Answering Questions In Class...

[StaviZFingerZ]

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Wait, is the question about grade school or pharmacy school?

Professional students should be able to speak up their mind, especially if that is going to be the reason for their sorry butts getting paid 100+K a year after they graduate.

In graduate school, in law school, teaching is by discussion... and where I went to pharmacy school, there was a lot of discussion in class too. So it was quite a shock when I saw the scared pale faces the first time I went to teach at the East Coast school that shall remain nameless. 😀 I maintain it is because they take students straight out of high school, while where I went to school, pretty much everyone had a bachelor's and many had a few years of full-time work experience too...

I know of the school you refer to...I drive by it all the time.. it's "the" state university yet the name of the school doesn't include the name of the state... I always thought it to be a little strange..

 

[medicalCPA]

I did this once and the professor called me stupid. He said that the lesson to be learned is that I keep all the points he gives me, fair or unfair, and request for all the points I felt I've earned but didn't get.

If he called you stupid, he's a doofus.

For me, it's personal. But when I made the decision to come to the US for undergrad, I also decided that no one - not even me - would say that I didn't deserve the degree I got. That meant being scrupulous about little things like grades and points.

 

[Hels2007]

I know of the school you refer to...I drive by it all the time.. it's "the" state university yet the name of the school doesn't include the name of the state... I always thought it to be a little strange..

As if there is another pharmacy school in the location listed in my profile. 😀 I actually met the guy it is named after... he is very nice, and we had a good conversation. But it was quite a shock initially, I always thought one should be dead for while in order to have a pharmacy school named after them.

 

[medicalCPA]

I know of the school you refer to...I drive by it all the time.. it's "the" state university yet the name of the school doesn't include the name of the state... I always thought it to be a little strange..

That was a question on "Jeopardy!" you know. "It is the only state in the US that doesn't have a state university system named after it"

Answer: What is New Jersey?

 

[StaviZFingerZ]

As if there is another pharmacy school in the location listed in my profile. 😀 I actually met the guy it is named after... he is very nice, and we had a good conversation. But it was quite a shock initially, I always thought one should be dead for while in order to have a pharmacy school named after them.

Did you tell him he should've been dead?

 

[StaviZFingerZ]

That was a question on "Jeopardy!" you know. "It is the only state in the US that doesn't have a state university system named after it"

Answer: What is New Jersey?

Really?

 

[Hels2007]

Did you tell him he should've been dead?

I know I don't even try to be nice, but that would be too much even for me. 😀 And he will get there in a couple decades at most, so what does it matter, really? 😛

 

[medicalCPA]

Really?

Yep.

 

[StaviZFingerZ]

I know I don't even try to be nice, but that would be too much even for me. 😀 And he will get there in a couple decades at most, so what does it matter, really? 😛

Which is his first name? Ernie or Mario?

 

[delano2000]

This professor was a total *******. With the 3rd highest average in the class(77), I got a C+. The highest grade he gave was a B-, and he gave 12 Fs. This was a summer class. About 5-6 people of those people were set to begin P1 at LIU:Brooklyn and since they failed, they had their acceptances rescinded. The class average at the end was a 45. IMO, that warrants a 30 point curve on all grades to bring the average to 75.

Oh, and he gave me a 60 on my lab notebook because of ****ty handwriting. I told him at the beginning of the semester that I had ****ty handwriting and that I'd prefer to type up my lab notebook, but no, they have to be handwritten.

Then again, I seriously don't know how people can fail a physics exam when the professor ALLOWS you to bring in your own formula sheets.

WTF...I can't even imagine getting a 4 in a class. That sucked that because of that one class their acceptances were rescinded...Man o man that ***t would not fly well with me at all. Point blank.

 

[fenderbiz]

I fully support asking questions. I asked questions frequently in ochem, and later I would hear people being confused about the same thing. Some people are just deathly afraid of being judged by other people when they ask questions so they sit there, quiet and confused. Most professors enjoy when they are asked challenging questions.

