Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Math 115a

This class is easily the hardest class I've ever taken in my life. It sucks because Math 115B is gonna be even harder than 115A. It doesn't help that its a math class and theyre trying to teach 300 students at the same time in a lecture class. On top of that, the homeworks dont prepare you for the quizzes and tests, and the instructors never cover the things that will be on the quizzes and tests. the instructors prepare you for the homework that night, but the tests are completely conceptual with a little bit of calculation, while the homeworks are all calculations and never even touch on the concepts. I got a tutor, that helps a lot but half of the time my tutor cant figure out what the teachers are even asking for. She knows how to do all of the work and calculation etc. but half of the time the teacher ask completely conceptual questions with terrible word choice and they make it overly complicated just to figure out what the question is asking. Please U of A, turn 115A and B back into 30 person classes so we can ask questions and talk to the teacher instead of relying on tutors and peers to figure it out. Thanks.

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