So this quarter I was hoping to sign up for a probability course that would fulfill that requirement of my major (math). However by the time my sign up date came up, the class was already full.
I then had to find another course then, and I was e-mailed about a new course: Knot Theory, which would operate much like an independent study course in which we would be assigned a topic, do research on it, and then write a term paper on the topic. It emphasized that it was "a preview of what graduate math would be like", which was quite intriguing to me as well.
Sounded interesting enough, and it seemed to fit into my schedule nicely as well, since it was scheduled to meet on MWF from 1-1:50, and because my other classes were mostly Tues/Thurs, it would give my schedule some nice balance to it.
I'm signed up for the class then, ready to get going today..since classes just started yesterday, when on Wednesday I get an e-mail from the professor stating:
Which completely sucks for me because I have a class from 2-3:15 and another class from 4-5:50, meaning I'd have to arrive late, and then have to leave not much longer for my next class.
I thought this preliminary meeting would just be a basic intro to the structure of the class, and more importantly, would determine when the class would meet.
However as I try to find the class, I ntotice that there is NO room 6227 as stated in the e-mail, and eventually discover that my prof meant room 6221. I get lost for a few minutes, and eventually at around 3:30 I find the correct classroom, and find our prof lecturing about knots and all that already.
I'm able to pick up a minimal amount, but having missed the beginning of class, I sit there for about 30 minutes before I'm just completely lost..and am "saved" by a group of students and another professor who say that THEY have an actual scheduled class in this very room that I was in at 4:00 because my prof is too retarded to get the scheduling of her classes right (or even the room number), because meeting at the actual time that the class is supposed to meet was "too much of an inconvenience for some of the students". We then proceed to get kicked out of the room and are "forced" to leave.
It's 4:00 then, so we all leave, and I run to my next class across campus and sit through it until 6, at which time I'm starvving after not having eaten since 11.
I then go home, e-mail the prof about the situation and ask her what's going on..and get this:
Then WTF did they sign up for the class then??
Well OBVIOUSLY if they're there they can make that time and will vote for that time, and those who couldn't make that time weren't there to VOTE for it and have any say in it.
I then reply back to her stating this..in slightly nicer terms, and get this in reply:
Yeah no kidding. It'd actually be closer to 3:20-3:50 what with the walking and all.
If this were a normal math class, and if I were of somewhat above average intelligence I might be able to handle it, but given that this seems to be close to a graduate level class and I'm a dumbass, I might have to just drop this class and waste a quarter away without taking a required math class since they're pretty much all full now.
Perhaps the worst part is that it's a small class, and it seems everyone else can make the meeting times in time, from what I gather..so there's probably little influence I will have in changing any structure involved with the class.
I have about 4 weeks though to decide if I want to keep it, so I'll just try to stick it out until then..
And though I'm not religious at all, God bless you if you've made it this far
I then had to find another course then, and I was e-mailed about a new course: Knot Theory, which would operate much like an independent study course in which we would be assigned a topic, do research on it, and then write a term paper on the topic. It emphasized that it was "a preview of what graduate math would be like", which was quite intriguing to me as well.
Sounded interesting enough, and it seemed to fit into my schedule nicely as well, since it was scheduled to meet on MWF from 1-1:50, and because my other classes were mostly Tues/Thurs, it would give my schedule some nice balance to it.
I'm signed up for the class then, ready to get going today..since classes just started yesterday, when on Wednesday I get an e-mail from the professor stating:
Which completely sucks for me because I have a class from 2-3:15 and another class from 4-5:50, meaning I'd have to arrive late, and then have to leave not much longer for my next class.
I thought this preliminary meeting would just be a basic intro to the structure of the class, and more importantly, would determine when the class would meet.
However as I try to find the class, I ntotice that there is NO room 6227 as stated in the e-mail, and eventually discover that my prof meant room 6221. I get lost for a few minutes, and eventually at around 3:30 I find the correct classroom, and find our prof lecturing about knots and all that already.
I'm able to pick up a minimal amount, but having missed the beginning of class, I sit there for about 30 minutes before I'm just completely lost..and am "saved" by a group of students and another professor who say that THEY have an actual scheduled class in this very room that I was in at 4:00 because my prof is too retarded to get the scheduling of her classes right (or even the room number), because meeting at the actual time that the class is supposed to meet was "too much of an inconvenience for some of the students". We then proceed to get kicked out of the room and are "forced" to leave.
It's 4:00 then, so we all leave, and I run to my next class across campus and sit through it until 6, at which time I'm starvving after not having eaten since 11.
I then go home, e-mail the prof about the situation and ask her what's going on..and get this:
Then WTF did they sign up for the class then??
Well OBVIOUSLY if they're there they can make that time and will vote for that time, and those who couldn't make that time weren't there to VOTE for it and have any say in it.
I then reply back to her stating this..in slightly nicer terms, and get this in reply:
Yeah no kidding. It'd actually be closer to 3:20-3:50 what with the walking and all.
If this were a normal math class, and if I were of somewhat above average intelligence I might be able to handle it, but given that this seems to be close to a graduate level class and I'm a dumbass, I might have to just drop this class and waste a quarter away without taking a required math class since they're pretty much all full now.
Perhaps the worst part is that it's a small class, and it seems everyone else can make the meeting times in time, from what I gather..so there's probably little influence I will have in changing any structure involved with the class.
I have about 4 weeks though to decide if I want to keep it, so I'll just try to stick it out until then..
And though I'm not religious at all, God bless you if you've made it this far