Fave you ever failed a post secondary course?

[Locut0s]

Simple question, have you ever failed a university, college or other post secondary course?

 

[SandEagle]

i took a intro to calc course 4 times. failed it the first three times. found out later i didnt need calc and just needed business stats class instead fml. :\

 

[Locut0s]

i took a intro to calc course 4 times. failed it the first three times. found out later i didnt need calc and just needed business stats class. fml. :\

Ouch.

T-t-t-t-t-timewarp.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No, although I dropped one because I was likely to fail (or at least, not get a C).

EDIT: Didn't see (and hence didn't vote) for the second option.

 

[busydude]

Nop, but I know a few who did.

 

[Nebor]

Yes. Fucking Geology. I took it as a blow off science course, and blew it off too much. I ended up retaking it a couple of semesters later, and I was easily the most angry, sarcastic student in the course. More than once I answered aloud, "well they're all fucking rocks, aren't they?"

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yes. Fucking Geology. I took it as a blow off science course, and blew it off too much. I ended up retaking it a couple of semesters later, and I was easily the most angry, sarcastic student in the course. More than once I answered aloud, "well they're all fucking rocks, aren't they?"

Why would your geology professor ask you a question related to anthropology?

 

[khon]

I failed a couple of classes at the university, for the same reason each time: I'm a lazy bastard.

Basically I would sign up for the class, then lose interest in it, and not do any of the work or show up to class. At the end of the semester, I figured I might as well give it a shot, so I took the exam without having studied. I passed a few times doing this, and failed a few others.

It was always classes that weren't really relevant to my major, and the way things were counted at my university, failed classes were not shown on the diploma, so no real downside to doing it.

 

[Dominato3r]

Was about to fail linear algebra but ended up getting a B in it after destroying the final

 

[herm0016]

controls theory.... most people seem to take it twice. and diffy Q.

 

[DrPizza]

When I was in engineering, I had to take a philosophy course. Prof was annoying. The typical philosophers were discussed in the class; somewhat interesting. But, he had this habit of "just because you can see this desk, does it really mean it's here? Just because you can hear me tapping the desk, does it mean it's here?" It's not a desk, it's a table, you moron.

But, I was willing to play the game, up to a point. At that university, they had a really big art program. Art students spent half their time stoned out of their minds - well, perhaps it wasn't the effects of drugs - that was just the way they were most of the time. To this day, I recall what earned an F for me quite well. We were looking at modern art - something that I can't stand - and discussing the artists' deep meaning behind the art. One of the paintings had a bunch of concentric squares. The innermost square was yellow, then red, then blue, then white, then red. One by one, he asked students what they thought the deep meaning was behind that design. "Wowwwww, mannnn, this is realllly speaking to me about emotions. I think the yellow at the center is cowardice, but like, he's really trying to fight that cowardice and the red shows his anger at himself. And after anger, cancer victims usually feel sadness, that's like the next emotion. But then, there's that period where you're not emotional and just like kinda accept it, that's the white. But then, there's the red. The red is the hope."
"Wow, excellent. How about you John?"
"I think it's a political statement. Like the center is China and surrounding that is the Red of communist Russia, because Russia is superior to China. But, surrounding both of those is the Red White and Blue of the United States because we're the most powerful nation."
"Wow, excellent. How about you, DrPizza"
"Maybe the artist was just doodling? Maybe the deepest meaning is simply that the artist was bored. <holds notebook up for professor to see> See, I'm doodling, and my designs are better than a bunch of concentric squares colored with primary colors. The only meaning to my doodles is that this is really boring."

Wrong answer, especially in a course where the professor could give you any grade he felt like, since it wasn't based on tests with questions where an answer would be clearly correct or incorrect.

 

[Locut0s]

When I was in engineering, I had to take a philosophy course. Prof was annoying. The typical philosophers were discussed in the class; somewhat interesting. But, he had this habit of "just because you can see this desk, does it really mean it's here? Just because you can hear me tapping the desk, does it mean it's here?" It's not a desk, it's a table, you moron.

