Registered: Oct 2010
Location: Ici William Bumbray du service de police de la communauté urbaine de Montréal Esti.
big up da cawk massif braaaaaaaaaaaap braaaaaaaaaaaaaaap *tracking treasure down*
Jun-06-2011 00:50
enydo
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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: NYC
Jun-06-2011 01:02
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasília, Brazil
quote:
Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Why do people keep thinking I live at my aunt and uncles still?
I haven't lived there for almost 8 months.
It's like me and my shoes. I wore trainers in a wedding just twice in my life when very good friends of mine got married (and I posted only one picture).
Judging by the reactions here, you could swear I do it all the time.
Jun-06-2011 04:03
Sushipunk
Flickering, I roam
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Chateau Verdafloor
quote:
Originally posted by Lira
It's like me and my shoes. I wore trainers in a wedding just twice in my life when very good friends of mine got married (and I posted only one picture).
Judging by the reactions here, you could swear I do it all the time.
Sure, Marcus, suuuuuuure.
I bet you're wearing sneakers to a wedding right now, aren't you?
Jun-06-2011 04:29
Lews
Platipus And Prog Addict
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Hugging Whales And Saving Trees
quote:
Originally posted by enydo
Yeah, most group study type of things that are constructed near the beginning of the semester usually seem to degenerate into a flurry of chain emails near the time of the final full of people panicking because they don't know shit.
The teacher emailed us the final questions, so some people emailed together and decided we would split them up to make one study guide. I'm looking over it and it's just such shit. Some of the answers are missing large amounts of information; others are just plain wrong. I assumed that a 3000 level course would have people in it who actually knew what the fuck was going on, but apparently I was wrong.
Jun-06-2011 05:09
enydo
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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: NYC
There are a lot of people in college who probably shouldn't be there.
Jun-06-2011 05:12
EgosXII
Aphorism
Registered: Apr 2007
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by enydo
There are a lot of people in college who probably shouldn't be there.
yep, this is the source of the problem, and why i always avoided all group-work, and group-based assignments. its better to do twice the work than to get stuck with a bunch of idiots who just went to uni because they could, or because its just the 'normal' thing to do these days...
its nice that money isnt as much of a barrier to getting to go to university these days, but it sucks wang that so many people go without any reason for being there.
Jun-06-2011 05:15
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasília, Brazil
quote:
Originally posted by EgosXII
i always avoided all group-work, and group-based assignments
+1.
Jun-06-2011 05:27
enydo
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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: NYC
I was lucky in that my school is generally pretty tough to get into, and once you're there, if you're not up to snuff you will be weeded out in the first two years. It's a lot rarer to get someone that's a complete slackjob, especially when you get further into your degree.
Group work was really important for a lot of us though. Working with others on projects and studying in groups helped you learn a lot of information that you may have missed, or not learned in the first place. Of course this only worked when your group was productive and actually intelligent. I never really had an issue in any groups I was in, but I know of people with horror stories.
Jun-06-2011 06:18
Banora
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Sushipunk Army HQ
quote:
Originally posted by EgosXII
i always avoided all group-work, and group-based assignments.ere.
+2
Unfortunately, I am there to mostly appease my grandmother.
Jun-06-2011 06:42
EgosXII
Aphorism
Registered: Apr 2007
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by enydo
I was lucky in that my school is generally pretty tough to get into, and once you're there, if you're not up to snuff you will be weeded out in the first two years. It's a lot rarer to get someone that's a complete slackjob, especially when you get further into your degree.
Group work was really important for a lot of us though. Working with others on projects and studying in groups helped you learn a lot of information that you may have missed, or not learned in the first place. Of course this only worked when your group was productive and actually intelligent. I never really had an issue in any groups I was in, but I know of people with horror stories.
I think its the forced thing that makes it hard. Like, teamwork is something that is useful to learn for the workplace (which is the 'reason' they give group work), but in what workplace are you grouped with a bunch of idiots who weren't interviewed and would never be hired... ever
I've only stopped having (complete) idiots in my class this year, as I'm doing honours.