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Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by rb808 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @07:45PM (#15524250)
I didn't go to college in the US so I'm a bit surprised:

A's come with perks - seriously? Maybe when you're 6 that is a thing, when you're 20 I thought you'd grown out of that.

Asking questions in class - I hate these people, 50-200 people have to listen while some prima donna wants all the attention.

After one of my intro sessions, a freshman from Idaho blurted out: “Awesome class! It’s like you stuck my fingers in a light socket.” I laughed and invited her to speed walk with me around the local park - I guess arse lickers are everywhere.

Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by mto on Sunday October 22, 2017 @06:05AM (#15525977)
Well it was up to 700 for me. At least in the first years. Also felt the questions were annoying there. Especially because it was so basic stuff you can find everywhere in the internet. In the specialized courses in the master there were often only 2-20 people and this was completely different, with topics that are state of the art in research and material you can't find online so easily.
Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by Rapzid on Sunday October 22, 2017 @12:02AM (#15525101)
I think the class size is a detriment to asking questions.. My high school had ~30 max to a class.. In either case, a smart person asking a question is sometimes good because it's often a question others have but don't want to ask. Same thing in business; sometimes people will ask questions just so others can hear the answers.