What are the first signs you see in a unit/course that you should avoid taking? For me its.. >the word "abstract" anywhere in the unit guide >Male lecturer teaching the first half and female lecturer teaching the second half >unit administered by all female staff
Number 1 and 3 are the most dangerous imo.
Jose Jackson
Professor speaks worse English than a toddler
Christopher Sullivan
>Subject is focused on 'applications of [topic]' >Subject claims to cover more areas than is reasonable in a single semester The second one usually means it skims over a lot of shit, so you end up not really learning anything, just getting a vague appreciation of what those different areas are about.
Brody Thomas
>Examination: oral >Examination: written paper/essay >Teaching methods: X hours of laboratory work >Group assignments
Adam Evans
My biggest red flag: >The exact content of the course varies from year to year And variations there on. It normally implies one of: >We've tried to fit too much into this one course, so bit get dropped arbitrarily. >The guy teaching this course changes more often than the wind >The guy teaching is a bit like that
Thomas Butler
>Introduction to geophysics >professor is a meek little mainland china girl >says in the beginning "don't email me, don't ask me for help, don't go to my office, go to tutoring for that" >fucking awestruck like i just watched a shooting star
I read the assigned textbook and another textbook at the same time, fucking bullshit professor, seriously bullshit, if you want to be a researcher then don't teach
Easton Collins
>if you want to be a researcher don't teach Do they even get a choice? Over here to do one the uni pretty much forces you to do the other as well.
Zachary Jones
The second one is more a sign that you should be careful: it's not always a bad thing. >this looks like a lot of content for a paper, I wonder if I should take it? >the lecturer turns out to be the best lecturer I've ever had >(almost) nothing gets skimmed over >seem to learn more in every lecture than I learned in most other papers >Dude encourages us to make an attempt at every single thing shown in class, gives extra guidance and etc for anyone that does >all the assignments are actually challenging to the point where they're fun Only "downside" of that class was that the assignment were in pairs, but the class was rad enough that all the brainlets dropped it in half a week, and all (non-chink) the groups ended up working well. As always, most of the chinks got hit for plagiarism.
The lecturer also encouraged us to drink before tests and exams.
Henry Foster
>Group assignments fucking hell, those are the worst I run away from courses with them as soon as I see them
Carter Kelly
"This course is an experimental process of becoming half online and half in classroom."
Nope the fuck out of there."Experimental" is a horrible red flag and the words "Flipped Classroom" are also up there.
Connor Russell
Why drink before exams? So you'll fail?
Hudson Lopez
It's hell I was insulted by a girl, my teammate, in front of the whole class.
Brayden Cook
>Syllabus is longer than 25 pages >Learning and getting a degree is not a race! >If you attempt to take any other course outside of this at the same time you will fail both. >Expect to spend 40 hours a week outside this class studying. >Teacher expects you to address them as Doctor.
This was for Chemistry 101, at a community college.
Josiah Perez
Alcohol lowers inhibitions and temporarily annuls anxiety. As long as you're tipsy not drunk, your brain functions very well and you'll be faster to solve everything.
Nathaniel Thomas
Professor starts teaching straight from the text instead of lecturing on their own.
Noah Bailey
Well, the last one is kinda reasonable, I guess, after spending 5+ yrs to get a doctorate.
Ryder Phillips
if they could only get a job teaching at CC though, it says alot about them.
Noah Hill
Damn, this is a good one (unless they wrote the textbook)
Evan Martinez
What did you do to deserve it?
Mason Thompson
What about state based memory? This seems like a good way to make it difficult to recall information that's important during an exam
Levi Evans
>the introduction explains why this field actually is a science
Liam Ward
Stopped me second guessing myself on every question like I usually do.
Adrian Baker
Seems alien to me. I went to a top 10 national uni (UK) and we were on first name basis with the lecturers
Lucas Smith
this. I go to a top 8 and the only department that insists on being called by titles is psychology & social sciences (surprise). All other lecturers insist on being on a first name basis with students
Adrian Ortiz
I bet you took a summer suicide and expected it to be easy you faggot And you should actually address people by the title they earned you ass burger
Noah Adams
I avoid professors with female or black names, because I want the the best bang for my buck, and affirmative action means white or Asian male professors are hired by merit.
Adam Russell
Which unies were you attending? Ratings always change.
Sebastian Hernandez
>group assignment obviously
>course is based on a classic book from the 90s or a "intro to X" book why wasting time in uni for something that so many people know or it a better educationalist already reworked it for easier understanding?
>lecturer is proud of interactive lectures >1. lecture repeats stuff from 1. or 2. mandatory courses Idiots will argue with him all the time, slowing progress down and making every lecture shallow and boring
>lecturer is female There are great female researchers, but every female lecturer I had sucked
Gavin King
A low amount of alcohol can work, but a micro dose of LSD (10-25 ug) is probably better as a makeshift nootropic.
Jackson Rogers
>says top 8 and not Harvard probably Brown lmfao
Jaxon Cooper
A mistake in an experiment. I feel I didn't deserve it. I only made one mistake while she was fucking wrong all the semester and I didn't say anything.
Leo Lee
Should have mentioned Australia Usyd
Joshua Smith
>Look at coursework requirement and see it's not retarded marking criteria >See if textbook is available online 4 free
Gavin Foster
>female professor
Isaiah Taylor
top 8 in the uk ie: top 300 in the world
Jackson Lopez
Unless you only study drunk
Levi Diaz
Just two:
>female >webassign/wileyplus or some jew shit like this