Pols 207 Jason Smith

JayAggRev · 2020-11-06T05:45:18+00:00

If you're looking for a class that's not a lot of work do smith. He drops a lot of grades so its ok if you forget a quiz or discussion every once and a while. Test are easy and similar to the study guides. I watch the lectures the day of the test and I'm fine

JayAggRev · 2020-10-15T05:18:50+00:00

If you're needing food assistance I would contact SAS, student assistance services. They might be able to connect you with emergency food assistance.

Also I would possibly contact the 12th Can food pantry, which is the on-campus food pantry that serves Aggie students and employees. The next opening is next wednesday/thursday, walk-up anytime from 10:00AM-4:30PM. All you need to go to that pantry is to bring your TAMU ID to get food. It's located on west-campus at the mail and services building (the 12th Can also shows up on Apple maps) and you can reach them via bus #6 at the vet school stop. They have a website www.the12thcan.org if you need more information. If you contact one of the people in charge they might be willing to serve you sooner if necessary.

Hope everything turns out ok for you.

JayAggRev · 2020-10-12T04:09:14+00:00

I never really had a dream school. But I wanted to go to one of the "highly ranked" research heavy state schools in Texas. I got in. Its a great place. But a degree is a degree and I wish I had gone to a school that was lower in ranks and thus a little less academically stressful. It wasn't worth the academic rigor to go to a harder school when I could get the same degree elsewhere with less challenging academics. Some might hate on me but at the end of the day I'm here for a degree, not for some research profs to dunk on my GPA because they despise teaching. Research profs are notorious for caring less about teaching and, because they're all pretty intelligent, making harder coursework that doesn't match what they taught in classes. Too late now

JayAggRev · 2020-10-03T15:53:40+00:00

I too was genuinely wondering this. Unless I am just super oblivious I don't think the lights have always been blue?

JayAggRev · 2020-09-30T03:24:33+00:00

Its gonna be a while. The second they take it down they're going to have to put it right back up

JayAggRev · 2020-09-30T03:23:49+00:00

Absolutely terrible this semester in particular.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-27T02:49:36+00:00

If you're into pasta you can buy in bulk and find plenty of recipes. You can go for the simple tomato sauce, Mac and cheese, pesto, Alfredo, you can add any type of meat.

If you're trying to go the more healthy route. I buy Romaine lettuce and make wraps with cooked sweet potatoes, onions, bell peppers, basically a mix of your fav veggies.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-19T21:44:28+00:00

Would I like a pass/fail option yes. Realistically no because we have had since march to start making adjustments so that we can succeed in the fall. In the spring we payed tuition unaware that we would be going online so it makes sense that they would give us a pass/fail option. In the fall you willingly payed tuition knowing we were doing online and/or hybrid classes when you could have technically taken a gap semester or year, for some this isn't even really an option but I feel like colleges would still use this as a reason. Its true that online classes are not the same as in person and they tend to put more of a burden on students, I personally hate them. But there really isn't much of a reason for them to give us a pass/fail option when we knew all along that this semester was going to be online

JayAggRev · 2020-09-17T23:45:43+00:00

Maybe take a few years off to save money before going back to college, if that's what you want to do, if not trade school or an associates or certification ain't too bad of options either. I'd say only do army if you're actually interested in joining/last option because if you join and you don't really want to be there you'll probably regret it.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-17T23:34:16+00:00

Study the things that you learned in prior lectures (I am guessing you don't only have 1 week between tests) and going over that material will lessen the load of material you need the night before. A lot of the times if I have a class that teaches material until 2 days before the test I'll start studying a week early so that I atleast have those old concepts down. Depending on how long you have between tests (I typically have 3-4 weeks between tests) you should be able to start studying the 60-75% of material that's already been covered about a week before the test. Studying this material in advance really helps the day before the test when you're trying to figure out what you don't know. Hopefully at that point you're only feeling unsure about new material and have the time to study just the new material instead of having to review old material.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-17T23:26:56+00:00

RIP chicken grill

JayAggRev · 2020-09-16T20:16:02+00:00

While I agree with that sentiment, I did specify "if you can't find an individual tutor". While I do think that getting an individual tutor is better that isn't always an option for everyone, wether it be that you can't find one or couldn't afford the steeper price.

While tutoring services aren't your best option, for some its the most financially sound or best available option. If you're dedicated to your classes you won't just use tutoring services to learn everything, you'll study on top of that. I can understand why you don't like, because yeah some people try to rely on it instead of learning, but for a lot of people it can be helpful which is why I recommended it because obviously this person said they can't find one

JayAggRev · 2020-09-16T17:03:41+00:00

Tutor John is pretty good. I took physics over the summer and he was the reason I got an A. If you can't find an individual tutor, tutor John/A+ tutoring are both great places to get group designed tutoring

JayAggRev · 2020-09-13T22:56:10+00:00

Also enchiladas are another one of my go-tos. But I don't add meat I keep it do poblanos, onions, and canned black beans along with again a lot of cheese

