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[Figment1986]

I hate the whole idea that starndardized tests....

They are standard. Some people are smarter than that and some aren't.. Theit are many reasons why. With these "Tests" Eveyone has to learn what the state or country wants them to learn. Their could be more for that persion to learn but they may never have a chance. I know i would never have a chance for phisics if they looked at my test scores... (or my grades but im taking physics online so i can get regular instead of honors which is only what my district offers)

I know i may have misspelled some words... But it gets to the point of testing...

 

[xfkirsten]

The dumbing down of America's students has gotten out of hand.

Amen to that! I've been getting very frustrated in some of my classes in college, even, with some of the idiots here. I'm hoping it'll get better soon, since I'll be in more upper-division classes and the people who didn't cut it in the bio major have been weeded out, but it's just so irritating when college level students don't understand middle school concepts. I took a stats class last semester that was a real forehead slapper. All tests were open book/note, multiple choice, AND you could use a calculator... you wouldn't believe how many F's I saw over people's shoulders. And we're not talking calculus, here - half the semester was spent on mean, median, and mode. Come ON! I learned that in sixth grade! That's part of why I have so much trouble paying attention in class - the really stupid questions slow everything down so much that it can't hold my interest.

Now, I understand completely that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. But I am talking about major-specific classes, not GEs. And the concepts being taught are ones that ANY college student should already know before they enter college. It just really frustrates me when my own learning is held back because others in the class aren't prepared.

-Kirsten

 

[DDuckFan130]

Amen to that! I've been getting very frustrated in some of my classes in college, even, with some of the idiots here. I'm hoping it'll get better soon, since I'll be in more upper-division classes and the people who didn't cut it in the bio major have been weeded out, but it's just so irritating when college level students don't understand middle school concepts. I took a stats class last semester that was a real forehead slapper. All tests were open book/note, multiple choice, AND you could use a calculator... you wouldn't believe how many F's I saw over people's shoulders. And we're not talking calculus, here - half the semester was spent on mean, median, and mode. Come ON! I learned that in sixth grade! That's part of why I have so much trouble paying attention in class - the really stupid questions slow everything down so much that it can't hold my interest.

Now, I understand completely that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. But I am talking about major-specific classes, not GEs. And the concepts being taught are ones that ANY college student should already know before they enter college. It just really frustrates me when my own learning is held back because others in the class aren't prepared.

-Kirsten

Wow, if my stat class was all about mean, median, and mode, I would've done very well in it :hammer:.

I know what you mean though. I don't know how a lot of these people get by. I feel the same way with my English classes. In one of my lower level classes, the students would write as though they were still in middle school. The amount of grammatical and spelling errors were horrible. The only exception I can see with this is that there are students who are coming in from another country and English is their second language. Nevertheless, sometimes these students' English is better than those who have been in the U.S. all their lives. Hopefully when I become an English teacher I can make things better, at least for those kids who will be learning from me

 

[cindrelly31]

Wellllllllllll, since you asked....

this is a rather large pet peeve of mine. I'm not the kind of person who would point it out to anyone, but I notice spelling and grammar errors pretty quickly. Often, I'll find typos and other mistakes in my posts, as a result of not proofreading well enough, and most of the time, I have to go back and fix them. It bugs me, otherwise.

So I hold myself to the same standard.

Not so much a large pet peeve. On the boards I understand because sometimes people type fast and don't catch mistakes. I am more tolerable of those. I also understand there are some youngun's on the site and their typing and/or grammar may not be up to par.

It's when I am on the websites of my local newspaper or such and come across the errors. :brick: I have a friend that used to work at the paper and I would e-mail her a teaser of the errors. :lol: They eventually got corrected at sometime during the day.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Amen to that! I've been getting very frustrated in some of my classes in college, even, with some of the idiots here. I'm hoping it'll get better soon, since I'll be in more upper-division classes and the people who didn't cut it in the bio major have been weeded out, but it's just so irritating when college level students don't understand middle school concepts. I took a stats class last semester that was a real forehead slapper. All tests were open book/note, multiple choice, AND you could use a calculator... you wouldn't believe how many F's I saw over people's shoulders. And we're not talking calculus, here - half the semester was spent on mean, median, and mode. Come ON! I learned that in sixth grade! That's part of why I have so much trouble paying attention in class - the really stupid questions slow everything down so much that it can't hold my interest.

Now, I understand completely that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. But I am talking about major-specific classes, not GEs. And the concepts being taught are ones that ANY college student should already know before they enter college. It just really frustrates me when my own learning is held back because others in the class aren't prepared.

-Kirsten

My stats class was like that...not that I complained about the free 4.0 (I needed SOMETHING easy to counter organic chem...), but some days I just didn't go to class because I felt (and was usually correct) that I would learn more at the dining hall lol.

 

[xfkirsten]

My stats class was like that...not that I complained about the free 4.0 (I needed SOMETHING easy to counter organic chem...), but some days I just didn't go to class because I felt (and was usually correct) that I would learn more at the dining hall lol.

Yes! Definitely needed to balance out o-chem here. I was just happy to pass o-chem. :lol: I usually went to my stats class, just for brownie points with the prof should I ever need them... but usually I just pulled out a blank sheet of paper and doodled for the whole hour.

-Kirsten

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yes! Definitely needed to balance out o-chem here. I was just happy to pass o-chem. :lol: I usually went to my stats class, just for brownie points with the prof should I ever need them... but usually I just pulled out a blank sheet of paper and doodled for the whole hour.

-Kirsten

I learned to lower my standards in O Chem...I generally hold myself to the "aim for a 4.0, settle for a 3.0 in a hard class" attitude, but in O Chem, it became "just pass". I'm surprised my family accepted that attitude lol...but none of them have ever taken O Chem It's in a class of its own...the first semester is "very hard"...the second semester is "practically impossible". Only in O Chem could I go into class and leave an hour later having learned absolutely nothing b/c I understood none of it...but it's over, now

 

[xfkirsten]

I learned to lower my standards in O Chem...I generally hold myself to the "aim for a 4.0, settle for a 3.0 in a hard class" attitude, but in O Chem, it became "just pass". I'm surprised my family accepted that attitude lol...but none of them have ever taken O Chem It's in a class of its own...the first semester is "very hard"...the second semester is "practically impossible". Only in O Chem could I go into class and leave an hour later having learned absolutely nothing b/c I understood none of it...but it's over, now

Yup, I'm exactly the same way. I was SO glad that my school only required one semester of O-chem for a bio major. My mom was even happy for me when I passed, and in middle school/high school, I got grounded just for a B.

-Kirsten