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I'm taking an online sociology class this semester. It's not something that I had any interest in before I started the class, which doesn't help, and I really don't buy into my book's insistence that as a woman I am super oppressed and need to revolt against the man, which helps less.
But, dear lord, my professor is driving me off the wall. I've got 60 or so credits already, so I'm pretty good at the whole college thing, but I've never been so stressed out by a class. I wasn't even this crazy at finals when I was taking my first Anatomy class (the most difficult class I've ever taken).
We had 8 days to do a "mini" assignment that she assigned. I don't know how long she expected it to be, but she was shocked that most of us had papers between 27 and 32 pages. After we turned in the assignment, she said that only parts of it should have been double spaced, not the whole thing, so that's why they were too long. Um, I don't care if my paper is 15 single spaced pages or 30 double spaced pages, it's still the same length. Crazy professor acts like it would take less effort to do the 15 single spaced pages and it's our fault for "writing too much" by double spacing the pages.
Also, what do you expect when your instructions for the "mini assignment" are 9 pages long? She says "Oh, there were only 3 parts to the assignment!" Yes, but part 2 consisted of part 2, another section titled part 2, and part 2a (no, that doesn't make sense to me). Part 2A and part 3 were each a minimum of 2 pages long. Part 2 had 7 questions and part 1 had 8 questions; she noted in each question that we were expected to be detailed and give examples. I don't know about you, but it takes me more than one sentence to be detailed and give examples.
The really awesome thing about this assignment was that it felt completely pointless. She apparently intended it to be reflective. It was instead a long string of questions about why we had decided to attend college, with a random sociology essay thrown in at the end. I had to write 7-10 sentences about my educational philosophy. I had to explain why I was going to college, and in the next question had to describe my purpose in attending college. I'm also pretty sure that she couldn't require us to answer some of the questions she asked, like where we were born, especially since the answers will eventually be posted for the class to read. I was thinking about fighting it but got so worn down by doing the assignment that I just answered the slightly shady questions.
If I had to do all of this for 10% of my grade, I'm very worried about what I'll have to do for the other mini assigment and for the big assignment (20%).
But, dear lord, my professor is driving me off the wall. I've got 60 or so credits already, so I'm pretty good at the whole college thing, but I've never been so stressed out by a class. I wasn't even this crazy at finals when I was taking my first Anatomy class (the most difficult class I've ever taken).
We had 8 days to do a "mini" assignment that she assigned. I don't know how long she expected it to be, but she was shocked that most of us had papers between 27 and 32 pages. After we turned in the assignment, she said that only parts of it should have been double spaced, not the whole thing, so that's why they were too long. Um, I don't care if my paper is 15 single spaced pages or 30 double spaced pages, it's still the same length. Crazy professor acts like it would take less effort to do the 15 single spaced pages and it's our fault for "writing too much" by double spacing the pages.
Also, what do you expect when your instructions for the "mini assignment" are 9 pages long? She says "Oh, there were only 3 parts to the assignment!" Yes, but part 2 consisted of part 2, another section titled part 2, and part 2a (no, that doesn't make sense to me). Part 2A and part 3 were each a minimum of 2 pages long. Part 2 had 7 questions and part 1 had 8 questions; she noted in each question that we were expected to be detailed and give examples. I don't know about you, but it takes me more than one sentence to be detailed and give examples.
The really awesome thing about this assignment was that it felt completely pointless. She apparently intended it to be reflective. It was instead a long string of questions about why we had decided to attend college, with a random sociology essay thrown in at the end. I had to write 7-10 sentences about my educational philosophy. I had to explain why I was going to college, and in the next question had to describe my purpose in attending college. I'm also pretty sure that she couldn't require us to answer some of the questions she asked, like where we were born, especially since the answers will eventually be posted for the class to read. I was thinking about fighting it but got so worn down by doing the assignment that I just answered the slightly shady questions.
If I had to do all of this for 10% of my grade, I'm very worried about what I'll have to do for the other mini assigment and for the big assignment (20%).
Easiest 3 credits ever... 
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