Least Favorite Class

[mykalberta]

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[Rathji]

Originally Posted by ZedMan

CPSC425 -- liked the material, hated the prof. Pretty much ended up teaching the course to myself. Fortunately, it was also pretty easy.

Who was your Prof?

425 seems like something I might be interested in. Not because it seems particularly useful but it does seem interesting.

[3 Justin 3]

Any English class ever. I have always suck and will continue to suck at my own language.

I don't get the Math 30 problems? It wasn't that hard, I got 74. I could have done better, but I don't really ever pay attention when writing tests.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

Any English class ever. I have always suck and will continue to suck at my own language.

I don't get the Math 30 problems? It wasn't that hard, I got 74. I could have done better, but I don't really ever pay attention when writing tests.

there are 2 different types of people. People who are good at math and people who arent. Usually the people who arent are good at things like english.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by MattyC

there are 2 different types of people. People who are good at math and people who arent. Usually the people who arent are good at things like english.

Exactly. I have the exact opposite problem as you Justin. Math was always a problem for me, but I was just naturally strong at English(though it doesnt really interest me, at least not the Shakespearean crap), and spelling. I would barely pay attention in class in English and still somehow end up with an "A". On the other hand, I could work my ass off in math, see a tutor regularly(which I did), and still only scrape by with a "C". Math and Science were the bane of my existence. Whereas in English and Social Studies I am a viking!

[Berger_4_]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

Any English class ever. I have always suck and will continue to suck at my own language.

I don't get the Math 30 problems? It wasn't that hard, I got 74. I could have done better, but I don't really ever pay attention when writing tests.

Man, I agree...I didn't find Math 30 easy, but it wasn't super hard. I scraped by with a 70.

I must be one of those god's that had no problem in high school. Studying hardly ever happened, and I'd rip it up in English and Social...and the maths never seemed to be that incredibly difficult.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm freakin' awesome.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Shakespeare(and its a Senior-level course). I have to take it for my English minor, I've got it every Tuesday night. Pretty much the worst 3 hours of my week, every week. It doesn't help that there's only 9 people in the class, its largely discussion-based, and every person in the class but me is a huge Shakespeare buff. I basically make the odd point once every couple classes to get participation marks, and spend the rest of the time playing Wheel of Fortune Deluxe on my cellphone.

...I haven't read a single book either, I tried and didnt understand a single word. Thank the high heavens for Spark Notes.

Go to the library and rent a BBC production of whatever play you are reading. Follow the movie along with the book (actually do it, don't just watch the movie, that won't help you).

They follow the text exactly and the visuals help you figure out what the hell is going on in the book.

It takes a long time to watch the movie (you'll have to pause it a lot because you can't read as fast as those pommies talk) but it really helps.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by MattyC

there are 2 different types of people. People who are good at math and people who arent. Usually the people who arent are good at things like english.

For sure. and on top of thatm, I think university tends to overdevelop one skill (i.e. logical skills vs english type skills) - I noticed since grade 12, my memory for trivial facts have plummetted and my reading speed is about down 50%. To me, I can do surface integrals and coupled non-linear differential equations, but I can't make a CP post without 10 spelling mistakes. If I had to re-do english 20 today, I would flat out fail the coarse.

[doozwimp]

Originally Posted by Swarly

I remember in English 30 the teacher wanted us to keep a journal of everyday and hand it in for marks. WTF does that have to do with anything? I'm not a 12 year old girl. 0% on assignments, low 90's on tests, gets you a nice meaty 65 range pass in English. Loved those reading comp tests, standardized tests ftw

English has always been a breeze, but assignments killed me. You can tell if your teacher used to be a keener...ugggh.

Math 30 was a bit of a problem...sexist teacher...

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by doozwimp

English has always been a breeze, but assignments killed me. You can tell if your teacher used to be a keener...ugggh.

Math 30 was a bit of a problem...sexist teacher...

Dude, I had a smokin' hot Physics 20 teacher. During one of our tests she was a really slutty shirt (showing her cleavage), and she came to help my friend, leaned over, and well revealed it even more, I mean a lot. I sat right behind him so I saw quite a bit too, but it was funny watching my friend look at the cleavage. Didn't even listen to her, just stared straight up. Don't even get me started on one of the Art teachers we had. HOLY SMOKES.

Just had to give another shout out to Spark Notes, never would have made it through English 20 and 30.