To drop or not to drop

As much as I hate to say this, I’m giving serious consideration to dropping the one class I’m taking this semester. I’ve never had a class start 2 weeks late, have the lectures inaudible, and an exam that the professor intended to contain material not taught in course materials. “That should be the most challenging problem. You have to figure it out.” Thanks, dude.

Aside from the fact that I’m clearly not learning anything, I find this whole experience frustrating and demoralizing. I have until Monday to decide whether to drop without grade penalty, but I’m not sure what that means for tuition (if it doesn’t get refunded, I will certainly demand my money back for this waste of my life). This also means I will have to potentially wait until 2011 to take this course, further pushing off my roller derby career.

I guess I’ll see how I did on this exam. 1am and I’m not sure if I even understood the questions. I have 10 answers though, which I’m going to take as a good sign. If I understand this material so little that I don’t even know I’m answering the wrong questions, I think it’s definitely time for me to drop.

 

3 Comments

  1. I would drop it – and file a HUGE complaint w/the school, that is HORRENDOUS.

  2. I’d hate to see you drop, but I admit it is for selfish reasons – I always feel like I understand things better in this course when I have the chance to go over it with you. For what it is worth, I’m going to stick it out. Though I’d also consider dropping based on the Test #1 grade – if I had any expectation of that grade being out in time.

    Sorry I missed the last session, though I have no difficulty believing he would casually respond that he hadn’t taught us what he was testing us on. Which question was he referring to?

  3. Prob 5. The one you asked if he had covered in class and I had seen mentioned in a pre-recorded lecture.

    Based off of the sample problem, I think I got an answer… but I have no confidence in it.

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