can a professor fail a large portion of the class?
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Heh, I'm waiting to get pretty much destroyed on the 2C03 exam by Janicki. It's not a good feeling when then TA says you're screwed no matter how well you're doing in the course.
I'm 99% sure this guy would have been gone as a prof over 10 years ago if it weren't for the fact that he churns out research papers like no other.
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gone or good?
If gone, 10 years ago he would have been a lot better.
If good, apparently even 3 years ago he was pretty strict.
The key thing is that he has gotten himself into a bit of a rut with some of the classes. He taught them so long he got comfortable.
As for how you'll do on the exam, all I remember was that the stuff he told the few people who went to his last week of lectures pretty much was exactly what was on the exam. It's going to be tough, but livable.
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04-08-2010 at 09:53 PM
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Oh I meant gone as in, they would have found somebody else.
Heh, I went to almost all of his classes... and he taught pretty much up until the very last day :(. Our "review" was about 30 minutes of the very last class, and him saying that everything we've ever learned could be on it. It took him 30 minutes to say that because of his epic stuttering problem  .
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Originally Posted by Ownaginatios
Heh, I'm waiting to get pretty much destroyed on the 2C03 exam by Janicki. It's not a good feeling when then TA says you're screwed no matter how well you're doing in the course.
I'm 99% sure this guy would have been gone as a prof over 10 years ago if it weren't for the fact that he churns out research papers like no other.
Just be glad you guys don't have Math 2Z03.
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I think you mean 2ZZ3. And, matlab is 30% 
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Just FYI, I failed one ECE course with a 59.7 last year. Professors can and will enforce the pass midterm/final to pass the course policy.
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You failed with a 59.7%?
Did you mean 49.7%?
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04-08-2010 at 10:14 PM
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You failed with a 59.7%?
Did you mean 49.7%?
I thought 50% is a pass in all engineering courses?
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He means he got 59.7% cumulative, but probably failed the exam.
I guess it's fair in some instances. I know a lot of douchebags who just copy all the assignments for things, and then get killed on the exam. Then again though, it's hard to screen them out from people who legitimately did all the assignments, but just pulled a sylvan-learning-center when it came to the exam.
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I'm 99% sure this guy would have been gone as a prof over 10 years ago if it weren't for the fact that he churns out research papers like no other.
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Well, that's like saying Warren Buffet wouldn't have become a billionaire if his investments didn't pan out.
His research papers are the reason why he's a prof. No one gets tenure on the merits of their teaching. |
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04-09-2010 at 09:43 AM
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Her, actually.
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Her, actually.
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Sorry blackdragon, we actually switched to talking about another prof (Janicki). Still a guy.
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just stop being nub and study
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lol
people think engineering is difficult. I just think engineers are stupid.
srsly. who cares how the class does, it's all about how well you do.
if the tests are unfair that's one thing, you can complain. but if the tests are reasonable (i.e. at least one person gets 90+) then you should just study more. idiots.
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lol
people think engineering is difficult. I just think engineers are stupid.
srsly. who cares how the class does, it's all about how well you do.
if the tests are unfair that's one thing, you can complain. but if the tests are reasonable (i.e. at least one person gets 90+) then you should just study more. idiots.
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... do you ever stop trolling?
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... do you ever stop trolling?
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trolling by limp bizkit is my theme song.
and I was actually being serious. about 80% (made-up statistic based on personal observations) of engineers at Mac are dumb.
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trolling by limp bizkit is my theme song.
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trolling by limp bizkit is my theme song.
and I was actually being serious. about 80% (made-up statistic based on personal observations) of engineers at Mac are dumb.
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I like how you know everything.:nerdpleas ed: |
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[quote=Ownaginatios;13 1361]Heh, I'm waiting to get pretty much destroyed on the 2C03 exam by Janicki. It's not a good feeling when then TA says you're screwed no matter how well you're doing in the course.
I'm 99% sure this guy would have been gone as a prof over 10 years ago if it weren't for the fact that he churns out research papers like no other.
No matter how good is this guy in research, he should have been stopped teaching. If he is good at research, he should only work in research and be prevented from destroying students and their careers. I guess it is all because of the stupid policy of universities that let such people stay in their positions.
Anyway, if you are able to get an old exam, it'll mostly be the same as I heard from a very old student. The only problem is that I can't seem to find one.
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