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For now, my biggest concerns are:
Business Law Final
Anatomy Mock-Final / Embalming Final
Small Business Final
The way it's set up, even with grosser than gross law grades, a decent-ish grade on the final will solve the problem completely and forever. The students are huddling together out of a common dislike for the teacher (most of them; I can't seem to find it in me to dislike him) and everyone's helping everyone.
Of course, I'm all worried-like. To think that one failed class will get you kicked out of the school. No exaggeration, people; that's how it goes. I'll know everything by April 9th.
Wicked as it is, sometimes the only thing that helps is knowing that there are other people in the class that wish they only had one "all or nothing" final.
Warning: Even if this seems glib and humorous, I am 100% serious in my questioning
I do not get this business of "balancing equations". Putting Al + O2 -> Al2O3 on the board and asking "solve this problem". Not to be a smartmouth, but they never explain exactly why this is a problem. The equation's not balanced. Alright, but isn't that because someone wrote it unbalanced? I never understood why it was a problem. Seems like the chemicals would sort themselves out because that was just how chemicals worked.
It'd be another thing if we were told "so when you see this problem, you have to solve it because you have to go to your chemistry spice rack and know exactly how many aluminums to add". I'm not trying to make a joke- I really do not understand this.
The solution to that "problem" by the way, is 4Al + 3O2 -> 2AL2O3. Where the eff did those extra aluminums come from? Is it just going to manifest magically? Are they going to be pulled in from somewhere in the surrounding area? Without an explanation, this stuff makes about as much sense as Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School (before the spoilers). Or is it more of a "find the mystery number" sort of a problem? I have no idea, but if I get good news by April 9th, the first thing I'm doing is prepping for this ugliness.
Business Law Final
Anatomy Mock-Final / Embalming Final
Small Business Final
The way it's set up, even with grosser than gross law grades, a decent-ish grade on the final will solve the problem completely and forever. The students are huddling together out of a common dislike for the teacher (most of them; I can't seem to find it in me to dislike him) and everyone's helping everyone.
Of course, I'm all worried-like. To think that one failed class will get you kicked out of the school. No exaggeration, people; that's how it goes. I'll know everything by April 9th.
Wicked as it is, sometimes the only thing that helps is knowing that there are other people in the class that wish they only had one "all or nothing" final.
Warning: Even if this seems glib and humorous, I am 100% serious in my questioning
I do not get this business of "balancing equations". Putting Al + O2 -> Al2O3 on the board and asking "solve this problem". Not to be a smartmouth, but they never explain exactly why this is a problem. The equation's not balanced. Alright, but isn't that because someone wrote it unbalanced? I never understood why it was a problem. Seems like the chemicals would sort themselves out because that was just how chemicals worked.
It'd be another thing if we were told "so when you see this problem, you have to solve it because you have to go to your chemistry spice rack and know exactly how many aluminums to add". I'm not trying to make a joke- I really do not understand this.
The solution to that "problem" by the way, is 4Al + 3O2 -> 2AL2O3. Where the eff did those extra aluminums come from? Is it just going to manifest magically? Are they going to be pulled in from somewhere in the surrounding area? Without an explanation, this stuff makes about as much sense as Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School (before the spoilers). Or is it more of a "find the mystery number" sort of a problem? I have no idea, but if I get good news by April 9th, the first thing I'm doing is prepping for this ugliness.
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Date: Sunday, March 25th, 2012 01:47 am (UTC)From:Chem was...
okay. You know how Vlad feels when he's talking to those damn kids about the "good old days"?
Yeah.
Chem was 31 years ago.