DigiTan
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Well, it's finals time again and keeping with personal tradition, I'm kicking myself and just about everything else in sight over the crappy grades I'm getting in my EE classes. If I could describe my college experience, it would in one word: torture.
When I was in highschool, I always imaged I'd be solving meaning full problems in college. Now in my senior year, I find that all the emphasis is on dismal proofs and theories. There's no design, no implimentation, absolutely no material to link all this endless theory to practical circuit design. I signed on to be an electrical Engineer, not an electrical theories. The worst part is, I'm getting my ass kicked by suck-ups, cheaters, and know-it-alls that don't know jack **** about circuit building. And none of them have outside projects. None. Yet I'm the one with ****-for-grades! But they are good at taking tests, and that's all schools care about. It's like the freaking twilight zone.
Even worse, you get these ******* professors that shell out assignments like it's your only god damn class. For 2 semesters I've had to put my Etchlab and SafeGuard projects on hold so I could do endless textbook excercises. I never get to put anything into practice anymore, just to paper. Only 16 credit hours and I can't even do my ******* laundry.
Anyway, you've probably guess I'm pissed off at the whole situation. I keep a good sence of humor, but when grades come in I'm in a constant rage. Every semester I wind up sending my fist through a wall or wanting to bash my brains out because I can't stop repeating classes. When you make A's in this place, they treat you like a god; fail, and you're just some dumb kid or a party animal. I've tried everything to get my scores up and no matter what I try, I just can't win. It's like I'm god damn Wily Coyote over here.
One thing this place has taught me is you've got to know when to quit. The experience is so miserable I'm thinking of just giving up on my degree. I hate the classes, hate the teachers, hate the students, hate the buildings. Problem is, I've been doing this since I was 10, and I don't figure my life would have meaning otherwise, as it's the only thing I'm good at. But my grades are getting so low, I only see two possible futures: (1) a crappy $5/hr job, or (2) crime. I don't know what the hell I should do.
Anyway, I wanted to get some feedback here. (1) Are most engineering jobs this miserable? Because if they are, I'm not sticking around for any more of this. Second (2) how closely do they look at GPA? Third (3) was is/was you grade strategy? I'm not as stupid as my grades make me look, but I am a kinestetic learner which means boring lectures don't really do it for me. If anyone needs me, I'll be out beating someone senseless.
When I was in highschool, I always imaged I'd be solving meaning full problems in college. Now in my senior year, I find that all the emphasis is on dismal proofs and theories. There's no design, no implimentation, absolutely no material to link all this endless theory to practical circuit design. I signed on to be an electrical Engineer, not an electrical theories. The worst part is, I'm getting my ass kicked by suck-ups, cheaters, and know-it-alls that don't know jack **** about circuit building. And none of them have outside projects. None. Yet I'm the one with ****-for-grades! But they are good at taking tests, and that's all schools care about. It's like the freaking twilight zone.
Even worse, you get these ******* professors that shell out assignments like it's your only god damn class. For 2 semesters I've had to put my Etchlab and SafeGuard projects on hold so I could do endless textbook excercises. I never get to put anything into practice anymore, just to paper. Only 16 credit hours and I can't even do my ******* laundry.
Anyway, you've probably guess I'm pissed off at the whole situation. I keep a good sence of humor, but when grades come in I'm in a constant rage. Every semester I wind up sending my fist through a wall or wanting to bash my brains out because I can't stop repeating classes. When you make A's in this place, they treat you like a god; fail, and you're just some dumb kid or a party animal. I've tried everything to get my scores up and no matter what I try, I just can't win. It's like I'm god damn Wily Coyote over here.
One thing this place has taught me is you've got to know when to quit. The experience is so miserable I'm thinking of just giving up on my degree. I hate the classes, hate the teachers, hate the students, hate the buildings. Problem is, I've been doing this since I was 10, and I don't figure my life would have meaning otherwise, as it's the only thing I'm good at. But my grades are getting so low, I only see two possible futures: (1) a crappy $5/hr job, or (2) crime. I don't know what the hell I should do.
Anyway, I wanted to get some feedback here. (1) Are most engineering jobs this miserable? Because if they are, I'm not sticking around for any more of this. Second (2) how closely do they look at GPA? Third (3) was is/was you grade strategy? I'm not as stupid as my grades make me look, but I am a kinestetic learner which means boring lectures don't really do it for me. If anyone needs me, I'll be out beating someone senseless.