[ARCHIVED THREAD] - College Course Surprise (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 9/16/2013 9:30:44 PM EDT
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Did you ever take a class, thinking it was going to be a blow off class only to find out that you couldn't have possibly been more wrong? I took "Essentials of Nutrition" this semester, thinking that I was going to learn about the Food Pyramid, how to have a balanced diet, what food were good for healthy living and that shit. WRONG-O! This class, is a 3 hour, non-stop barrage of technical details and biological jargon...all of which we are expected to commit to memory. What are the 4 methods of absorbtion? Which method absorbs what? Which enzymes does the stomach produce? What are the 5 sphincters of the GI tract? Which part of the GI tract absorbs which compound? Draw the goddamn carbohydrate molecule. Draw the goddamn monosacchride molecule for molson. Draw the process of condensation of carbohydrates. Now draw it backwards, aquafication or some bullshit. Nah, I says. Nutrition is going to be way easier than taking Tennis! Seriously, I got a B in Plane Trigonometry and I got an A in Analytic Geometry. I have a 3.9 GPA overall. I can tell you, without question, that this class is the most informationally intensive class I have taken in my 7 semesters (part time of course). Fucking bullshit man! Fucking BULL-SHIT! |
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History 141A, Far Eastern History up to 1949.
Turned out the professor was on the US State Department committee on US-China relations and wanted to produce students that were experts on the region. I have never had to do more work for three lousy units. Maps, papers, diagrams, glossaries, biographies--I think I did enough work for three classes. He told us we would have to do "A" level work to get a "C+" in his class, and that was the exact truth. Never again.... |
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math courses are understanding intensive and these life science classes are knowledge intensive so if you're quick to understand, math is easy and those memorization classes are a nightmare in comparison To answer your question, I took art history and dropped it they did not fuck around in that class at all I was 3 weeks behind in 3 weeks |
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Quoted: OP math courses are understanding intensive and these life science classes are knowledge intensive so if you're quick to understand, math is easy and those memorization classes are a nightmare in comparison To answer your question, I took art history and dropped it they did not fuck around in that class at all I was 3 weeks behind in 3 weeks I got an A in Art Appreciation and I can already tell that I am going to get an A in Philosophy. I had to bust my ass to an B in Plane Trigonometry, and I quit math after I got an A in Analytic Geometry. Art, History, Philosophy, English...these came to me like almost automatically. I can even say that I excel beyond what the professors have expected in terms of excellence. It just fucking clicks for me. Math? With a LOT of hard work and hair pulling, I can master that shit. I love it and I hate it. I love the problem solving of advanced math, and the orderly nature of it, but I hate that I make so many mistakes while trying to unlock the ability to understand the order. Memorization? FUCK YOU! What is the goddamn point of me memorizing a bunch of goddamn terms that I can forget tomorrow because your fucking final isn't cumulative? It's a goddamn insult. So I have to sit here and memorize technical details of information that has no useful application when the useful information can be gleaned from an infomercial? I just hate that. |
| Multicultural puppetry. What a disaster fuck that was. We were required to take a culture class to graduate and I wasn't about to take no goddamned women's studies class or any bullshit like that so I figured puppets couldn't be so bad. I like Beavis & Butthead and they're sorta like puppets so why not? Well, it turned out to be one part arts and crafts class (which I suck at and hate) and another part bash whitey for 3 hours straight. I think I was one of two white dudes in there and the other guy couldn't tell Gonzo from a goldfish. There were probably some math and chem classes along the way that were rough, but nothing as dreaded as those damned puppets. |
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Quoted: P-chem How hard can it be? It's just a chemistry class Fast forward 16 weeks I have never been so proud to get a C. P-chem was a bitch. i forget the comedian who said this, but... "i was told that Pchem would tell the men from the boys. i found out that i was a fetus."
