Re:Being a student isn't easy, it requires actual work
by xyzzyz on Friday October 29, 2010 @04:10PM
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>It was hell. But in retrospect it turned out amazingly well.
Sure it did, but poor teaching was not the reason, the difficulty was. My university has special courses on most fundamental topics, the difficulty of which is ridiculously high compared to regular ones (which are much more difficult than on most other schools in my country anyway). Although these are taken mostly by really great minds, completing them with good grade is next to impossible without spending a lot of time on research, discussion with friends and instructors, and problem solving. Having that done, problems on regular exams seem trivial, and possibility of someone not being able to solve them is unimaginable.
Sure it did, but poor teaching was not the reason, the difficulty was. My university has special courses on most fundamental topics, the difficulty of which is ridiculously high compared to regular ones (which are much more difficult than on most other schools in my country anyway). Although these are taken mostly by really great minds, completing them with good grade is next to impossible without spending a lot of time on research, discussion with friends and instructors, and problem solving. Having that done, problems on regular exams seem trivial, and possibility of someone not being able to solve them is unimaginable.