<p>they are proly ****ing with you.</p>
<p>highschoolda, I'm almost offended by your oversimplification of take-home exams. I had a take-home final in real analysis at a UC, I think it was about 72 hours and everyone in the class spent the next three days working on that exam. It was the definition of brutal and certainly distinguished between A-B-C students. Median test scores for the class were around the 40% mark as well.</p>
<p>So stop whining.</p>
<p>chill out, this post is not about take home exams. </p>
<p>If you go to a ccc in bad area like LA trade tech or east los angeles community college, the classes there are a joke. </p>
<p>I spoke to several students from these ccc at my transfer orientation and thats what they told me. They said that their instructors were cal state graduates w/ out phD and expirience teaching at 4 year schools. Their classes averages were 92%.</p>
<p>I'll tell u more, Compton community college was such a joke that they lost their accredited status. Now they asked SMC to run classes thru smc and just hold them at compton college campus. </p>
<p>But if you wanna talk about take home exams, there will always been several lazy students who will end not doing **** and copying answers from their friends especially at a ccc</p>
<p>"If you go to a ccc in bad area like LA trade tech or east los angeles community college, the classes there are a joke."</p>
<p>Wow, crappy areas have crappy schools? Gee, I wonder what the causal relationship could be.</p>
<p>So, what exactly are you complaining about? You had to suffer the rigors of a university education whilst attending a community college? That your experience is being compared to that of someone who got to slide by at an easy school?</p>
<p>Do you just want a pat on the head and some scooby snacks for being a tough little worker?</p>
<p>Life's a b*tch. You will suffer injustices stemming from the ubiquitous inequities of life. The only people who will care about your specific sufferings are you and your mother, so quit whining.</p>
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<p>Who the hell said i was complaining? I am happy about my expirience. A lot of people on this board and around the country think that all CC are easy. Which is not the case, some actually simulate academic expirience of a univ.</p>
<p>haha, highschoolda, i'm PRETTY sure they weren't ****ing with me. These kids had 2.8 GPAs and have never passed a chem class at my school, and I witnessed them get passing grades at SMC. Although SMC is a great institution, I would beg to differ with your claims regarding its chem department.
(and if you're wondering why people keep attacking you, its because of this statement that you made:
...Not the one that i went to. Most of the profs there have PhD. Every single one in chemistry dept. Most profs have taught at ucla and other prestigious schools. They taught exactly the same way there. People who transferred have said that even some of the classes at this community college were harder than ucla and cal. I know people who commuted 60 miles to go to this college. </p>
<p>So, i don't know what was up at ur ccc, but this what i went thru last two years.</p>
<p>Have a great day!)</p>
<p>(and if you're wondering why people keep attacking you, its because of this statement that you made:
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<p>Oh yeah my statement is so controversial. Ur claim is ridiculous. Nobody has attacked me. </p>
<p>Oh btw, first u were saying that people were failing chem at el camino and got A's at smc. Now u changed it to failing chem and now ** attaining passing grades**. u would make george bush proud.</p>
<p>Well if you think no one is attacking you, why are you answering in such an offensive manner by saying things like "Who the hell said I was complaining" or "ur claim is ridiculous". You obviously feel attacked. Everytime somebody makes a claim, you check what they said and make a quick counterargument to defend SMC. If you didn't feel attacked, you wouldn't check this post every ten minutes to see how others responded, and thus you wouldn't be using the phrases like the ones I mentioned above.
And excuse me for changing the "A's to passing" thing, the point I was trying to make is that they do much better in the SMC chemistry courses. If you want to get that technical, just remember that an A is under the category of "a passing grade", so I just gave it another name.(and yes i'm sure i'd make george bush happy)</p>
<p>And lastly, when you say things like "So, i don't know what was up at ur ccc, but this what i went thru last two years." you are definitely making a controversial statement by implying that other community colleges are a joke compared to the extreme hardships you encountered at SMC. We'r all sorry you struggled at SMC, and we'r sure you gained a lot, but keep in mind that a lot of us struggled at our ccc's also, so there is no need to come here and state how great you think SMC is because we all think highly of the community college we once attended.</p>
<p>Have a great day.</p>
<p>From what I read it does not sound like highschoolda is complaining.</p>
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why are you answering in such an offensive manner by saying things like "Who the hell said I was complaining" or "ur claim is ridiculous". You obviously feel attacked. Everytime somebody makes a claim, you check what they said and make a quick counterargument to defend SMC. If you didn't feel attacked, you wouldn't check this post every ten minutes to see how others responded, and thus you wouldn't be using the phrases like the ones I mentioned above.
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Thats just my regular tone. I respond that way when people try to put words into my mouth and are unable to understand my point.</p>
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<p>I am studying for my ucla class right now, and also check other things since i am forced to stay home. I am not checking it on purpose and if i were there is nothing wrong w/ that. </p>
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And excuse me for changing the "A's to passing" thing, the point I was trying to make is that they do much better in the SMC chemistry courses. If you want to get that technical, just remember that an A is under the category of "a passing grade", so I just gave it another name.(and yes i'm sure i'd make george bush happy)
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<p>Not many people use passing and acing a class for the same context. Maybe u do, so i'll give the benefit of the doubt. but FYI, most community colleges students start w/ chem 10 at smc which is HS chemistry. Most profs try to simplify that course b/c it's a HS level course. I never took it. So if u're saying those courses are easy, i really don't know cause i never took that course. </p>
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<p>I didn't make that claim. People on this board which I've been a member of for the last 2+ years have read numerous threads reffering to courses as ridiculously easy at some ccc. U've been here since jan and proly didn't read enough messages to note that.</p>
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We'r all sorry you struggled at SMC, and we'r sure you gained a lot, but keep in mind that a lot of us struggled at our ccc's also, so there is no need to come here and state how great you think SMC is because we all think highly of the community college we once attended.
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<p>Who said i struggled at smc???? Again u're unable to comprehend what i am saying and constantly putting words into my mouth. I never said SMC was great. </p>
<p>And again if u can't undestand this I'll simplify it, this thread is for people who say that ALL community colleges are a joke.</p>
<p>Well, if you didn't struggle, then it should have been easy. If at any time you felt that you wouldn't be able to easily get the grade you want, then you struggled. I'm not saying struggling means you did poorly. One can struggle and still succeed.</p>
<p>The amount of time I've been on CC has nothing to do with comprehending what you said. If you didn't mean that SMC is great etc, it certainly sounded like you did. </p>
<p>And finally, if some people here are claiming ccc classes to be rediculously easy, that doesn't necessarily make their ccc a joke. And if people want to think that all ccc's are a joke, let them think that until they are forced to take a physics or chemistry class one day and learn for themselves; this forum will not change their minds, they will just continue to think what they think until they experience the challenge.
I apologize if you felt that I was putting words in your mouth, but you must understand that since we'r all here reading simple text, we cannot understand exactly what you are saying. Your words in text imply much more than what you actually write. For instance if i say "i don't know what you guys went through, but thats not what i encountered my last two years", some people would say that it implies this, "your ccc is trash, and i dont know what kind of retards you guys have as teachers", while others may think you actually mean that you DO NOT KNOW what they have been through. Now if you were in front of us talking, we'd be able to infer what you mean by your physical expressions. So again, I apologize for that.</p>
<p>The chem classes I'm talkin about is gen chem I and o chem I.</p>