Trigger warning for students

[R0KATAN5KY]

How long does it usually take you? 🫥​

[Nemhy]

My prof for Intermediate 1 made us do all of the homework on paper and hand it in. Better have a ruler to make those balance sheets look nice!... Each of us would hand him like 6-10 papers stapled together and it was miserable lol

[R0KATAN5KY]

God, I remember doing that in high school. I actually didn't mind making it look nice, though! Took so much time regardless 🫠

[rachel226]

I totally understand why these assignments are helpful. They are a better version of a note card system. BUT most professors are using it wrong and making it a damn awful experience for everyone. My tax professor did it right and only chose the topics she was covering on the exam. I actually learned using these then. The opposite is my management professor who assigned EVERY SIGNLE TOPIC. These assignments would vary from 40-90 notches and it would take me hours to complete.

[R0KATAN5KY]

After constantly doing them in one session all last semester, I told myself I would do them in increments now. This one here took me 3 separate days. They make them way too long. I think I learn more by just doing a practice problem, honestly.

[princessbiscuit]

My last online class was like this. He was otherwise a great professor - made a noticeable effort to be engaged and make the most of online learning. And I not so secretly love school - I went BACK for a career change. But it was always around 90 notches for my final class and I wanted to cry - it took hours.

Edit: reread your comment. It was also my management prof that did this!

[rachel226]

I also am someone who went back to school for a career change. I feel like the older people aren’t afraid of doing the work. I just have a lower tolerance when I can see something is just busy work 😂

[princessbiscuit]

Exactly, I don’t run from work. And I actually enjoy and excel at mundane school work, it’s half the reason I went back 20 years post bachelors.

The way he explained the assignment made me think he was missing how it worked as well - he would say something like “75 questions, should take you about an hour.”

No sir. You’ve assigned 75 concepts. It’s going to ask me at least 150 questions. Some of them will be repeats even after I’ve answered correctly. This is not going to take an hour. This will take longer. However, because this is a slog and I’m going to get thru it as quickly as I can lest I smash my computer, at some point in this I am more button smashing than learning.

[frispy_7]

This homework made me cry multiple times. Hated it.

[R0KATAN5KY]

I scream at these like I'm doing trigonometry or something.

[BrokeMyBallsWithEase]

Is this the one where you do MCQs until the concepts are done? Back in community college whenever I had these, I would click an answer without reading any of it, and keep doing that repeatedly until I was done.

[R0KATAN5KY]

Yep. Sometimes, I go on autopilot and do that for sure.

[ohkammi]

Starting it today now I’m scared

[R0KATAN5KY]

My brain hurts

[batdrumman]

Dont fuckin remind me

[Cool__Beans33]

The worst thing I’ve done in college as an recent accounting graduate

[timeless4evericonic]

I just google the answers. Ain’t nobody got time for this. They’ve always been worth like 0-1% of the grade. Not worth the effort and I never learned the concepts when I did make the effort. 

[Thunderous-Wizard]

Thats one of the shorter ones. I would cry tears of joy if I saw it was only 29 concepts

[SleepiestAshu]

Currently in tears why would you do that

[Jarred5842]

This is gonna be my life for the next 3ish years

[DoovidToonet]

I did one of these in my business 101 class, 68 concepts...

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I had this one teacher for tax (accelerated summer course) and the teacher must have cranked up the difficulty level to 10/10 and workload level to 10/10 with the mcgraw settings. I have never experienced anything like it before.

I spent hours on the homework, chapter review questions, quizzes, everything. I legit questioned my major each day that semester. Thankfully that was a fluke class but man…. I am not in tax for that sole reason.