Astrophysics
So I just got some marks back in Astrophysics and such, and suffice it to say, they weren’t good. The really depressing thing is that I know I couldn’t have done much better. I studied for my midterm as I was supposed to, and I worked for nearly an entire day on the assignment I got back. Both were failures.
Of course, this is nothing new. I attended a “chat with profs” a week or so ago, and all of us (well, those who were in PHYS 115) spent at least 20 minutes discussing our disappointment with what we’d been taught vs what had been expected of us in that class. You know the way it is with profs that are teaching your course for the first time; they want to make it fun, so everything in class is Popular Mechanics for Kids and all the assignments are Popular Mechanics for the Criminally Insane. Then the midterm hits and that’s exactly the opposite of everything that was in the notes and the textbook and the assignment as well.
I really shouldn’t be blaming it on my prof, though. Because of the feel-good approach and my lack of interest in the material, I didn’t go to class, so I didn’t follow along as I should have. And I suppose I could have studied and worked harder; it’s just so frustrating not to know what’s going on. I haven’t felt so helpless since before I changed majors, which I suppose is an indication that I made the right decision to move into Cognitive Science. Hopefully, the assignment I handed in today will make up for my unfortunate pre-midterm marks. Hopefully, I will do well on the exam and pass the course. Hopefully, I will work harder next year, although that’s doubtful given my past record. Next time you pass me on the street, tell me to go home and do my work.
shashi said,
March 31, 2004 at 8:46 am
how odd, i was just reading the anarchist’s cookbook, cause i was looking for info on the tylenol killer stuff.
Eve said,
March 31, 2004 at 9:01 am
Basically, you and I live parallel lives. How else would you explain the Ad-Aware coincidence? And the giving blood at the same time? And Jude Law?
Ahaha, Jude Law.
Femtosecond said,
March 31, 2004 at 11:23 am
this is what alot of my classes are like. Mostly people don’t go to class because the profs are crazy and it’s too hard.
Eve said,
March 31, 2004 at 11:39 am
Yeah. It’s pretty awful.
steph said,
April 1, 2004 at 1:00 am
case in point: differential equations. horrid horrid horrid. so easy in previous years (huzzah for friends giving you old notes) but now this dude comes along, and no-one’s got a clue what’s going on. and most of us are failing.
final’s worth lots. 75% lots…..*shudders*
plus the markers for my physics courses suck. especially the guy who does e+m.
the funny thing is, most of us go to class most of the time. we work like crazy (albeit the day it’s due), we think we sort of understand the stuff, but apparently not. all told though, we’ve probably spent more time grumping about how everything physics is awful than we have actually doing work.
freeman said,
April 1, 2004 at 2:31 am
In English they often ask you what is your favourite colour and request that you write a short paper stating why. Not citing any sources, of course, but, you know, just letting the prof know what you’re thinking about.
I just completed my final paper for a 4th year course entitled Gender Binaries And Transgression Vis-A-Vis Turquoise
kelly said,
April 1, 2004 at 5:53 am
turquoise is a nice stone. i think i have one lying around somewhere with the rest of my collection.
Eve said,
April 1, 2004 at 6:24 am
Yeah, I really liked it as a kid. My birthstone was aquamarine; I was so close to amethyst, I hated aquamarine SO MUCH for not being amethyst.
Eve said,
April 1, 2004 at 7:26 am
I always liked Turquoise.