I'm not a very outgoing person; I just like to get down to the essence of the material. I couldn't stand the people that just wanted to get out of class as fast as possible. I guess they don't realize how fortunate they are to even have the opportunity to have an advanced education.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I know of the school you refer to...I drive by it all the time.. it's "the" state university yet the name of the school doesn't include the name of the state... I always thought it to be a little strange..

That's because nobody wants to go to the University of New Jersey. The same reason they call janitors at my hospital "environmental services technicians." Got to put up at least some sort of facade, hell...

I never really minded people asking questions. Mostly because I was usually at home playing video games during class.

 

[Sparda29]

WTF...I can't even imagine getting a 4 in a class. That sucked that because of that one class their acceptances were rescinded...Man o man that ***t would not fly well with me at all. Point blank.

I guess it depends on the class. For example, one of my friends got into the entering class of 2007 at LIU even though he was missing one history class. They just let it slide and told him to take it next summer.

 

[delano2000]

I guess it depends on the class. For example, one of my friends got into the entering class of 2007 at LIU even though he was missing one history class. They just let it slide and told him to take it next summer.

Well I can see taking summer classes. I will still have 2 classes to take in the summer before matriculation in fall '10...But getting a 4 in a class is kinda outrageous.

 

[Sparda29]

Well I can see taking summer classes. I will still have 2 classes to take in the summer before matriculation in fall '10...But getting a 4 in a class is kinda outrageous.

This professor wanted all work shown. So my friend had actually gotten a couple of answers correct when I reviewed her exam, but she showed no work at all, I'm guessing she had one of those programmable calculators.

 

[delano2000]

This professor wanted all work shown. So my friend had actually gotten a couple of answers correct when I reviewed her exam, but she showed no work at all, I'm guessing she had one of those programmable calculators.

Oh. Well if she knew he wanted her to show her calculations and she didn't then it's no one's fault but hers. Still sucks if you ask me.

 

[Sparda29]

Oh. Well if she knew he wanted her to show her calculations and she didn't then it's no one's fault but hers. Still sucks if you ask me.

Yep. Plus this guy barely gave partial credit. It didn't help that he only gave 4 questions on the exams. WTF? And he had this thing about the methods you could use on the exam. For example, I think there was a question on the final, where you could only use the method from Chapter 9, which was a harder concept than the method from chapter 3.

 

[delano2000]

Yep. Plus this guy barely gave partial credit. It didn't help that he only gave 4 questions on the exams. WTF? And he had this thing about the methods you could use on the exam. For example, I think there was a question on the final, where you could only use the method from Chapter 9, which was a harder concept than the method from chapter 3.

That is kinda stupid IMO. If any method allows you to arrive at the correct answer then why in hell does it matter which one you choose? I do suggest showing your work in case you make an error you can always show how you got to that answer. I have seen that the incorrect answers were listed on a test and if it weren't for calculations I could not have proven my point. It has its pros and cons.

 

[Sparda29]

That is kinda stupid IMO. If any method allows you to arrive at the correct answer then why in hell does it matter which one you choose? I do suggest showing your work in case you make an error you can always show how you got to that answer. I have seen that the incorrect answers were listed on a test and if it weren't for calculations I could not have proven my point. It has its pros and cons.

Apparently, we need to know both methods of solving the problems.

 

[charfdorn]

I never really minded people asking questions. Mostly because I was usually at home playing video games during class.

I could see how that wouldn't really interfere with your ability to learn.

 

[samuricool]

I could see how that wouldn't really interfere with your ability to learn.

says the person on SDN during orientation!

 

[delano2000]

Apparently, we need to know both methods of solving the problems.

Well, thankfully I have not ran across a professor like that in TX. That is just ridiculous.

 

[Praziquantel86]

Well, thankfully I have not ran across a professor like that in TX. That is just ridiculous.

Knowing more than one way to do something is not ridiculous at all. The ability to objectively check your own work is a great tool to have. It may seem trivial and unnecessary in school, but it's great in real life as well.

For any given kinetic dosing (in the real world), I can quickly and accurately verify that I'm correct. This comes directly from having learned more than one way to do things in school.