"Joey Quinn" (michaelkg)
12/12/2013 at 16:24 • Filed to: None
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"Joey Quinn" (michaelkg)
12/12/2013 at 16:24 • Filed to: None | 6
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So my clac teacher wants students to use the technology we're provided at school, iPads and such. He says to check the website because he'll be posting great test review, so for the first time all year I check and I find what appears to be the key to a test. So today I walk in and sit down he hands me the test and I realize he posted the key to the exact test we're taking (by exact I mean almost exact he changed numbers but nothing else, not even formatting). Long story short the test was a breeze for me (first time) and slightly difficult for anyone who didn't check canvas. Talked to him after class and he said the key was just a reward for the few students who checked.
Also have a gold huayra
liquid1036
> Joey Quinn
12/12/2013 at 16:33 |
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Awesome!
Fred (FreddsterExprs)
> Joey Quinn
12/12/2013 at 16:34 |
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Well done! University websites are in use for many years now at my university, so sadly nothing like that will happen to me.
Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Joey Quinn
12/12/2013 at 16:39 |
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I had a teacher so lazy once, that my buddy gave me his tests from like 2-3 years ago and they were still exactly the same.
I was just going to use them as a study guide as I figure the old tests would be a great indicator of the type of material that would be on the test... Well it sure was.
As for teachers, if they encourage or offer you something beyond the regular class period, be it check this online, or come to this pretest session, DO IT DO IT DO IT, they always, always, always*, reveal most of what you need to know on the test.
Catching on to that was one of the best things I learned in taking college tests. That and the phrase: "what your teacher likes, you like even more". When your teachers eyes light up when he is talking about something, or he just seems overly explicit about certain things, it will be on the test*.
*99% of the time
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> Joey Quinn
12/12/2013 at 16:40 |
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College is chock full of web based work/powerpoints/lectures/reviews/quizzes.
Get used to it.
gometz
> Joey Quinn
12/12/2013 at 17:18 |
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Oooh College test stories:
Story 1: I was ChE but we had to take a EE class so that we could understand the fundamentals (beyond physics 2). The professor was REALLY old, mumbled like crazy and spent half the class showing us Youtube videos. There was a trick to his tests too: only the first 10 and the last 10 tests turned in were actually graded. He would ask you to put what you think you got on the top, and if you weren't in the group to be graded, he almost always gave you that grade. It was interesting to see everyone who was done just sit there and wait for others to turn in their tests.
Story 2: big physics class, in fact 3 100+ student classes taking the same test at the same time. Solutions were always posted online after we turned in homework or after a test. Well while studying we noticed that the solutions to that nights test were up, they were taken down maybe 30 minutes later, but by then we had downloaded them already. Get to the test and the first thing the TA says is: "I know we accidentally posted the solution online. We will still take the test, but it may not count and we may need to take another one next week." Ended up having to take another test the next week.
Story 3: I had a running bet with my Separations professor if I could get a 100 on a test because I got 95's on all his tests when I took Transport Processes with him. Well Separations had 3 tests and a final. First two tests I got 95's, then on the last one I finally got my 100. I won a beer, but couldn't convince him to let me drop the final (even though I didn't need it to get an A with the curve, but I ended up getting a 100 on that as well).
EDIT: oh another one.
Story 4: My Physical Chemistry professor knew that the solutions to some homework were floating around from past years. It wasn't until halfway into the year we found out he was the one who planted them. On the last question of a homework the solution kept going after you got the answer (if you knew what you were looking for). In fact some of the equations were complete nonsense and unrelated. After we turned in the homework, he put up the solution, circled the weird equations and said "if your homework has this on it, I know you cheated. I will log your name for now, but if I suspect you are cheating again I will turn you in. You are here to learn, if you cheat you are wasting everyone's time." (Side note: he was a crazy old Soviet. I took the class in ~2004 and he got his doctorate from Stalingrad University in 1948. One of the first things he told us was "none of you would even understand my research", he was right)
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gometz
> Fred (FreddsterExprs)
12/12/2013 at 17:22 |
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You'd be surprised. There are still many professors who don't quite understand how to use web based tools.
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Fred (FreddsterExprs)
> gometz
12/12/2013 at 17:45 |
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Apparently not in my university - every class is recorded so you can view it on demand, and everything else you need for studying (scripts, exercises, old examns, a forum) is found on one central webpage. Pretty cool because it enables a really liberal style of learning.
I just wonder how professors can oversee the power of web tools in this day and age. I thought the big advantage of a university is the up-to-date knowledge?
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Joey Quinn
> Fred (FreddsterExprs)
12/12/2013 at 19:49 |
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What school do you go to?
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Joey Quinn
> gometz
12/12/2013 at 19:51 |
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Last one is just cruel
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Fred (FreddsterExprs)
> Joey Quinn
12/13/2013 at 11:20 |
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
http://www.fau.eu/