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Multicultural puppetry. What a disaster fuck that was. We were required to take a culture class to graduate and I wasn't about to take no goddamned women's studies class or any bullshit like that so I figured puppets couldn't be so bad. I like Beavis & Butthead and they're sorta like puppets so why not? Well, it turned out to be one part arts and crafts class (which I suck at and hate) and another part bash whitey for 3 hours straight. I think I was one of two white dudes in there and the other guy couldn't tell Gonzo from a goldfish. There were probably some math and chem classes along the way that were rough, but nothing as dreaded as those damned puppets. what school? |
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P-chem How hard can it be? It's just a chemistry class Fast forward 16 weeks I have never been so proud to get a C. P-chem was a bitch. Ha Ha p-chem. Only C I made in college and I was dam proud of that C. I had to make an 85 of the final just to pass the course, made an 89. drunk a half bottle of crown that night. |
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I took that class over the summer, in one month. It was fucking rough because I had an exam every four days. We also had to do food journal and the "fast food challenge." The challenge was to come up with three theoretical meals between a caloric window with ceilings and floor on values like sugar, carbs, sodium, etc. It was fucking awful.
Wait till you get to your water soluble vitamins and minerals! You get to memorize things like all your vitBs, what they do, foods they're in, what they help, and what happens if you have a deficit. Enjoy! Fun fact of the day: polar bear liver, if eaten, is extremely toxic in Vitamin A! |
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I took a college development class, it was supposed to be like a easy hands on class that was focused on you getting into the gist of college life like so to say.
All we had was paperwork, paperwork, and essays to write. I had to write 4 papers on the human condition... |
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P-chem How hard can it be? It's just a chemistry class Fast forward 16 weeks I have never been so proud to get a C. P-chem was a bitch. Oh poor mis-guided soul.... 
Be proud of the C. Thank god for the two blow off chem courses I took to off set my C in P-Chem. Industrial Chemistry and Some forensic discussion course. Both were just show up and shoot the breeze on how chemistry is used in industry and have guest speakers about forensic investigations. 
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You should have taken tennis! I took Calculus 1 and 2 from 6-9PM 2 nights a week, (math at night, what a bitch) I was happy to get a C in those classes. But I have actually had some online classes that really kicked my ass, it seems like they make them harder since they are online. |
| History of Terrorism, HIST 319A from the late 80s at University of Maryland University College. Very enlightening. I remember the older female professor start off by telling us "I'm not going to be teaching you how to make bombs here..." And I now know about the Bolshevik Revolution and that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter". |
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I majored in Poly-Sci, Sociology and Criminal Justice. I thought "Introduction to Cyberspace" would be a blow off.
Mother of fuck! It was a full website design, HTML and fucking everything else IT had to offer in 1997. If it hadn't been for the other 2 friends of mine in the class, I would have gone down in flames. |
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Multicultural puppetry. What a disaster fuck that was. We were required to take a culture class to graduate and I wasn't about to take no goddamned women's studies class or any bullshit like that so I figured puppets couldn't be so bad. I like Beavis & Butthead and they're sorta like puppets so why not? Well, it turned out to be one part arts and crafts class (which I suck at and hate) and another part bash whitey for 3 hours straight. I think I was one of two white dudes in there and the other guy couldn't tell Gonzo from a goldfish. There were probably some math and chem classes along the way that were rough, but nothing as dreaded as those damned puppets. I'll bet you're using that info in your career |
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Ha Ha p-chem. Only C I made in college and I was dam proud of that C. I had to make an 85 of the final just to pass the course, made an 89. drunk a half bottle of crown that night. Quoted:
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P-chem How hard can it be? It's just a chemistry class Fast forward 16 weeks I have never been so proud to get a C. P-chem was a bitch. Ha Ha p-chem. Only C I made in college and I was dam proud of that C. I had to make an 85 of the final just to pass the course, made an 89. drunk a half bottle of crown that night. My dad has a PhD in chemistry and was a DOE guy and professor for decades. He got a C in P Chem and a C in Organic. He still hates P Chem. He found the tears of the "but I always got all A's in HS!" types amusing. |
