04-25-2007, 05:46 PM
[quote mstudio]It's been a long time since I was in school, but I remember going for myself and not the instructors. Good for you that you are doing so well, but I think if you ditch the last classes, you'll only be hurting yourself.
This professor is a horrible lecturer. One of the worst that I have ever had. But he is extremely nice and is very accessible, he even gave us his cell phone number and told us that we could call until 11:00 PM any night.
[quote $tevie]I'm a little confused. Did he say "exempt from the final exam" or "exempt from the rest of the classes and the final exam"? Because those are two different things, wouldn't you say?
"The final will be optional for anyone with an A average in the other 4 areas." When prompted with a question about this, he replied that it didn't really matter to him whether or not we came to the final lectures.
[quote Spiff]No offence, but - If you are asking for a letter of recommendation from the professor, do you really need to ask the question about skipping class?
Yes.
[quote Todd's keyboard]Go to class. Sit directly in front of the professor.
When class is over plead, "Isn't there anything else you can teach us?"
The goal of any student should be to suck the professor dry.
Todd's Hoovering keyboard
There is absolutely nothing I have learned from lecture. I learned this material by studying outside of class from the assigned textbook and another textbook that I purchased. There is nothing to suck dry. His lectures are devoid of useful information.
[quote Paul F.]But I MIGHT skip ONE of those lectures if it was a particularly nice day, and I could go someplace and enjoy it....
If I was going to skip it to sleep in, or web surf, or whatever, I wouldn't...
Of course, here locally, we've had a string of lousy, cloudy, cool, rainy days..
So I've been itching for a NICE spring day!
Beautiful warm, sunny spring day here. If I don't go, I will be sitting on my front porch with my laptop, finishing up my final projects that are do this week.
[quote mikebw]Unless you have a signed agreement between you and him about the final exam I would definitely keep going. You wouldn't want to anger him and risk the possibility of him retracting that free pass on the final exam.
I have the syllabus (a contract) and also an email telling me that I am exempt.
[quote Big Daddy Cool]Somebody else is paying for your schooling or you wouldn't ask that question.
Wrong. You make a lot of assumptions. I have a previous PhD, but I decided to go back to school to get a BS in another subject. I do contract work, and with the help of the wonderful Mrs. Tats, we are doing this without loans.
[quote davester]This is a no brainer and I think you've already answered your own question. If the only reason you're going to school is the grades then you shouldn't be there. Sorry to be snippy, but I've taught at university level and I wished that all the students who weren't interested in learning the material and interacting in class would have just vanished in a puff of smoke.
I am and was interested in learning the material and at every step of the way I have shown my mastery of it. I am 35 years old and am doing something that is for me. My quandary is more of a time management (and respect) issue since I can use that time more effectively to learn material from other classes.
If it matters, this is a technical class in physics which requires the ability to solve numerical problems. The most important thing to know in this class is how to solve problems and get the correct answer. I can do that and have done that without lecture. I don't even bother to take notes anymore as I never looked at them.
BT
This professor is a horrible lecturer. One of the worst that I have ever had. But he is extremely nice and is very accessible, he even gave us his cell phone number and told us that we could call until 11:00 PM any night.
[quote $tevie]I'm a little confused. Did he say "exempt from the final exam" or "exempt from the rest of the classes and the final exam"? Because those are two different things, wouldn't you say?
"The final will be optional for anyone with an A average in the other 4 areas." When prompted with a question about this, he replied that it didn't really matter to him whether or not we came to the final lectures.
[quote Spiff]No offence, but - If you are asking for a letter of recommendation from the professor, do you really need to ask the question about skipping class?
Yes.
[quote Todd's keyboard]Go to class. Sit directly in front of the professor.
When class is over plead, "Isn't there anything else you can teach us?"
The goal of any student should be to suck the professor dry.
Todd's Hoovering keyboard
There is absolutely nothing I have learned from lecture. I learned this material by studying outside of class from the assigned textbook and another textbook that I purchased. There is nothing to suck dry. His lectures are devoid of useful information.
[quote Paul F.]But I MIGHT skip ONE of those lectures if it was a particularly nice day, and I could go someplace and enjoy it....
If I was going to skip it to sleep in, or web surf, or whatever, I wouldn't...
Of course, here locally, we've had a string of lousy, cloudy, cool, rainy days..
So I've been itching for a NICE spring day!
Beautiful warm, sunny spring day here. If I don't go, I will be sitting on my front porch with my laptop, finishing up my final projects that are do this week.
[quote mikebw]Unless you have a signed agreement between you and him about the final exam I would definitely keep going. You wouldn't want to anger him and risk the possibility of him retracting that free pass on the final exam.
I have the syllabus (a contract) and also an email telling me that I am exempt.
[quote Big Daddy Cool]Somebody else is paying for your schooling or you wouldn't ask that question.
Wrong. You make a lot of assumptions. I have a previous PhD, but I decided to go back to school to get a BS in another subject. I do contract work, and with the help of the wonderful Mrs. Tats, we are doing this without loans.
[quote davester]This is a no brainer and I think you've already answered your own question. If the only reason you're going to school is the grades then you shouldn't be there. Sorry to be snippy, but I've taught at university level and I wished that all the students who weren't interested in learning the material and interacting in class would have just vanished in a puff of smoke.
I am and was interested in learning the material and at every step of the way I have shown my mastery of it. I am 35 years old and am doing something that is for me. My quandary is more of a time management (and respect) issue since I can use that time more effectively to learn material from other classes.
If it matters, this is a technical class in physics which requires the ability to solve numerical problems. The most important thing to know in this class is how to solve problems and get the correct answer. I can do that and have done that without lecture. I don't even bother to take notes anymore as I never looked at them.
BT