if she wasn't married,you should have dated her and you might have aced the course..
I'm a little confused. Are you saying the instructor didn't tell you appropriate sources of images/information OR are you saying that just because you cited sources properly it shouldn't be your fault if they aren't appropriate/legal sources? Just because you can find what you want on Google doesn't necessarily mean those things are legally obtained AND that you can't find better sources elsewhere.
CycloneErik
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This is clearly not the same...but I had a Zoology professor that read directly from the book during lecture (that's all she did)....and wouldn't answer any questions. She said to ask the TA's in your labs. Oh...and attendance was mandatory and part of your grade. She was fired a year after I took that class. I hope my complaints helped.
Just you wait. Before you know it everyone will be wearing socks and sandals.
I had a situation around a final exam, I believe it was Math 151. The test was a night one and was at several locations on campus. One location had a TA who messed up handing out the tests. So, later on we get a message that everyone's test was thrown out and our final grade was going to be what it was before the test.
I studied for that test a lot and needed it for my final grade. I had to retake the class.
I studied for that test a lot and needed it for my final grade. I had to retake the class.
Not the same level, but I had a technical writing professor dock me a full letter grade on a major assignment because, "I thought I made it clear that I wanted you to use photographs for your visual elements in this document." This ****** me off for the following reasons:
1)He had said in class that he thought photographs were an ideal visual, but did not state that we were required to use them.
2)It was not stated anywhere on the assignment rubric that photographs were required.
3)I had cleared my assignment topic with him ahead of time and it was clearly not a topic that leant itself to photographs. He did not express any concerns about this when we discussed the topic.
Guy was just a grade-A ****** all around. He spent at least three lectures ******** about not being interviewed for a job in the journalism department. He made you set up an appointment to go to his office and watch him grade your papers. He also, imo, graded assignments heavily on personal taste (both in presentation style and students in the class). 4 years later the thought of him still makes me angry.
1)He had said in class that he thought photographs were an ideal visual, but did not state that we were required to use them.
2)It was not stated anywhere on the assignment rubric that photographs were required.
3)I had cleared my assignment topic with him ahead of time and it was clearly not a topic that leant itself to photographs. He did not express any concerns about this when we discussed the topic.
Guy was just a grade-A ****** all around. He spent at least three lectures ******** about not being interviewed for a job in the journalism department. He made you set up an appointment to go to his office and watch him grade your papers. He also, imo, graded assignments heavily on personal taste (both in presentation style and students in the class). 4 years later the thought of him still makes me angry.
I had a PR professor that had the class grade you and based everything on that. All the assignments were presentations graded by the class, so basically you just had to make everyone laugh. It didn't have to be relevant at all. I can honestly say I learned nothing in that class.
My English teacher is just a TA..
it is literally a joke, i have learned nothing in that damn class it is so easy to get her off topic, one whole class period we watched youtube videos.
i don't go to iowa state btw
it is literally a joke, i have learned nothing in that damn class it is so easy to get her off topic, one whole class period we watched youtube videos.
i don't go to iowa state btw
I had Bathie for Thermo 1 and Joensen for Thermo 2. Joensen was definitely a hard a** in the classroom - no hats, putting your feet on the desk in front of you, etc. He also went on a tirade against my wife (GF at the time), telling her she was incapable of being an employable engineer.
Hardest teacher I ever had was McConnell teaching Dynamics. I got the 2nd highest grade in the class with a B-. Highest grade was a B, and half the class failed. Proudest B- grade of my life, as I worked my butt off to get that grade.
Not the whole class, but close. This didn't happen at ISU, but I had to take a Cell Biology course for my biology degree. The professor, who started teaching this particular course in the year I was born, treated it like biochemistry on steroids. Every exam was just a series of questions asking you to draw out diagrams of things like cell signaling pathways or photosynthesis. You had to draw out all of the molecules involved and their intermediates, label them, and tell what they did. Even if you provided sufficient detail that would comprise an acceptable response for any sane person, be would give you only half of the points. The course was nothing more than rote memorization of excruciatingly detailed diagrams.
Average on the first exam was an F. No curve. Averages on the subsequent exams weren't much better. A non-trivial number of people taking that course from that professor have to repeat it. There are only two reasons why I passed are 1) I scored nearly perfect in the lab portion of the course, which was 20% of the course grade, and 2) the one sliver of leniency shown by this professor was that he did not give +/- grades. Otherwise I would have finished that course with a C- which would have required me to retake it for my degree program.
For the record, I'm a good student with 2 undergrad degrees and I'm about to finish my MS in biology in a few weeks. This was the only C that I have received in the nearly 300 credits of coursework I have taken.
Average on the first exam was an F. No curve. Averages on the subsequent exams weren't much better. A non-trivial number of people taking that course from that professor have to repeat it. There are only two reasons why I passed are 1) I scored nearly perfect in the lab portion of the course, which was 20% of the course grade, and 2) the one sliver of leniency shown by this professor was that he did not give +/- grades. Otherwise I would have finished that course with a C- which would have required me to retake it for my degree program.
For the record, I'm a good student with 2 undergrad degrees and I'm about to finish my MS in biology in a few weeks. This was the only C that I have received in the nearly 300 credits of coursework I have taken.
Back in prehistoric times (1971) I had a professor in Organic Chemistry that was so tough, you might get a "7" on a 100 point test and be one of the top grades in the class and a "O" was still passing. You missed double if you answered a question and your answer was wrong. If you didn't know the answer for sure you left it blank. I assume he didn't last very long as how long can you go on with your top grades in all sections 4 or 5 points right out of 100?
Unrelated note that adds nothing, but I hated Business Calc. If I would have had to take that class over again, it might have ended my time at ISU. I was lucky enough to live with a couple of engineering majors that pretty much tutored me through it.
Do you remember who your prof was? I think mine's name was Dr. Tonga. The only reason I remember his is because I had more than a couple office visits to him asking for help, and I think he let me out of there with a little better grade than I probably deserved. Good guy.
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Update:
So she started crying at the end of class and blamed it on being emotional, said she was going to "re-grade" everything.
She was also the professor that was crying because Steve Jobs died......I'll let you design majors guess who it is.
So she started crying at the end of class and blamed it on being emotional, said she was going to "re-grade" everything.
She was also the professor that was crying because Steve Jobs died......I'll let you design majors guess who it is.
