who else sucks at english classes?

[notepreocupes]

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I do. Big time, I think this has to border on the hardest prereq. anyone agree?

 

[TehDoc]

I despise english classes to the fullest.

 

[EpiPEN]

I can tell you why I hate English in three letters

E S L



but it's okay, once we become doctors normal English speakers won't be able to understand us anyways. It'll be like we have our own secret language using medical terms!

 

[doomknight]

i rock at English and math, but I despise both subjects

 

[EpiPEN]

i rock at English and math, but I despise both subjects

Oh? And how did you "rock" at English without capitalizing the "I"?!!


Booya!

 

[Myuu]

Oh? And how did you "rock" at English without capitalizing the "I"?!!


Booya!

Hmm. Proper comma usage, but no capitalization or ending punctuation.

Overall score: -1.

(You know I love you all. :O)

 

[doomknight]

Oh? And how did you "rock" at English without capitalizing the "I"?!!


Booya!

you should be happy that I felt the need to rest my little finger on shift when I typed the first character of english

time to hide in the grammar shelter from the grammar nukes being launched by the grammar police

 

[doomknight]

Hmm. Proper comma usage, but no capitalization or ending punctuation.

Overall score: -1.

(You know I love you all. :O)

orly, does my +1 in post count balance it out >

hows that for ending punctuation <

 

[Myuu]

orly, does my +1 in post count balance it out >

hows that for ending punctuation <

I gave you +1 for the comma, but -2 for capitalization and the missing period. Come on! Grammar/punctuation-policing can be fun!


...except not at all.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

 

[doomknight]

I gave you +1 for the comma, but -2 for capitalization and the missing period. Come on! Grammar/punctuation-policing can be fun!


...except not at all.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

how do u know it wasnt the exclamation mark, and wuts my score on this sentence

 

[EpiPEN]

This is one of the many reasons why I hate English

 

[Myuu]

how do u know it wasnt the exclamation mark, and wuts my score on this sentence

Well, it's really easy to tell that it isn't the exclamation mark when aforementioned mark is invisible.👍

But, seriously. Let's all pour this energy back into drafting secondaries!


Edit: And as to the initial post, I like the language, but hate being forced to use it.

 

[Chuckwalla]

I could not stand how incredibly subjective they were. You could think your paper was awesome along with others but if they thought it sucked that was your grade.

 

[HumidBeing]

"But, seriously" is considered a sentence now, eh?

That's the downside of playing the part of being a grammar police; everyone starts to watch out for every tiny possible error in your typing. Anyone could find plenty of errors in my posts, too. 😀

 

[notepreocupes]

dude thats excatly what just happened! I spent 3 days working on a paper, turned it in thinking it was bad-ass and I was going to get an A. I get it back, and its a B. Not only that, the TA writes, "Great job!" 😡

 

[Myuu]

"But, seriously" is considered a sentence now, eh?

That's the downside of playing the part of being a grammar police; everyone starts to watch out for every tiny possible error in your typing. Anyone could find plenty of errors in my posts, too. 😀

I decided I was too good for verbs. 😛

Edit: ...and complete thoughts.

 

[chemolupusMD]

dude thats excatly what just happened! I spent 3 days working on a paper, turned it in thinking it was bad-ass and I was going to get an A. I get it back, and its a B. Not only that, the TA writes, "Great job!" 😡

I know how that feels!!! but i found the perfect solution. I got my personal editor. All u got to do is get a girlfriend or boyfriend that knows how to write really good (she has saved me through my ps and all my papers 😀). If u can check the english department.

 

[Chuckwalla]

dude thats excatly what just happened! I spent 3 days working on a paper, turned it in thinking it was bad-ass and I was going to get an A. I get it back, and its a B. Not only that, the TA writes, "Great job!" 😡

Haha, exactly. It was irritating to get below an A and they do not even tell you what was wrong with it. Did not just happen in English but other classes like the social sciences.

 

[notepreocupes]

I know how that feels!!! but i found the perfect solution. I got my personal editor. All u got to do is get a girlfriend or boyfriend that knows how to write really good (she has saved me through my ps and all my papers 😀). If u can check the english department.

so just hang around english department, look for desperate-looking girls?

 

[Myuu]

so just hang around english department, look for desperate-looking girls?

English is usually a gen-ed requirement, so I'd say stalk the upper division classes instead!

 

[EpiPEN]

so just hang around english department, look for desperate-looking girls?

Well since it's the English Department... better bring along some ear plugs just in case they start talking.


And bring a paper bag becuase I hear that desperate-looking is sex-linked to the desperately-bad-looking gene!

Oh snap, no he didn't!