But, I was willing to play the game, up to a point. At that university, they had a really big art program. Art students spent half their time stoned out of their minds - well, perhaps it wasn't the effects of drugs - that was just the way they were most of the time. To this day, I recall what earned an F for me quite well. We were looking at modern art - something that I can't stand - and discussing the artists' deep meaning behind the art. One of the paintings had a bunch of concentric squares. The innermost square was yellow, then red, then blue, then white, then red. One by one, he asked students what they thought the deep meaning was behind that design. "Wowwwww, mannnn, this is realllly speaking to me about emotions. I think the yellow at the center is cowardice, but like, he's really trying to fight that cowardice and the red shows his anger at himself. And after anger, cancer victims usually feel sadness, that's like the next emotion. But then, there's that period where you're not emotional and just like kinda accept it, that's the white. But then, there's the red. The red is the hope."
"Wow, excellent. How about you John?"
"I think it's a political statement. Like the center is China and surrounding that is the Red of communist Russia, because Russia is superior to China. But, surrounding both of those is the Red White and Blue of the United States because we're the most powerful nation."
"Wow, excellent. How about you, DrPizza"
"Maybe the artist was just doodling? Maybe the deepest meaning is simply that the artist was bored. <holds notebook up for professor to see> See, I'm doodling, and my designs are better than a bunch of concentric squares colored with primary colors. The only meaning to my doodles is that this is really boring."

Wrong answer, especially in a course where the professor could give you any grade he felt like, since it wasn't based on tests with questions where an answer would be clearly correct or incorrect.

You must have realized when giving that answer that it was kind of smartassed though, no?

 

[busydude]

Nop, but I know a few who did.

I take that back. I failed in two courses, Numerical Methods and Electronic circuit analysis.

Although I majored in EE, I am pretty poor in the electronics part.

 

[ussfletcher]

I 'failed' Calc2 at a community college one summer. I didn't attend class and I attempted the exams unprepared. Took it again at my University and did quite well.

 

[Nebor]

Why would your geology professor ask you a question related to anthropology?

Because he was a son of a whore. He also had a moustache.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Never failed any. Knew lots of people that did.

 

[Matthiasa]

There is a difference between fail and having to retake. Retake yes, fail no.
I was not a fan of E&M and under other circumstances would have had to retake a discrete time controls class that had a heavy focus on state space.
3 phase power electronics was not my friend either.
Single phase no problem 3 not so much...

 

[Red Squirrel]

I almost failed math, but I managed to make it through. Pretty sure the teacher just gave it to me as he saw how much effort I was putting. Math is just not my thing. I remember I had to get at least 70% on a test retake in order to pass the course. After retaking the test, I was not too confident that I got that high on it. I never got to see the result, but I did pass.

 

[BoomerD]

Failed, no. I have two "incompletes" on my transcripts from when I tried to take some night classes about 15 years ago...but because I started working 7-12's with a 4 hour daily commute, I never had the chance to properly drop the classes. I DID leave phone messages with the professors, but that doesn't count for much...Still, they didn't affect my GPA in the slightest.

 

[Locut0s]

Failed, no. I have two "incompletes" on my transcripts from when I tried to take some night classes about 15 years ago...but because I started working 7-12's with a 4 hour daily commute, I never had the chance to properly drop the classes. I DID leave phone messages with the professors, but that doesn't count for much...Still, they didn't affect my GPA in the slightest.

I think it's sometimes up to the prof whether to give you an incomplete for an F in cases like that.

 

[BoomerD]

I think it's sometimes up to the prof whether to give you an incomplete for an F in cases like that.

Nah, it's covered under some rule or standard at the college. (at least here at the community college, YMMV with universities and such)
All my professors knew I was working construction and trying to go to school. When I went to the refinery for the shut-down, I let them all know, but it was past the "drop w/o incomplete" date, so I was stuck. One professor never did drop me, but contacted me during finals week and offered to let me come in (at my convenience) to take the final. He said he'd base my grade on what I had done during the class and my final exam. I got a "B" for the class. (That "B" is the lowest grade on my transcript)

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Lowest I have received is a C-

This was for "Health Living: a Multicultural Approach". This class was basically a class on various statistics about how different ethnicities don't live as long, due to their diets, diseases, etc. The general message was that people don't live as long because they are poor, and they are poor because of the white man.

Dr. Pizza's stance on modern art is exactly how I feel. The key is to take such classes pass/fail if you can.

 

[wiredspider]

I failed a class by missing the final.

 

[silverpig]

Yes, one. It was calc 3 and calc 4 combined in one class, at 8 am. I got an A- on the first midterm, but then rowing seasons kicked into gear. I skipped every single class after that except the second midterm because I was too busy eating breakfast after rowing practice.

There were things on the final where I didn't even understand the question.

I re-took calc 3 and 4 separately later and got good marks.

 

[Locut0s]

Yes, one. It was calc 3 and calc 4 combined in one class, at 8 am. I got an A- on the first midterm, but then rowing seasons kicked into gear. I skipped every single class after that except the second midterm because I was too busy eating breakfast after rowing practice.

There were things on the final where I didn't even understand the question.

I re-took calc 3 and 4 separately later and got good marks.

Lol. I'm surprised it's a science class for you, you're pretty damn smart. But yeah that's not the best way to go about it.