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Chat seems to be down (DAMMIT!) so I'll come here and bitch.
I actually like physics. But first semester I ended up with a bad professor, and now I have TWO mediocre profs for semester II. I will, by the end of my physics tour, have taught myself everything I'm going to know about physics.
I go to lecture, and they talk about theory, which is interesting - but I have yet to see an actual problem worked out on the board. Theory is only going to get me so far on the tests. So I go home, and spend HOURS reading what they tell me to read in the book - only to find out that the sections they told us we could skip are necessary to explaining what we're supposed to be reading. This info, for the most part, hasn't been covered in class. So then I spend MORE HOURS trying to figure it out. And then more hours trying to figure out how to do the homework.
And speaking of homework, it's all on-line, so I'm also trying to figure out how to use mathcad at the same time!
On top of all of that, I have a comp. sci class that's using the same approach of "teach yourself! it's fun!" which means I'm spending more countless hours trying to figure out THE most annoying comp. lang. in the world - SCHEME! AHHHHH... it's only week 2, and I'm already behind!
HELP!!!!
Feeling guilty for even spending the time to post this...
Nanon
I actually like physics. But first semester I ended up with a bad professor, and now I have TWO mediocre profs for semester II. I will, by the end of my physics tour, have taught myself everything I'm going to know about physics.
I go to lecture, and they talk about theory, which is interesting - but I have yet to see an actual problem worked out on the board. Theory is only going to get me so far on the tests. So I go home, and spend HOURS reading what they tell me to read in the book - only to find out that the sections they told us we could skip are necessary to explaining what we're supposed to be reading. This info, for the most part, hasn't been covered in class. So then I spend MORE HOURS trying to figure it out. And then more hours trying to figure out how to do the homework.
And speaking of homework, it's all on-line, so I'm also trying to figure out how to use mathcad at the same time!
On top of all of that, I have a comp. sci class that's using the same approach of "teach yourself! it's fun!" which means I'm spending more countless hours trying to figure out THE most annoying comp. lang. in the world - SCHEME! AHHHHH... it's only week 2, and I'm already behind!
HELP!!!!
Feeling guilty for even spending the time to post this...
Nanon