04 October 2010

Fewer lulz, moar BAAWWs

So I had a pretty decent weekend. I slept enough, was entertained enough, and was prepared enough for Monday. Truth be told, I was actually looking forward to getting back my midterm exam in my modern Japanese history class because I was feeling real good about it. I worked hard preparing for this exam, put in a lot of hours studying, and had been taking diligent notes all semester. This test is significant because it is one of only three grades we get for the entire semester. So I'm sitting there, bright and eager-eyed, looking forward to having a bit of weight lifted from my shoulders - only to see in fat red scrawl across the top of my paper, C-. Yes, that is "sea-minus."

I took diligent notes all semester and studied them in conjunction with the texts plus some additional internet research - for hours and hours. And I get a C minus. And believe me, I wasn't the only voice after class muttering the word "bullshit" - how about some real guidelines of expectations, Prof.? That would be appreciated. Because basing answers on your fast and loose lectures clearly isn't enough.


 /end passive-aggressive grade rant

I don't even know what to do with myself anymore. I'm trying and trying but trying don't count for shit. No one can see "trying."

Truth be told, this probably feels even worse than it really is because my hormones are being assholes right now.

 

:x I kinda wanna credit these pictures I've used but I merely dug them out of the asshole of the internet, and don't even know what they were to begin with.
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2 comments:

  1. ChristinaOctober 5, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    Apparently 90% of teachers that teach Japanese are full of fail, it seems like.

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  2. DexOctober 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    Honestly, most of my classes are full of fail. Class content, in general, is all slow and baby steps and spoon feeding and kinda vague - while exams are fuck-retarded difficult and precise and specific. So taking notes on lectures seems to be useless. I'm just supposed to memorize the textbook and regurgitate it faithfully word for word, I suppose. I'm so pissed off about this I barely have the words, because my answers were good and showed understanding and context. This is true most of the time in all of my classes, and seems to be largely the case for everyone else too. Sped-speed easy/slow/boring classes bookended by stupid-hard exams. I barely feel like I'm learning anything except how to feel shitty. Honestly, Temple has thus far been a monumental disappointment and I almost feel like I may have made a mistake in coming here. The only thing that saves it is that it is in Japan, therefore I have more opportunities to use and learn Japanese. And honestly the only class I even remotely like is my Japanese class. The other classes, while in general I like the material and I like the teachers on a person to person level, I cannot stand the instruction method or the needlessly pedantic grading habits. I still had a lot more rant left over after the first one, looks like :x

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