<p>i have a very naive question. what do people mean that a class is hard. is it hard to learn the material? does that mean it is not taught well? if it’s taught well and you can understand it, then it should be easy, right? </p>
<p>or exams way too hard. then again, can a teacher ask impossible questions that are not answerable based on what’s taught or learned from assigned reading etc. or the assigned work is too much that it is impossible to be well-prepared for exams. if that’s the case, what is the teacher trying to do? testing learning or trying to stratify the students into pigeon holes of a, b , c etc, grade levels.</p>
<p>or kids are so smart, you have everyone getting above 90 points and only 98 and above gets an A. so margin of error is very small (getting 2400 in SAT small)</p>
<p>if one can compare two schools with similar classes, say physics or statistics with examples, perhaps i can gain an understanding of when they say it’s hard. </p>
<p>for atypical to-10% high school student, it is hard to believe anything can be hard. i hope someone can explain more clearly rather than insinuating that i have high school mentality and wait until i get to college.</p>