College professors can be so moronic

[DisgruntledVirus]

I am a CIS (Cisco)/Civil Eng major taking a simple filler class over MS Office (even though I have used it for over 10 years and use it every day at work, but figured easy class). So we get back our midterm, and I see I missed points on the first page which was really easy so I am thinking wtf? I start reading them and he marked me wrong on "List two types of computer network?" I answered "LAN/WAN", he marks it wrong and it should be "Local Area Network and Wide Area Network". Last time I checked its the same effing thing.

So I move on to the next one and the question is "What are the two main parts of the central processing unit (CPU)?" I respond ALU and cache. Wrong. Arithmetic Logic Unit and cache. Umm ALU (which he has used the abbriviation in class I might add), is the Arithmetic Logic Unit and cache is right according to this class.

Next one I got "wrong". "What are the two basic categories of fonts used in MS Word?" to which I answered "Sarif and Sans Sarif", which I got wrong because I put "Sarif" instead of "Serif". This is not an english course, it is a MS Office course. I have the correct answer to anybody using their head, realizing that I know the correct answer just switched an "a" for the correct "e".

Normally I would just go okay fine they don't know they are the same, but he teaches a second class I have him for. Its UNIX OS (using a Knoppix distro). So wtf do you just recite the text books or do you actually KNOW anything about computers?

/blog

 

[Jschmuck2]

Office hours /=/ ATOT

 

[Alphathree33]

What concerns me more is the questions you're being asked as a supposed engineer more than the fact that you got them wrong.

 

[sourceninja]

This is why all of my tests are multiple choice or labs that require a working project to be turned in. That way the student can't bitch.

 

[Ns1]

Jesus christ, where do you go to school? University of Phoenix? Devry?

 

[jagec]

I'm not sure if teaching a class on MS office really qualifies someone as a college professor. I mean, technically yes, but...

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Ns1
Jesus christ, where do you go to school? University of Phoenix? Devry?

University of Akron (Ohio) actually, but +2 for effort.

 

[FleshLight]

Over here, "filler classes" are machine shop, GIS, or solidworks.

 

[spidey07]

Bravo for the teacher to teach you how to speak with language instead of text messaging!
:thumbsup:

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: Ns1
Jesus christ, where do you go to school? University of Phoenix? Devry?

University of Akron (Ohio) actually, but +2 for effort.

In that case, your professor is just a fucktard

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Bravo for the teacher to teach you how to speak with language instead of text messaging!
:thumbsup:

Yeah, I kinda want to feel bad for you, but WTH is an engineering student doing taking an intro MS Office course for credit? You probably get about three electives in your whole four years, and you tried to take the easiest class on the calendar instead of something useful, challenging, or interesting.

 

[Eeezee]

Go talk to the professor. If he insists that spelling is important for passing the course, then you're just sort of screwed. Did you miss any classes where he might have specified that abbreviations on the test would not be accepted?

Whatever, I'm actually kind of pleased that you may miss out on the free grade inflation from this filler course (unless you were required to take it, which just means your department is shitty, so either way you lose). I think courses like the one you're taking should be Pass/Fail.

 

[Imdmn04]

WTF is a CIS degree in Cisco?

Back in the day, they have CS, CE, MIS from the Business School.

Offering a degree in a specific vendor's technologies? That seems pretty short-sighted on the school's part, the curriculum sounds more appropriate for a certificate than a 4 yr degree.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
WTF is a CIS degree in Cisco?

Back in the day, they have CS, CE, MIS from the Business School.

Offering a degree in a specific vendor's technologies? That seems pretty short-sighted on the school's part, the curriculum sounds more appropriate for a certificate than a 4 yr degree.

CIS=Computer Information Systems, and they have a M$ and Cisco track.

My first schedule got screwed up and by the time I realized one of the useful courses I had signed up for was full, the other possible ones had been filled as well. I needed one more class to hit full time status, and this one happened to be in the time slot I was looking for. I really did not want to take it, but due to a lack of anything else helpful to my degrees I decided to just take this one and deal with it. I knew it would be way below my MS Office skills and would be back to like pre-HS level of knowledge about it, but dear god I didn't expect the "professor" would be such a flippin idiot.

 

[spidey07]

Your professor is not being an idiot, he is teaching the curriculum to it's intended audience and the expected answered from the text/assignments should be given. You fail.

 

[Drathmar]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
WTF is a CIS degree in Cisco?

Back in the day, they have CS, CE, MIS from the Business School.

Offering a degree in a specific vendor's technologies? That seems pretty short-sighted on the school's part, the curriculum sounds more appropriate for a certificate than a 4 yr degree.

Except it's a 4 year degree because it covers more than just the requirements for the Cisco certificates, or microsoft if you go that way. Also, it's not taught in the business college but in the Computer Information Systems department, in a totally separate college from business. It's also a four year degree in Cisco Networking, covering both the CCNA and CCNP certificates, as well as some extra Cisco courses, some basic business classes, classes on setting up/running/building/maintaining servers and general computers. It basically covers CCNA, CCNP, A+, and Server + Curriculum's in one degree, as well as business classes and general education requirements.

Ya, not sure about the Engineering crap, since I just also take the Cisco degree as UA.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Your professor is not being an idiot, he is teaching the curriculum to it's intended audience and the expected answered from the text/assignments should be given. You fail.

that's fucking shit

LAN = local area network
WAN = wide area network

Why write the whole goddamn thing if you don't have to.

 

[Parasitic]

What they have special MS or Cisco track in CIS now? How come we didn't? At school we had CS and that was it, and it wasn't even its own department (cirriculum lumped with EE -> EECS)

And I graduated just last year. Time changes real fast nowadays.

 

[drum]

unless the test specifically said no Acronyms, then that sucks

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: spidey07
Your professor is not being an idiot, he is teaching the curriculum to it's intended audience and the expected answered from the text/assignments should be given. You fail.

that's fucking shit

LAN = local area network
WAN = wide area network

Why write the whole goddamn thing if you don't have to.

Probably to make sure that people don't just parrot acronyms that they don't understand, but using the full format should REALLY be specified in the instructions.

You did read the instructions, yes?

 

[mrCide]

I had a similar experience in an Art Appreciation class, I answered the questions by putting the last names of the artists. She marked some of them wrong--when I asked why, she said I didn't put the first name. I then questioned another one she didn't mark, and was asked if I wanted her to mark it wrong, too.

Sadly, it was at that point I stopped going to college and found other means to pursue my life.

 

[Bateluer]

Sounds like a dickhead teacher.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Your professor is not being an idiot, he is teaching the curriculum to it's intended audience and the expected answered from the text/assignments should be given. You fail.

i stick to the rule that i spell it out the first time, with an acronym in parenthesis
Local Area Network (LAN)

then ill use LAN the rest of the time.

it ensures that the person reading it knows that the person writing knows what is being discussed.

 

[Savij]

The acronyms are correctly marked wrong. While you know exactly what they mean, he doesn't know that you know. He has to be able to tell that you know the real term, not the acronym. Sucks to be you, but follow xSauronx's advice on ALL exams.

 

[George P Burdell]

There are college courses on MS Office? WTF kind of school is this?