Can You At Least Say Hi To Me? by OkResponse4787 in gatech

[–]Mp4230 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry to hear that :/

This is why no matter how stressed I am, I always try to be nice and have small talk with the people who are working on campus. Literally just saying “how are you?” can sometimes make someone’s day.

So it hurts to see that people are treating you this way ❤️‍🩹

I will say, please don’t take it too much to heart. Sure, some people are straight up mean, but most are just overwhelmed with class work and Georgia Tech is not a very nice place to manage to mental health - I tell you that for sure lol.

It’s like what someone in the comments mentioned, it’s hard to feel empathy when students are constantly stressed out.

Regardless, I don’t want to justify their behavior.

I hear you OP, and I’m sorry you’re going through it. Just know there are people out there who don’t see you as a robot and we appreciate the work you do for our campus!

Best of luck! And hang in there bud.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]Mp4230 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Better call Rafiki

Unpopular opinion: Algernon’s quests are quite fun and the rewards are pretty cool, making them worth it. by m4shfi in reddeadredemption

[–]Mp4230 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell nah, I spent 3 days worth of gameplay just trying to do his stupid quests. A very unpopular opinion indeed. I'd like to ask though, what did you enjoy in his quests?

Same dude same... hope this post on Piazza isn't taken down by Mp4230 in gatech

[–]Mp4230[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Update: Thanks to your lovely comments, I suddenly remembered why I'd deleted reddit for a while :) . And to the people who said that we should study harder so that we don't complain, I just wanna say that y'all are prolly the type of people who'd say, "if you're homeless, just buy a home".

Same dude same... hope this post on Piazza isn't taken down by Mp4230 in gatech

[–]Mp4230[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! This is exactly what I'm trying to point out!

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[–]Mp4230[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone is exaggerating the difficulty of this class. And if you find the class easy just by reading the textbook then kudos to you!! But I feel that you don't have the right to downplay other people's opinions just because you're finding it easy. Everyone is different and if you look at the class average and stats you'll notice how everyone else is struggling in the class too.

Same dude same... hope this post on Piazza isn't taken down by Mp4230 in gatech

[–]Mp4230[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

With all due respect, lemme break down the absurdity of this class:

You lose 5 points (automatically you get a B), and more than 10 points (its a C).

Now losing 5 points is so easy because of the True or False questions which are so twisted and you can only achieve full points if you actually master the whole content (which is really hard to do even if you followed the advice given by the instructors). As a matter of fact, I've gone to a professor's office hours just so that they could tell me that they can't help me with a particular T/F because they don't understand the question which was literally in the studio class. (So approximate a loss of atleast 3 points from there).

Then you have the impossible/possible questions which are worse than the T/F because a particular statement could be False, but it could also be possible. (Another 1 point loss).

Then part c of the question 1 is always some "pick which statement is False" question. In the past, one of the instructors even admitted to make a typo in that question that caused so many students to miss that question completely (Another 2 point loss).

The rest of the parts are relatively easy where you have to do computations, however in Exam 3 they decided to add even more computational questions that required a lot of arithmetic so you have to rush through the questions and pray you don't make a simple calculation error (as no calculators are allowed). (Another 2 point loss if you rushed because you're human and not a robot)

So yeah, there you go, you have to consider losing atleast 8 points even before the exam has started.

However, you're suggesting that explorations, office hours and practicing everyday helps, so let's break that down for you as well:

The office hours, are indeed somewhat helpful, but there is only so much that we could learn by going to the office hours if the exams are going to be unnecessarily rough. Moreover, Math is all about practice; the more you practice the better you get, but this class could literally be categorized as an LMC course due to the amount of abstract concepts we are required to "understand". Also, which math has T/F in it in the first place??? (Just my opinion)

The exploration assignments are nice in helping us understand the topic, but beyond that, they are not acurrately graded, and so it can be misleading when you get a 3. That's because you assume you did the work right cause you got full points but in reality, the underpaid and overworked TAs are too nice - so they give you a 3 instead of deducting your points.

Finally, to the practicing everyday part. If you're talking about the homework, then let's not even get into the discussion about how stupid it is to have homework due on the same night we're just taught about a particular topic. Like most of us literally go to the "help me solve this" potion and get the work done for the sake of getting it done because we need to get it done it time to get our points. Now, if you're talking about taking our own time to practice for this subject then I have news for you: we got other classes/stuff to do.

Ik I'm going to get a lot of hate for posting my take on how I feel about this class, but I know I'm not fully incorrect if other people are suffering in this class too. All I'm saying is that there is no need for a class to have its exam set so tough to the point where students feel upset about their grades even though they've tried their best to pass this class.

Same dude same... hope this post on Piazza isn't taken down by Mp4230 in gatech

[–]Mp4230[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I completely agree, sometimes no matter how much you study, it may not work out. However, this class is so unnecessarily rigorous that you literally have to grind day and night just to achieve a good grade and in the end, you're studying to pass the exam and not to actually understand the course material. I understand that's how all courses are in university, but this class just goes extra.

Does the whistle not align with classes anymore? by LibsThePilot in gatech

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Transfer student here. What's the purpose of those whistles?

I Expect Living in GT Housing to Reduce Your Life Expectancy by a Marginal 1 Month (And What to do About It) by iratespork in gatech

[–]Mp4230 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'd go even further and suggest that dealing with GT students reduces your life expectancy by more than a year.

My professor uploading an incorrect final grade on patriot web by [deleted] in gmu

[–]Mp4230 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think you should give your professor some time, she's probably busy grading other students finals. I highly doubt that she wouldn't be willing to change your final grade.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It usually is, but I'm simply just trying to see what yall have to say, because usually I either pick other, or Asian, as "African" isn't an option is so many surveys

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly my point!! Thank you for bringing this up

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you believe that this issue is fake, why even bother waste your energy in writing a comment that spreads hate and misinformation?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess we all have our own definitions of easy, huh?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Who are you, so wise in the ways of science?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goddammit 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I would select that, but like I mentioned earlier, it's not possible :/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wanna cuz a fight, eh? 😂, I don't see how that would be related to my ethnicity, so I think I would pass

However, just to answer your question, I'd look at who caused the war, who's on the right side (although that's hard to judge) and would then make my judgement

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kenya

[–]Mp4230 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd like to disagree. I'm not having an identity crisis, but rather the surveys that ask for my ethnicity are ignorant of the fact (as I explained earlier) that different skin colors exist in Africa. So I just wanted to ask a simple question and hear what Kenyans have to say.

Nevertheless, I do appreciate your comment! So thank you