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crankyoldmanOr something like that.
Suffice to say, after studying for a week (intermittently, I have work, you know) and having spent nearly all of yesterday studying (at work, they kind of told me to study for my final and not worry I was still getting paid. <3) the professor still managed to make a final that made me feel like an idiot.
Highlights!
- The first problem was a variation on a problem that we never covered in class or homework!
- The second problem was my bad, I didn't study as much from the earlier sections. So yeah.
- The middle problems were awesome! Especially the spring problem. YES I WANTED A SPRING PROBLEM.
- The last two problems were ones that I knew until I got to the end where you get the answer. Hopefully I will get shit ton of credit for working up to that point.
Now, I shouldn't be that angry (which I'm not anymore, after chai and probably more dance music than I care to think about right now) except for one fact: she totally told us that this final was going to have 2-3 questions from stuff we haven't covered on either previous exam.
There was one question.
Considering that was my study focus? I'm a bit miffed. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot study everything that a class has covered completely. You have to prioritize and focus on what you're weak on and all that. I know this. If not for this concept, I wouldn't have lasted as long in engineering as I have (though, typically most of my classes didn't have cumulative finals. true fact!). But nothing gets my goat more than when a teacher puts up study guides (which were awesome!) and then doesn't follow them.
Granted, I'm a shitty test taker. I don't memorize well, and guess what math classes are all about. MEMORIZING. I tend to gravitate more towards the process side of things, not specific formulas. Gah.
At least it's over, and I can look forward to a REAL semester at school. Joy!
Suffice to say, after studying for a week (intermittently, I have work, you know) and having spent nearly all of yesterday studying (at work, they kind of told me to study for my final and not worry I was still getting paid. <3) the professor still managed to make a final that made me feel like an idiot.
Highlights!
- The first problem was a variation on a problem that we never covered in class or homework!
- The second problem was my bad, I didn't study as much from the earlier sections. So yeah.
- The middle problems were awesome! Especially the spring problem. YES I WANTED A SPRING PROBLEM.
- The last two problems were ones that I knew until I got to the end where you get the answer. Hopefully I will get shit ton of credit for working up to that point.
Now, I shouldn't be that angry (which I'm not anymore, after chai and probably more dance music than I care to think about right now) except for one fact: she totally told us that this final was going to have 2-3 questions from stuff we haven't covered on either previous exam.
There was one question.
Considering that was my study focus? I'm a bit miffed. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot study everything that a class has covered completely. You have to prioritize and focus on what you're weak on and all that. I know this. If not for this concept, I wouldn't have lasted as long in engineering as I have (though, typically most of my classes didn't have cumulative finals. true fact!). But nothing gets my goat more than when a teacher puts up study guides (which were awesome!) and then doesn't follow them.
Granted, I'm a shitty test taker. I don't memorize well, and guess what math classes are all about. MEMORIZING. I tend to gravitate more towards the process side of things, not specific formulas. Gah.
At least it's over, and I can look forward to a REAL semester at school. Joy!
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Date: 2007-12-13 06:23 pm (UTC)At least it's not just engineering? My French prof told us that he'd post an exam question about Anne Hebert. I had this awesome essay all lined up. And then he didn't do it. Jerk. So I had to write about Gaston Miron instead.
*pets* I'm sorry that your exam gets no love. At least it's over now!
-T. pirate
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Date: 2007-12-13 06:25 pm (UTC)Also, you like your EP?
~Cendri
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Date: 2007-12-13 06:28 pm (UTC)I was HIGHLY AMUSED to see Dashboard confessional on the ep though. That's like my grade 9 emo band. I'd forgotten how
terribleawesome they are. :')That norah jones song is lovely too. And the ending one. Oh, how could I not love the ending track.
Really, it's awesome all around.
-T. pirate
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 10:14 pm (UTC)Exams where teachers do things you don't expect suck, are mega lame, and should be outlawed. I mean, seriously. IT'S A TEST. THE POINT IS TO SEE HOW WELL YOU KNOW THE THINGS YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LEARN. Not how well you think outside the box, and not how well you react to surprises, and certainly not how well you can pull things out of your ass!! (For reference, see: my final last night.)
Engineering can sometimes involve this creative, problem-solving aspect, but even then: the teachers should be asking you things you know. Or should know, I guess.
And they should be telling you what you should know too. Gah, now I'm pissed off again. Time for happy fun Yuna music
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Date: 2007-12-13 10:20 pm (UTC)~Cendri
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Date: 2007-12-14 12:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-14 02:09 am (UTC)