<p>First, she told us to read a whole chapter by next class, I was like ok no problem. Then she told us we would have a quiz that only had five questions. Then she told us that she wuld never give multiple choice questions. ***? Dont you think she should have atleast gave us a study guide? I mean come on this is my future you're playing with woman! I just started college and I got a 20 on my first quiz! I'll admit I cried. What can I do to retain all of the informaton that I read in a chapter so I can tackle any question she brings my way. grrrrrrrr. If college is like this then I wont have any social time. I already think the way people promote college like it is fun is totally bull crap. Am I the only one to go through these motions?</p>
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** She told you the chapter, the number of questions and not to expect multiple guess. That all seems very clear to me. You apparently have not encountered critical reading before. Read more, read better, make notes if you must. Jerk? Nope. Too bad for you on that med school dream.</p>
<p>Honestly, it sounds completely fair to me. Multiple choice tests were very rare for me. Classes typically went through a chapter every week (which is pretty much one class). Study guide? What do you mean by that exactly? Professors sometimes told me what kind of questions to expect , but not always and I never expected it.</p>
<p>"Too bad for you on that med school dream." geez what a low low blow. I deserved it. By read better what do you mean? I read the whole entire chapter. She asked some off the wall question that I did not see coming.</p>
<p>Dont count me out on med school yet I am just taking this as a learning experience. I am taking my pre med at chapel hill, which is why I got so scared. I have came too far to let some reading mess me up.</p>
<p>Focus on developing your critical reading skill. Remember that many times the questions will require "thinking" and not just a quote of material presented. It is clear from your post that you didn't see the questions coming but you have not shared enough information with us. Concepts are important. Many folks arrive at college with poor critical reading skill. I had several small seminar courses where students were tops at their HS and crashed and burned in the course. One student had low writing skill and asked me to edit some of his work........there was NOT enough help for him in an entire semester to make things good. He gladly accepted his grade but became very familiar with the writing center. Critical reading can be learned.</p>
<p>so when you say you "read the chapter"- what did you do, exactly</p>
<p>did you read it once and put the book away</p>
<p>or did you:</p>
<p>take notes, make cards about the important topics, look at the theme, do a time line</p>
<p>did the chapter have a summary?</p>
<p>what subject are we talking about here- each subject can have a different process for retaining the information</p>
<p>science would be different from history, religion or english</p>
<p>in HS, did you jsut read the chapter and were done?</p>
<p>Welcome to college. It's not just a replay of high school. You'll get more and more of these types of quizzes and exams.</p>
<p>Find out what kind of support services or learning assistance your school has. Then use it. That's where they'll help you figure out how to read a chapter, determine what's important, and retain the information.</p>
<p>First ley me apologize for calling my professor a jerk guess a little too much strees. The question was "Auguste comte was a positivist. What would have been some of his modern views and opinions on sociology?" What would have been the appropriate way to approach this question. And what are ways too retain the information from the text.</p>
<p>The class is sociology. Its just a little weird how I blew out my class in high school and I get a 20 on my first quiz. And yes in high school I just read the chapter and aced the quizzes, really I did.</p>
<p>You begin by knowing his views historically. The extrapolation in present time is the "thought" process you need to go through. If you were reading him today...what might he be discussing? Make any sense to you? Sociology is almost always going to be brought to present time in some discussion or another. Get used to that. You have some commonality....he was a physician as I recall and had opinions on research.</p>
<p>well, you first need to make sure you are understanding all the vocabulary of what yo are reading- do you undersstand "Positivist", sociology, who Auguste Comte was- his views, his beliefs, how he got to the place, what others thought of him, what was sociology like in HIS time"</p>
<p>also, something to remember, in college you are an unknown, sometimes in HS, kids who "ace" things are given a free walk- </p>
<p>so you are now just one of a bunch of new kids with no history or whatsoever....so no more easy As</p>
<p>"also, something to remember, in college you are an unknown, sometimes in HS, kids who "ace" things are given a free walk-</p>
<p>so you are now just one of a bunch of new kids with no history or whatsoever....so no more easy As"</p>
<p>I know, I walked on the campus feeling like a million bucks only to realize here is where my real test in life begins.</p>
<p>I also have a question. Is it true that college kids have no social life? The reason is because I haven't had time to meet a single person yet. Everybody just jets to their dorms or library to study. I do it too. I'm just wandering.</p>
<p>no, college students can have great social lives</p>
<p>what school are you at</p>
<p>Oh come on......no time to meet folks?</p>
<p>I'm at chapel hill. Everybody thinks it's a great social school. It is for people that have majors like english or "sociology" lol. just playin. I am always overwhelmed by the beauty of this campus. Who needs a good social life when you study at a place this nice? I even had to break up with my girlfriend because she doesn't understand what its like.</p>
<p>just remember, you are starting all over again, which can be a very good thing</p>
<p>so know there are people who want to meet other people, so just be open to that</p>
<p>and IF you are studying all the time, then you aren't studying smart</p>
<p>"IF you are studying all the time, then you aren't studying smart" </p>
<p>Oh my god!!! lol you just had to say that! How does one study smart? please respond.</p>