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What was the hardest class you've ever taken in college?
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My theology course: Images of Jesus in film. Coming from no background on the bible/Jesus that was quite the class.. I've never been so happy to get a C+. -_-
I know this may sound relatively easy for most of you guys. Not all but the majority of you guys were/are computer science majors/engineers, etc. I took two programming classes at my local community colleges during Spring 2011. I had to withdraw from one and the other professor must have felt sorry for me because somehow I got a D in his class (I tried very hard to pass with a least a C in both classes, the second professor knew that I was trying, considering how I would still be in his classroom AFTER the class was over. Sometimes even an additional hour after the class was over.)
The classes were: Intro to C Programming and Intro to BASIC Programming. When I first stepped foot in my C Programming class, the professor said, "This is not an Intro class even though its called "Intro to C Programming". Had I known that before I enrolled in the class I probably would have never registered for that class. On top of that the Professor didn't really teach, he was one of those "read the book" and don't ask questions kind of Professors. I tried to go to him for help, but as you can see... it didn't work. Thankfully he advised me to withdraw from the class so I wouldn't get a failing grade. He knew I just wasn't getting it.
That's how I KNEW that CS wasn't for me. I have now switched my major to Criminal Justice, hoping to be a offender profiler in the near future!
The classes were: Intro to C Programming and Intro to BASIC Programming. When I first stepped foot in my C Programming class, the professor said, "This is not an Intro class even though its called "Intro to C Programming". Had I known that before I enrolled in the class I probably would have never registered for that class. On top of that the Professor didn't really teach, he was one of those "read the book" and don't ask questions kind of Professors. I tried to go to him for help, but as you can see... it didn't work. Thankfully he advised me to withdraw from the class so I wouldn't get a failing grade. He knew I just wasn't getting it.
That's how I KNEW that CS wasn't for me. I have now switched my major to Criminal Justice, hoping to be a offender profiler in the near future!
I took an intro to C class too as an elective as I was getting my undergrad in ME. That class was hard for a 100 level class lol. Just a different way of thinking.I know this may sound relatively easy for most of you guys. Not all but the majority of you guys were/are computer science majors/engineers, etc. I took two programming classes at my local community colleges during Spring 2011. I had to withdraw from one and the other professor must have felt sorry for me because somehow I got a D in his class (I tried very hard to pass with a least a C in both classes, the second professor knew that I was trying, considering how I would still be in his classroom AFTER the class was over. Sometimes even an additional hour after the class was over.)
The classes were: Intro to C Programming and Intro to BASIC Programming. When I first stepped foot in my C Programming class, the professor said, "This is not an Intro class even though its called "Intro to C Programming". Had I known that before I enrolled in the class I probably would have never registered for that class. On top of that the Professor didn't really teach, he was one of those "read the book" and don't ask questions kind of Professors. I tried to go to him for help, but as you can see... it didn't work. Thankfully he advised me to withdraw from the class so I wouldn't get a failing grade. He knew I just wasn't getting it.
That's how I KNEW that CS wasn't for me. I have now switched my major to Criminal Justice, hoping to be a offender profiler in the near future!
I thought it would have been an easy class to break up my engineering courses but nope, became one of the more time consuming ones I had that semester
I know right! It's weird that some 100 classes are harder than 400 level classes. I just wasn't getting it.
This is going to sound ridiculous, but tribal art is the only course I ever got a D in. Physics, statistics, discrete mathematics were all tough but manageable. Remembering which masks and artwork belonged to which tribes in what areas when everything looks like a 5 year old scribbled it out was tough for me.
I never did well in any history class, literature class, or anything subjective with lots of reading and memorization involved. Things like math, science, computer classes, and classes within my major (theater design), I did very well in.
By far, the hardest class for me was Calculus 3. It's what finally made me change my major, in fact. I just couldn't see myself doing that daily.
But outside of that...it was a class called Great Books (required core class). I've never been a good reader. I have a hard time concentrating on the pages, and thus read very slowly. Don't know if it's because of eyesight or some dyslexia, or what. Either way...the teacher in that class assigned a minimum of 60 pages per night to read, with more than 100 pages over weekends.
60 pages of some mid-19th-century novel could easily take me three or more hours to read and comprehend for a quiz the next day. Three hours every night, when you have homework from other classes as well, and the busy evening schedule of a theater major who also has a job, is hard to come by. When I confronted the teacher and said I was having a really hard time keeping up, her response was "Theater major? You people don't do anything!"
I managed to just sail in a passing grade.
By far, the hardest class for me was Calculus 3. It's what finally made me change my major, in fact. I just couldn't see myself doing that daily.
But outside of that...it was a class called Great Books (required core class). I've never been a good reader. I have a hard time concentrating on the pages, and thus read very slowly. Don't know if it's because of eyesight or some dyslexia, or what. Either way...the teacher in that class assigned a minimum of 60 pages per night to read, with more than 100 pages over weekends.
60 pages of some mid-19th-century novel could easily take me three or more hours to read and comprehend for a quiz the next day. Three hours every night, when you have homework from other classes as well, and the busy evening schedule of a theater major who also has a job, is hard to come by. When I confronted the teacher and said I was having a really hard time keeping up, her response was "Theater major? You people don't do anything!"
I managed to just sail in a passing grade.
My toughest classes were the upper level communication arts courses where student performance/grades were judged subjectively by a small group of instructors with a god complex. There was no interaction with anyone outside the of art complex and I only glimpsed my bed every three or four days. My general college instructors were understanding enough to let me skip many of their classes and just show up for exams or turn in papers.
I never did well in any history class, literature class, or anything subjective with lots of reading and memorization involved. Things like math, science, computer classes, and classes within my major (theater design), I did very well in.
By far, the hardest class for me was Calculus 3. It's what finally made me change my major, in fact. I just couldn't see myself doing that daily.
But outside of that...it was a class called Great Books (required core class). I've never been a good reader. I have a hard time concentrating on the pages, and thus read very slowly. Don't know if it's because of eyesight or some dyslexia, or what. Either way...the teacher in that class assigned a minimum of 60 pages per night to read, with more than 100 pages over weekends.
60 pages of some mid-19th-century novel could easily take me three or more hours to read and comprehend for a quiz the next day. Three hours every night, when you have homework from other classes as well, and the busy evening schedule of a theater major who also has a job, is hard to come by. When I confronted the teacher and said I was having a really hard time keeping up, her response was "Theater major? You people don't do anything!"
I managed to just sail in a passing grade.
Haha I would have replied.....neither do you guys!