*disclaimer*
Yes I know there are good looking girls in the English deparemtment too

 

[chemolupusMD]

so just hang around english department, look for desperate-looking girls?

depends on how desperate you are in getting an A in ur english classes 😀. btw, my girlfriend is not even an english major, she is just really good at writing.

 

[Omyss]

enlish classes are harder than science classes to get high marks in.....

 

[LikeClockWork]

I took a humanities class to satisfy the english pre req. Poetry blows. Hard.

 

[175961]

all your base are belong to us

i rock at the english!!!!

 

[Myuu]

enlish classes are harder than science classes to get high marks in.....

Yeah, I'm not really a fan of subjective grading...

 

[notepreocupes]

I agree with that last statement, a lot of B's on my transcript come from gen ed classes, actually two musics classes, I got a B and a B-.

 

[neuro1617]

I actually do really well in English and my philosophy prof even wanted me to submit my paper to the national philosophy conference for ugrads...the problem is that for me, English classes are second only to history in "most boring ever"😴.

 

[dienekes88]

Alright, I'll admit that some history classes are boring. However, some are totally awesome.

English... most of it is just a bunch of people "w*nking off into the sunset." However, even English classes have their exciting/fun moments.

A lot of the women I knew who majored in English were very attractive...

 

[gplex86]

Not I.

 

[TamarMD]

I loved English classes. In fact I love all my gen ed classes. I don't even try and I get A's. It's sad really. The papers that I think deserve F's (yea I turn them in anyway I don't really care) always manage to get A+. When I do try, oh look an A. So I stopped trying. Science courses however is a completely different story. If I don't try then I get passable grades on exams. If I do try, I fail. It's confusing. My sister said it's because I stress myself out. That's probably true. During every exam for a science course I keep saying the same thing, "if I miss this question I won't get into med school". Too much pressure.

 

[schismal]

I thought I would be an English major while in high school, until I realized I didn't want to live in a cardboard box subsisting on Saltines and catching rainwater with my useless degree. But despite my change of direction, I always get easy A's in the humanities. I should've taken more to pad my GPA a bit, actually.

 

[notepreocupes]

I loved English classes. In fact I love all my gen ed classes. I don't even try and I get A's. It's sad really. The papers that I think deserve F's (yea I turn them in anyway I don't really care) always manage to get A+. When I do try, oh look an A. So I stopped trying. Science courses however is a completely different story. If I don't try then I get passable grades on exams. If I do try, I fail. It's confusing. My sister said it's because I stress myself out. That's probably true. During every exam for a science course I keep saying the same thing, "if I miss this question I won't get into med school". Too much pressure.

Uh, either you are shakespeare reincarnate, or there is a big discrepancy between the standards of our humanities classes.

 

[Tyc00nman]

Uh, either you are shakespeare reincarnate, or there is a big discrepancy between the standards of our humanities classes.

lol i was thinking the same.

TamarMD is clearly a literary wizard.

 

[schismal]

Uh, either you are shakespeare reincarnate, or there is a big discrepancy between the standards of our humanities classes.

Or a discrepancy in your capabilities of self-evaluation.

 

[Tyc00nman]

don't be ridiculous schismal. any class/school worth its weight does not produce statements like: "I don't even try and I get A's". And judging solely from the idea connectivity in TamarMD's post, I would suggest they ask for their money back.

 

[Narmerguy]

Uh, either you are shakespeare reincarnate, or there is a big discrepancy between the standards of our humanities classes.

I never understand why some people on this forum never come to the "he's full of ****" conclusion first? Or at all?

 

[schismal]

It's not ridiculous to suggest that some people inherently perform better in English courses. In fact, it's silly to suggest otherwise. I've collected extensive data on the subject and derived a mathematical model that charts a linear relationship:

y = mx + b, where

y = objective quality of paper
x = time invested
m = coefficient of effort
b = static modulator of background/natural ability

As for grammar: this is a damn internet forum. Don't assume that one's style here mirrors that used in his academic papers.

 

[amolamedicina]

I enjoy English classes quite a lot actually! Considering the fact English is my secong language, I am glad I am one of the fortunate students that enjoy it 😀😛

 

[searun]

I took a humanities class to satisfy the english pre req. Poetry blows. Hard.

Ah, but I was one of the children told
some of the blowing dust was gold,
I was one of the children told,
some of the dust was really gold.

 

[notepreocupes]

It's not ridiculous to suggest that some people inherently perform better in English courses. In fact, it's silly to suggest otherwise. I've collected extensive data on the subject and derived a mathematical model that charts a linear relationship:

y = mx + b, where

y = objective quality of paper
x = time invested
m = coefficient of effort
b = static modulator of background/natural ability

As for grammar: this is a damn internet forum. Don't assume that one's style here mirrors that used in his academic papers.