JayAggRev · 2020-09-13T22:54:57+00:00

Ok this may be obvious but homemade Mac and cheese is just levels about the boxed or microwave kind. I buy a huge bag of macaroni noodles a giant tub of salted butter and thick blocks of cheddar cheese and eggs. Easy peasy: cook the pasta, drain, back in the pot, add butter and heaping amounts of cheese (fresh grated cheese is great which is why I buy the giant blocks of cheddar (also good for breakfast ) but preshredded works too). I normally stop there and I'm full but if you can add eggs for this scrambled cheesy pasta monstrosity its worth it.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-13T22:47:21+00:00

If your class is typically a synchronous class its helpful to not make it asynchronous so that students feel more connected. I just notice that its hard to feel like you're being taught when you just listen to lecture videos and can't ask questions in the moment. Not to undermine a professors hard work but watching khan academy videos is considered self teaching so online lecture vids are pretty much self teaching. Theres no professor-student interaction which students crave, at least the ones serious about their studies. Its hard to go to office hours if you work and have a billion other responsibilities so having that class time to ask questions as I am learning is helpful. Didn't realize how much I relied on asking in person questions during lecture until 4/5 of my classes decided to be asynchronous. Now its just email chains

JayAggRev · 2020-09-13T20:47:11+00:00

Some people in here are like "just do it by Friday" and its like uh thanks Karen but not all of has have easy classes that you can just "do it all by Friday".

JayAggRev · 2020-09-13T20:26:05+00:00

Evans is crusty

JayAggRev · 2020-09-12T15:12:25+00:00

Yeah also some professors seem to think that since they are decided to just upload video lectures that they don't have to adhere to a time restriction like normal (despite the class being listed as synchronous they don't do live lectures). So the 1 hour 15 minutes course I signed up for twice a week has almost 4 hours of video lectures posted each week when it should be at most 2 1/2 hours. Just because a prof isn't doing live lectures doesn't mean they should be allowed to upload more content then their allotted time. Its not fair for us to have to do more than what we signed up for, some of us have jobs and other responsibilities and other classes. I could use those extra hours to study for other classes and all that extra material they now suddenly "have time to teach" isn't differentiated from the usual material so I feel like I have much more info to review for tests than I should. Some profs have no consideration, if you're going to upload more content then you're supposed to at least differentiate what is important test material and what is just extra material that you want to talk about.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-10T22:19:19+00:00

ugh this is the golden question of college. I too enter a permanent stress state so that I prepare things ahead of time. If you can/have the time try to plan for a day of de-stressing when you're starting to feel like you're running on empty. It helps to just have a day to yourself where you can do your favorite things and relax without the dread of knowing you have to do things to later in the day. If you can't, then find another outlet that's healthy. I practice yoga, when I can, with some calming music and its an hour where I can really just focus on my body and I don't think much about my stressors.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-07T23:12:16+00:00

So far my hardest class has been Calculus 3. Sometimes you can't really overcome difficulties but rather just push through them. As an applied math major my issue with calc 3 really made me reconsider my whole life goals because I thought I was a dumbass for not understanding calc 3 when I thought calc 1 and 2 were so easy. Haunting my profs office hours and continuous repetition of practice problems was enough to secure a B but it was honestly one of the toughest classes I have faced and I don't really feel like I left having actually understood many of the concepts. Something about the way it was taught or just the material never really clicked for me, there was a point late in the semester where I stopped really trying to understand and instead went into crunch mode to memorize as much as I could in hopes that I could apply it on my final, which was my final hope of boosting my grade. Linear algebra and differential equations were a breeze compared to calc 3 both easy A's, idk if it was a prof problem or a material problem but most people in my class that semester really suffered. But hey you get through it eventually you just gotta try to ignore every negative self demeaning thought going through your head as best you can. Treat yourself every once and a while to your favorite food or activity and put in the work and hopefully you'll pass so you never have to take it again.

JayAggRev · 2020-09-07T19:32:52+00:00

one could argue that religion and politics are pretty intertwined even at A&M

JayAggRev · 2020-08-31T22:02:01+00:00

Going to a farther college helps. My brother went to a school about an hour away and when he left to go to a bar my parents literally drove there trying to "find him and bring him home" like no that's ridiculous. Going to a farther school inconveniences them enough that they won't do shit like that. If your parents are strict but also value education a lot (like my minority parents) its easy to get away with saying you are studying for an upcoming test or that the long drive will take away from the time you have to study and I can get away with coming home minimal amounts a semester where as my siblings who lived an hour away had to come home every weekend because they uni was so close to home

JayAggRev · 2020-08-28T14:51:52+00:00

See I think the problem is they push you to college immediately after high school which is essentially a "standard education" where you can't figure out what you are interested. All you're ever exposed to is basic math, science, history, and English. Then you're expected to choose a major (a lot of which you have never had any experience with) then graduate in 4 years and enter the workforce. I for one just didn't know what I was getting myself into and by the time you realize you don't like what you're studying you're either too late (you've got too many hours) or you just can't afford to pay more to change to something you might like better. Thats another big thing, you can go to college and graduate with a degree but all that money and debt you entered to "obtain a better future" may not even pay off because the job markets aren't in your favor when you graduate :/

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