<p>When I was in High School, I never completed the busy work the instructors gave, but managed to get A’s and B’s on the tests, I never got below a C on a test. I will never forget the one class I got a D in, Environmental Science; I received a 5 on the practice AP test, and a 4 on the proctored AP test. But still, the teacher refused to raise my grade despite the fact I knew the material better than most the class.</p>
<p>But, as far as the prevalence of regurgitating information, I would point out that a CCC only offers lower division classes, and those classes many time have no correlation to one’s major, but are instead IGETC requirements. And generally the student base for CC classes are overly apathetic when it comes to GPA as they are either transferring to a lower tier UC, CSU, or not at all; and thus the professor has to cater to these students to allow for a sort of fluidity in the classroom. While taking more advanced polisci courses for my major prereqs, I have noticed much more application of the material learned and little to no regurgitation.</p>