i'm a college boy now. it may have only been 3 weeks i've been in Valenica College in Orlando but i'm already starting to notice things that bug the hell outta me and somethings that i like.
what i hate:- online requirements; numerous professors require me to check their college site to find out what the homework is for the day. that's ridiculous. first off it's just unfair to people like me who don't have home internet and work 30 hours a week. i don't have time to check this stuff and because of that i have already had to turn in a big assignment late because the professor DOES NOT mention the assignments in class… i can't even understand it.- tons of homework; mostly only from my math classes, the professors give out huge bulks of homework due in very little time, when i have very little time as it is. i find my self staying up until 2 am to do homework and than having to get up for work at 8 am. yes, it's important to study and practice math to pass the exams but doing 60 problems all on ONE CONCEPT is not necessary. if i understand the concept, than i will succeed in every problem involving that concept. doing it 60 times will not change my understanding of it. i practically never get any problems wrong.- attendance policy; i'm not sure how it is in other colleges but this one has a very strict policy. if i miss 3 meetings of a class, i get withdrawn from the class and have to pay the FULL PRICE (as opposed to the cheaper price for local residents) 3 fucking days and your out? that's a bit harsh. i don't think attendance should be FORCED, i think it should be suggested. in the end, it's just a way for the school to get more money off of the students who may have had scheduling issues. however my biggest problem with this policy is that the class meetings are not important for the most part, these professors have very brief lectures and don't really give a whole lot of information. they TELL us to read, they TELL us what homework to do, and that's it. so what's so important that i would miss if i didn't show up?- college prep classes; whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? why do material that i already did in middle school? this is insanity!so to sum that up, the school punishes people who can't afford internet and don't have a lot of time. what a great way to support the students.what i like:- no hand holding; in highschool i actually had teachers YELL at me for not turning in homework. here, if somethings not done, no big deal. it's nice to be treated with respect.- direct help from the math department; there's a room in the math department where you can get direct help from professors for math homework open 12 hours a day. that's a great service. though i personally never have problems with math, i don't need it but it's still cool.- material; there isn't a second wasted in class. we're always doing something and actually learning or discussing. highschool annoyed me with many classes through out the month that would be wasted on doing nothing, or something we already did.well that's all i really got for now. post about your college, i wanna see if this is common in america (or even world wide) or not, also post the college you go to!
Though I agree. If you have basic classes that are way too easy, then you gotta talk to the dean to work it out. And if the dean is a dick then you tell em fuck you!
I know that feel somewhat. When I first start community college I had orientation class, and that stupid teacher thinks almost everything should be done with the use of computer or internet. It was annoying, but at least we can review the teacher at the end of the year. Let's say the next semester she was nowhere to be seen.
As for the homework I only get like one or two a week. This semester I only get one because I only signed up for 10 credit courses with 3 class and one of the class is a home study (Just read a book and look at a video at the library which I'm in the process of copying.) The attendance policy is understandable cuz sometimes you meet like 2 times a week. What they do is add the overall days you meet and slap in like 10-20% of something (dunno where they pulled that on) and bam. It's not like High School where you meet em 3-5 times a week.But yeah, college is f-ing sweet.The attendance system was pretty much the same in my uni, at least in theory. Unless professors decided to be… creative. To be honest, I got used to it and even liked it (it's a simple system and none of this "please excuse my son Billy from class" stuff from highschool), but when classes were a waste of time, that did start getting on my nerves.
I can sort of relate to most of the stuff you said, it brings back my memories from starting uni 5 years ago :D Times flies like a railgun projectile.rail gun projectile? you should be dead by the end of today then.