Sooooooooo, we had this exam last night...
Well, let me tell you about the first one with the nutty professor. The class is Intro to Criminology. This is like a sociology class for criminals. There are so many names and theories to the causation of crime. There are 6 of us in class. We all fundamentally failed the test. The highest score was a 70 and I was second with a 67. 75 multiple choice, 4 essays. OK. He curved the test and added 20 points to our exams.
Fast forward to yesterdays exam. 35 multiple choice, 25 fill in the blank! Whaaaaaaaa???? Oh, and he made the test 50 percent names! The two names I remember was Lombroso and Becarria!! WTF??? We all sat there and just looked around. After the exam, we looked at the key, I got 2 right, another girl got 4 right, the other girl didn't have any right, I don't know how the guys did, but they were tripping too.
Now in my other 2 criminal justice classes, I am getting scores in the 90s, so I know it ain't me! WTF is up with profs like him? You cant take notes off of his lectures. He talks so damn fast. He doesn't use the blackboard. It is like he knows so much information that he just can't teach it. He teaches it one way and then words it completely different on the test!!!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
Oh well, looks like Imma finish out with 2As and a D!
yikes, have yall asked him where he gets the test info or where best to study meaning the notes or the book?
ReplyDeleteYesss, he says he pulls the hardest question from the test bank. We would have to memorize EVERYTHING in the book. A book that reads like a DAMN ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!! You would seriously have to be one of those people who could read the book and subsequently memorize everything in the chapter. SERIOUSLY.
ReplyDeleteThere is no getting the big picture, you have to memorize everything, from definitions, dates AND ALL NAMES and when I said that to him in class he was like that should be apart of general absorbing of the material.
ReplyDeleteThere's always ONE
ReplyDeleteU need to complain to somebody...ASAP...especially if everybody in the class is doing bad. I had a financial acct prof that was the same way only thing is..he knew we werent doing well and still passed the entire class with nothing lower than a C
ReplyDeleteand then says he wants us all to do well! LMAOOO
ReplyDeletewell, he is one who GIVES grades complety unbased on your total rubric score, so this shall be interesting! LMAOOO
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteYup! Welcome to academia. I had teachers who would have multiple choice with only one word different to make sure u TRULY knew the shit. *sigh* GLAD I am out of school, sooooo glad!!
but he grades on a curve so they aren't all failing, he added 20 pts.
ReplyDeleteno, he said he was only adding the points for that exam!
ReplyDeleteThey told me that grad school was totally different. Just some research and no exam..wut the hell was last night...I damn exam...lol! I was so happy to finish undergrad no more pullin an all nighter...not look...I was cramin for an exam. I'll be glad when school is completely ova but dont know when that will be...to get my license I have to do a post certificate....huh??? R U kidding me???
ReplyDeletewhat lisence, certificate in what???
ReplyDeleteI was told grad school was the same thing. research and papers and most of the time no test! HUMPH!!!
They lied...I just had my first exam...lol! Im getting my license for Professional Counselor. Also, Im going after my CAC (certificate addictions counselor) and my BAC (behavorial Analysis Certification). Im gonna have alphabet soup behind my name...lol!
ReplyDeleteI know thats right!!!
ReplyDeleteGirl..when I finish with them..they're gonna wish they would have turned me ass down. Im takin this shit for all it's worth cuz Im about to BLOW UPPPPPPPPP!!!
ReplyDeleteDON'T YOU DARE GET A D IN THAT CLASS!!! You sleep on that damn textbook and absorb it through osmosis. YOU CAN DO THIS! You know Walsh is all talk. He ain't gonna fail NOBODY if EVERYBODY does not do well. He is the toughest damn professor I ever had and he expects a lot. Make some flashcards with the names and what theory they developed. Shit, if I gotta stay up nights and help you, you let me know and I'll help you, sis.
ReplyDeleteGurrrrrrrrrl, GOT FLASH CARDS!!!!! I USE A WHOLE PACK JUST FOR 3 CHAPTERS! ITS TOOO MUCH INFO!
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ReplyDeletedamn, i had a comp sci who damn near failed an entire class. that shit sucks
i majored in many things, all science-
ReplyDeletepremed, nutrition,pharmacy. got a degree in computer sci. talk about memorizing. all that damn calculus and tables and charts and stuff
did i learn my lesson? naw, im going back tog et a degree in SPANISH,lol
noooooooo
u can do it!!! u got a ipod or something so u can make recordings of the info and play it nonstop??
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't have that Nina!
ReplyDeleteOoh no! Is it too late to drop????
ReplyDeleteI CANT. I NEED IT FOR GRADUATION IN DECEMBER!!!
ReplyDeleteoh dang...sorry lady.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I forgot to mention this part. He added a chapter that we weren't suppose to get until the next test and when he protested, his answer was that we should have read it for lecture today, yanno, the lecture we get BEFORE the test on new material so that we are totally fucked up?
ReplyDeleteaww...i miss ol' Walshy! HAHAHAHA Imma bring you my dictaphone so you can tape classes for Mr. Speed Talker! :-) I got your back, sis!
ReplyDeleteim confused just reading this
ReplyDeleteHe sounds like a maniac. But don't be defeated! You can do it!
ReplyDeleteHe is extremely tough (and a little crazy) but he is a brilliant prof. He knows his shit. I have never learned more from another professor (besides his wife). He does need to remember that, while these ARE 300 level courses, they are NOT grad level courses. There are no prereqs, so a college freshman with no experience can take them. He forgets that.
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