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Did you ever take a class, thinking it was going to be a blow off class only to find out that you couldn't have possibly been more wrong? I took "Essentials of Nutrition" this semester, thinking that I was going to learn about the Food Pyramid, how to have a balanced diet, what food were good for healthy living and that shit. WRONG-O! This class, is a 3 hour, non-stop barrage of technical details and biological jargon...all of which we are expected to commit to memory. What are the 4 methods of absorbtion? Which method absorbs what? Which enzymes does the stomach produce? What are the 5 sphincters of the GI tract? Which part of the GI tract absorbs which compound? Draw the goddamn carbohydrate molecule. Draw the goddamn monosacchride molecule for molson. Draw the process of condensation of carbohydrates. Now draw it backwards, aquafication or some bullshit. Nah, I says. Nutrition is going to be way easier than taking Tennis! Seriously, I got a B in Plane Trigonometry and I got an A in Analytic Geometry. I have a 3.9 GPA overall. I can tell you, without question, that this class is the most informationally intensive class I have taken in my 7 semesters (part time of course). Fucking bullshit man! Fucking BULL-SHIT! I can only remember three of the sphincters. I am taking Biology of Foods this semester we use this book: 
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Only in America do people pay for an education and then get pissed when they realize they are expected to study and learn. Maybe college catalogs should be required to have a little trophy icon by certain classes for those that think they deserve one no matter what. Yeah, little trophies. Obama should get right on that. |
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Only in America do people pay for an education and then get pissed when they realize they are expected to study and learn. Maybe college catalogs should be required to have a little trophy icon by certain classes for those that think they deserve one no matter what. Yeah, little trophies. Obama should get right on that. You sound butthurt |
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Philosophy of Religion ended up being my most challenging non-lab/clinical course. I never worked so hard for an A. It was taught by an ordained minister and focused 75% on Christian philosophy but also delved into prechiristian/nonchristian philosophy. (This was at a public college).
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Sucker!! Seriously, it's a joy to stumble into classes like that, where you have a prof. who cares. Every course should be like that. Kudos on your good fortune! Make sure to post when you get to Twinkies! serious. Indeed! OP, that course is probably on the prereq list for Nursing School and a couple other allied health professions. It is serious because the content and application are serious. |
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Only in America do people pay for an education and then get pissed when they realize they are expected to study and learn. Maybe college catalogs should be required to have a little trophy icon by certain classes for those that think they deserve one no matter what. Yeah, little trophies. Obama should get right on that. You sound butthurt I agree with bubba. |
| I'm taking Experimental techniques in Engineering, a Ph.D. course. So far, the class is a cursory review of some of my undergraduate studies. While surprised at it's easy start, I'm hoping that it will become slightly more challenging soon. ....waiting to get blindsided by the class group project though. |
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Only in America do people pay for an education and then get pissed when they realize they are expected to study and learn. Maybe college catalogs should be required to have a little trophy icon by certain classes for those that think they deserve one no matter what. Yeah, little trophies. Obama should get right on that. You sound butthurt I agree with bubba. I think what the OP was trying to get at is why he has to take some BS General Science course that is so hard when he has hard Core classes for his major. |
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Music Appreciattion... not only did we have to memorize history of music.... we had to memorize music.... half of the exam was this old jackwagon playing music and me guessing wtf he was playing...
AND to top it all off: Me: "hey professor oldngay, ALL of my other classes are cancelled next friday because we are done with our units and thanksgiving break is that saturday. Will you be having class next friday?" Prof: "WHY WOULD I CANCEL CLASS JUST SO YOU CAN GO HOME EARLY  OF COURSE WE ARE HAVING CLASS!"
ME: "  Oh sorry I just thought that because we are closing the unit today that...:
Prof: "NO! "
----few days later------ get to music class with a sign on the door "CLASS IS CANCELED TODAY! ENJOY YOUR BREAK" i was peeved.... I could have already been home... but no... this old wind bag made me wait until 2pm on a friday to find out I didnt have class, when I could have left for home Thursday afternoon... Jackwagon!
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