<p>I’ve been in classes where the average was that low (not quite that low), and honestly I’m not feeling the problem. It just makes it a hard course. I’m assuming that some of the students did very well? So it’s not like the material is absolutely impossible.</p>
<p>“He then finds that out of 20 questions, about 18 of them were not covered at all or very little in class.”</p>
<p>Was the material in the books? Because if so then that’s fine - the idea that everything on a test should have been covered explicitly in class is a very recent one.</p>
<p>The prof has to keep the standard of the course relatively constant from year to year, so a grade means the same in 2011 as it did in 2010. Maybe this year the class is just not as smart, on average?</p>
<p>It does suck to be in that class, I’m sure, but it should be some prep for medical school at least…</p>