Not that upset. It just sucks because it is a major course, and I like my major GPA to be high.
You're upset about getting a B? Seriously?
Well, towards the end of the semester (and this is totally my fault) I became so bored with the material that I stopped going to lectures. I would estimate I went to about only half the lectures towards the end, and when I did go, I wasn't even really paying attention. I just always thought or more productive things I could be doing with my time, like homework or a meeting (not sleeping!).
I figured that I'd just do the homework and readings on my own time. The material was so pathetically easy anyway. Homeworks only took 30 minutes to an hour, and none of the concepts in the reading too more than a first glance.
But it turned out on the final that he asked a lot of stuff that wasn't on the homeworks or in the readings...stuff he just mentioned in class. And it wasn't the type of stuff you could BS or figure out from concepts you already know. There were questions like "What is blahblahblah's theorem (mentioned in class)" or "What was that proof I did in class"
I didn't do THAT terrible (90/115 is ~ 78%) but that was enough to bring my grade down.
Again, my fault, I know, but I just wanted to share
The funny thing is, the professor thinks the material is hot shit that is so deep and complex, but it is such simple stuff that I think kids in junior high could do it.
Discrete Mathematics
so bitter
who says college doesnt build character?
I'm not even joking.
The professor was probably just a bad teacher, but the concepts were so simple that I could have easily done them in junior high.
Sets? Graphs? Trees? First order logic? Basic state machines?
That stuff is all so easy.
College is for drugs and sex with multiple girls at a time. Not crying about getting a "B"
Did you really expect people to be sympathetic to your plight?
P.S. Yes, I know, grades don't matter blah blah
Computer Engineering/Computer Science
I'm not even joking.
The professor was probably just a bad teacher, but the concepts were so simple that I could have easily done them in junior high.
Sets? Graphs? Trees? First order logic? Basic state machines?
That stuff is all so easy.
At this point I could probably right a dissertation about how students cope when they receive a grade they don't like. Perhaps there was a broader point to him requiring you to attend class in order to get an A. Don't miss the forest due to all the trees
I'm not even joking.
The professor was probably just a bad teacher, but the concepts were so simple that I could have easily done them in junior high.
Sets? Graphs? Trees? First order logic? Basic state machines?
That stuff is all so easy.
where do you go to school?
is it a 4 year university?
Well then get use to it.
By the time you graduate getting B's will most likely put you in the top few percent of the class unless there are major curves.
in the world college is preparing you for it doesnt matter if something is easy, or beneath you, only that it gets done. you didnt get the desired result because you only did what you felt like doing, not what needed to be done. apparently the class had at least one lesson of worth, even for someone of your intelect.
Also OP please tell me you aren't one of those people who broadcasts their GPA via facebook status... Those people are such tools.
I remember seeing this one earlier this week:
"__insert_name__ has successfully maintained a 4.0 through both her undergraduate and graduate degrees!"
I know it stings, but don't break out in hives just because you're now a 'B' keeper.
Yeah, probably, but my dislike for the professor and the course caused me to overlook that possibility.
I should have just been like my friend, who has only missed 2 college classes so far. It is as if he wants the best-attendance award, like elementary school.