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I don't get it  Is it just that it's really, really hard?
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Yeah, in my experience you started off pretty confident and that confidence drained as you looked at the exam questions.
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Trabant posted:Sounds, sounds, everywhere are sounds: Just quoting this so I can find it later
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Hyperlynx posted:I don't get it I think they were all getting their results back at once.
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I'll never not be posting this when this kind of video comes up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQdIiEUFtqk
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 Saw this post right after my gummies kicked in.
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Apr 16, 2023 22:57
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Boy do I loving feel this one in my bones. I’m the paper tosser. Wonder if anyone just got up & walked out.
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Apr 16, 2023 23:55
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Hyperlynx posted:I don't get it Scoring 50% will get you a B in some classes.
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Apr 16, 2023 23:55
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I don’t think I ever had a university class where below 80 was passing, so that one has to be pretty goddamn hard.
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Apr 16, 2023 23:58
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cult_hero posted:I think they were all getting their results back at once. "OK folks, here's your graded papers. Everybody got them back? Good. Now on the count of three, everybody turn them over and look at your grade"
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freeedr posted:I don’t think I ever had a university class where below 80 was passing, so that one has to be pretty goddamn hard. What country was this? Because that's not how any American grading scale I've even heard of works. Data Graham posted:"OK folks, here's your graded papers. Everybody got them back? Good. Now on the count of three, everybody turn them over and look at your grade" They're not getting grades back; they're starting the test. Or pretending to because it's obviously a bit. Possibly the professor's idea, which might be way it's wonky and a little lame. Anyway it's timed so everyone starts at the same time to keep the people in the front from having an average. Blue Footed Booby has a new favorite as of 00:11 on Apr 17, 2023 |
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Blue Footed Booby posted:They're not getting grades back; they're starting the test. Or pretending to because it's obviously a bit. Possibly the professor's idea, which might be way it's wonky and a little lame. Ironic, isn't it... the professor could engineer anything except a joke
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Apr 17, 2023 00:12
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https://i.imgur.com/PQDgoA1.gifv
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Trabant posted:Sounds, sounds, everywhere are sounds: All-timer post.
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https://i.imgur.com/LwhrPmY.mp4 Unmute
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Hyperlynx posted:I don't get it It's more that freshman don't know how to study and they're not used to exams that average out at a C or lower. There's usually a curves at the end of the semester. My first engineering exam in school had a class average of 54% lol. It's hard but don't let the engineers fool you into believing they're MENSA level giga chads.
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RockWhisperer posted:It's more that freshman don't know how to study and they're not used to exams that average out at a C or lower. There's usually a curves at the end of the semester. My first engineering exam in school had a class average of 54% lol. It's hard but don't let the engineers fool you into believing they're MENSA level giga chads. It depends on the professor but there are a few disciplines like this. I got a 33/120 on my genetics final and got a B It is not a good time
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Doesn't this mean people graduate and don't actually know the things?
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Do you think the purpose of the education system is to educate people?
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Beachcomber posted:Doesn't this mean people graduate and don't actually know the things? Absolutely No more questions
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Beachcomber posted:Doesn't this mean people graduate and don't actually know the things? Yes
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Beachcomber posted:Doesn't this mean people graduate and don't actually know the things? lmao
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C's get degrees.
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A lot of engineering professors just don't know how to write an exam. I had a hydrology final with a question that required a series of like 30 iterative calculations to solve (we solved it with excel in class so nobody expected to see it on the exam, there were audible sighs and a few 'fuuuuuck's when the test started). I tried the first iteration and it took me over a minute, so I pulled out all my TI-83+ programming skills and wrote a program during the exam to automate the most time consuming parts and save the variables so I could do the next iteration in a few seconds. Pretty sure I'm the only one who finished. Some professors will straight up say that they aim for a 50% average so they can make a nice curve out of it, but I've had averages in the 30s Dance McPants has a new favorite as of 01:23 on Apr 17, 2023 |
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Dance McPants posted:A lot of engineering professors just don't know how to write an exam. I had a hydrology final with a question that required a series of like 30 iterative calculations to solve (we solved it with excel in class so nobody expected to see it on the exam, there were audible sighs and a few 'fuuuuuck's when the test started). I tried the first iteration and it took me over a minute, so I pulled out all my TI-83+ programming skills and wrote a program during the exam to automate the most time consuming parts and save the variables so I could do the next iteration in a few seconds. Pretty sure I'm the only one who finished. Imagine having sex with an engineer 
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Beachcomber posted:Doesn't this mean people graduate and don't actually know the things? They know some things! It's ok, don't worry! I've spent the last 17+ years helping to educate med students, nurses, pharmacists...it's cool just don't, like...get sick or go to the hospital.    
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Imagine having sex with an engineer Engineers are actually bottom three lowest virginity rates of all majors. There have been no-poo poo studies.
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Dance McPants posted:A lot of engineering professors just don't know how to write an exam. This is very true, but even if it weren't you still shouldn't have exams that everyone does well on. At the college level you need to be able to distinguish the very best students from the merely very good, and a good exam will have questions that do that.
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At the same time, grades and performance on tests doesn't always gauge a student's mastery of the subject matter. God knows mine didn't, either in high school or in college, often. Math was my worst subject so naturally, I chose a major with a fair bit of math (described by some as a math minor). Worked my rear end off in Calculus, and it might as well have been an A; I was just so happy to pass that poo poo. In conclusion, grades are a land of contrast.
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I just...some of these people build infrastructure. 
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Whether you have an A plus or a D minus everyone gets the same degree
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Blue Footed Booby posted:What country was this? Because that's not how any American grading scale I've even heard of works. That was all healthcare-related university stuff in USA. Three different schools. Public schools growing up were all the normal 70+ for passing.
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freeedr posted:That was all healthcare-related university stuff in USA. Three different schools. Public schools growing up were all the normal 70+ for passing. I did not know that.
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Beachcomber posted:I just...some of these people build infrastructure. Yeah with a computer.. not a pencil and a test that covers 3 random things selected from 3 chapters of the text book with no guarantee that the professor mentioned the subject during lectures. I swear professors are sadists.
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Beachcomber posted:I just...some of these people build infrastructure.
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Wendigee posted:Yeah with a computer.. not a pencil and a test that covers 3 random things selected from 3 chapters of the text book with no guarantee that the professor mentioned the subject during lectures. I have never taken a university exam here (Australia) that allowed content not covered in class or with directions towards material. What the actual gently caress.
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syntaxfunction posted:I have never taken a university exam here (Australia) that allowed content not covered in class or with directions towards material. What the actual gently caress. I had one professor whose tests were exclusively the material not covered in class. Attendance was mandatory. Eventually I switched majors to avoid that guy.
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