case, these standards should be stated at the beginning of class and on the course outlines so everyone knows where they stand. Otherwise, people will not know how to study for the tests and it becomes a mystery as to why one’s grades go down the drain… And a well-designed program would not have any of these problems…</p>
<p>TL;DR I still need my hand held.</p>
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<p>Um… some of us are just intelligent? Would you tell a person at a top LAC or HYPetc that their school is too easy? What a broad and false generalization…</p>
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<p>Why is it that I can’t get even the simplest things through to the people here? Let’s say the professor makes the tests based entirely on his (or her) lectures, they don’t advertise this fact at all, and the textbook is somewhat different. Then some people will fail the tests if they study only from the textbook. That is not fair. Clearly, if the professor wants students to take lecture notes this should be advertised in some way or there should not be a textbook for the course. Otherwise, the textbook misleads people who have a learning style geared towards reading into thinking they can pass the tests when they can’t - it’s purpose is entirely superfluous. The point of the course is not to test students note-taking abilities, and all of this explains why such a course is not fair. This is what I’m experiencing here, and why I’m so frustrated.</p>
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<p>Wrong. It’s assumed that you’ll know and understand the lectures. Professors can take questions from readings, lectures, anything they want. You should take lecture notes and assume you’ll be tested on them. The course is designed to test students however the professor deems fit.</p>
<p>It is expected that the professors will test from both books and the lecture notes. Likewise, in my majors, all of my exams have been based off of a combo of these.</p>
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<p>^ This.</p>
<p>Why is it that we can’t get even the simplest things through to the OP? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I’ll have a moment of honesty here: I feel you are the type of students who are not intelligent but simply suck ups who kiss the professor’s ass by doing every little thing that’s expected… That’s why I’m abandoning this post…</p>
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<p>You mean… <em>gasp</em> being a good student?</p>
<p>Either ■■■■■ is ■■■■■■■■ or I have lost faith in our higher education.</p>
<p>More like “yes-men” who just stand in line and do what’s told of them…</p>
<p>^ No, not really.</p>
<p>This guy is a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Strong trolling, OP.</p>
<p>10/0</p>