I'm So Average

Well, the grades in "Science" have been turned in, and I did in fact get a "C".

Which is complete bullshit. The two midterms we had were 50 questions, but the final was 100 questions. And it was not cumulative. So we had 100 exam questions about the last three weeks of material, when the prior exams were 50 questions about five weeks of material. And all three exams were weighted equally.

It is a class for non-science types to be able to fulfill their science General Education requirement. It is supposed to be a survey-type course.

You can not come up with 100 exam questions about 3 weeks of material without getting hard-core with the material. Do I know the exact cranial capacity of a particular (obscure) fossil? No. Do I know the average cranial capacity for a particular species? Yes. Can I draw you a complete phylogeny (family tree) for homo sapiens, including the side-branches, and tell you in what region of Africa they were all found? Fuck, yes. Can I tell you specifically which foot bone was found in specifically which cave in Kenya by specifically which paleoanthropologist? No, and neither can the little shit who taught our class.

So I'm a little upset. Especially since our T.A. said we were all doing too well in the class and he'd have to toughen up the final to make sure our grades were more spread out. Turns out he wasn't kidding. I guarantee no one in my class got an "A" on that final exam.

I can't wait to see my final grade. I might become a Creationist.

Posted by Jenelle at December 13, 2005 09:09 PM | TrackBack