So where do you take into account the differences in standards between schools? Ok, y=objective quality of paper, so you are obviously missing the chief complaint of this thread, which is that so much of grading is in these god damn classes is subjective.

 

[Tyc00nman]

It's not ridiculous to suggest that some people inherently perform better in English courses. In fact, it's silly to suggest otherwise. I've collected extensive data on the subject and derived a mathematical model that charts a linear relationship:

y = mx + b, where

y = objective quality of paper
x = time invested
m = coefficient of effort
b = static modulator of background/natural ability

As for grammar: this is a damn internet forum. Don't assume that one's style here mirrors that used in his academic papers.

LOL! get the fu*k out of here with that BS. hs algebra the highest math you've taken? You're not an economist are you? LOL

as for gauging someone's ability to write from an internet forum, I submit that you can. The ability to articulate ideas is not completely a result of proper grammar/usage. Although, it can help. You can write with no regard to punctution/grammar and still get your ideas across with substance. I found her/his ability to tell us how good he/she is with english, and the connection he/she made to science to be amateur at best.

 

[Tyc00nman]

So where do you take into account the differences in standards between schools? Ok, y=objective quality of paper, so you are obviously missing the chief complaint of this thread, which is that so much of grading is in these god damn classes is subjective.

lol dude, don't talk semantics with this person. i already dismissed it completely. either he/she is VERY clever and implying that we are only capable of understanding dependant linear event--which i doubt--or they are as dumb as they sound. Dare i throw a derivative in there? LOL

with that kind of thinking, he should be able to cure the economic problems we have. its all inelastic bro, get with the program!

 

[schismal]

So where do you take into account the differences in standards between schools? Ok, y=objective quality of paper, so you are obviously missing the chief complaint of this thread, which is that so much of grading is in these god damn classes is subjective.

Or maybe there aren't any significant differences in standards between schools and you simply have an inflated sense of your own writing ability. Check your b-value.

Subjective grading is how my music major roommates get straight A's. Look at the rubric, talk to the professor, and it's really not that hard to figure out what he's looking for. Then just write a good essay with proper style and support, like you've presumably done since middle school. But laying your problems at the feet of subjective grading is a weak cop out.

 

[schismal]

LOL! get the fu*k out of here with that BS. hs algebra the highest math you've taken? You're not an economist are you? LOL

Dude... was not being serious. 🙄

 

[Tyc00nman]

Dude... was not being serious. 🙄

Touche. Good in my book.

gotta study! peace!

 

[gplex86]

It's not ridiculous to suggest that some people inherently perform better in English courses. In fact, it's silly to suggest otherwise. I've collected extensive data on the subject and derived a mathematical model that charts a linear relationship:

y = mx + b, where

y = objective quality of paper
x = time invested
m = coefficient of effort
b = static modulator of background/natural ability

As for grammar: this is a damn internet forum. Don't assume that one's style here mirrors that used in his academic papers.

Dude, you need to integrate.

 

[calnation]

The trick to writing is holding the pencil properly. The pencil should be positioned so that there is equal pressure between the thumb, the side of the middle finger and the tip of the index finger. All fingers are bent slightly. Oh! and don't forget. The eraser end of the pencil should point toward the shoulder.

That's all there is to writing folks. Get with it.

 

[schismal]

Dude, you need to integrate.

Tell that to the state of Alabama.










Hizzah!

(I live there, so I can make fun)

 

[Tyc00nman]

Or maybe there aren't any significant differences in standards between schools and you simply have an inflated sense of your own writing ability. Check your b-value.

Subjective grading is how my music major roommates get straight A's. Look at the rubric, talk to the professor, and it's really not that hard to figure out what he's looking for. Then just write a good essay with proper style and support, like you've presumably done since middle school. But laying your problems at the feet of subjective grading is a weak cop out.

I will comment on this before I jet. Academic standards by school and class DO EXIST. To argue otherwise is foolish. Studying literature at Oxford and studying english at ButtsexU (pardon my french) WILL yield different standards in writing.

Lastly, to argue subjective grading as non-sequitor is, well, non-sequitor in itself. Subjective grading is DEPENDANT on the knowledge base and experience of the grader. For example, while a "teacher" from a local community college would "grade" you based on grammar/usage/syntax etc., a highly regarded ingles professor would "grade" you on idea connectivity and substance within the paper.

If you feel like you are getting A+'s in english with no effort; you are either a shakespere reincarnate, or taking some VERY elementary english courses.

i still agree with homeboy notepreocupes