Anyone taken this course with him? He gives you a choice between writing a midterm or writing a term paper. Either one worth 40%. Which is the easier choice with him??
I have him for this semester. I chose essay, did it in 6 hours straight, got 20/30.
He is notorious for being an ass when it came to marking the final/midterms. Although surprisingly, practically everyone but me and 5 others chose midterm.
For an easy (not the best) marks, go with the essays. For the best marks you can possibly get (but for an unreasonable amount of studying time, in my opinion), go for the midterms.
Oh, and just a side note, I switched the crim 135 from Mollard to Bowbrick early this semester.
Anyone who has mollard should also do the same... for the 4 weeks I was there, we made very little progress, which made me think that in the midterm, I would have to study by myself.
Bowbrick was already 1/3 through the course material... he's a hardass, but a much better alternative than Mollard.
Who is your TA? Participation seems to be worth a lot (20%) how often do you need to talk in tutorials to get full marks? I was originally in CRIM 135 last semester with Boyd (Dist Ed) but dropped it two days before the semester started because I didn't want to write 4 essays
To be honest, I live right beside the Burnaby campus, so I barely went to any of the tutorials which was 8:30 in the morning in surrey. TA changes every semester, so telling you my TA name is useless.
I remember on the rare occasions that I did show up to the tutorials, she would look at me as if she wants me to say something. Whenever I did, she was so happy that at the end of the tutorial, she thanked the group for being so enthusiastic about participating.
So participation is basically encouraged, but the tutorial was like any other tutorial; a very few people would participate frequently, while the other people simply just stayed silent. The prof at the beginning of the class did scare the students that he was dead serious when it comes to the participation, but he also said that even if you ask stupid, moronic questions, you would get these marks.
Now that my final exam for this course is nearing, I realized that if I had actually woken up on time, went there and spoke even a single sentence per tutorial, I wouldn't need 70 per cent on my final exam just to get a C-.....
Dont make the same mistakes, my good fellow student. Go there, and talk some stupid crap. At least you will be 20 percent above others.
I don't understand how people can give up the easiest 10-20% of their life just for participation. I wish it was 100% rather than mid-terms and term papers. It's ridiculous. Like from a logical standpoint, all you have to do is talk compared to sitting at home on your ass for hours studying or working on a paper. Blows my mind. (sorry to sound condescending but I'm actually confused lol)
There are individuals out there that actually do not want to speak to others. This is not them being shy; they might have an actual psychological disorder.
I was just lazy and didn't bother waking up at 6am and transit 2 hours there and back to go to a tutorial that only lasted for an hour, but I do know people who honestly cannot speak in a group/do not want to speak to strangers at all.
And I would rather work on an essay/listen than to talk to others. I like essays. Merely personal preference
Yeah sorry I didn't mean to speak directly to you, that wasn't a reply to you at all, should have pointed that out my bad.
But come on, you can't just put it as a psychological disorder. I know all about mental disorders from my crim classes haha and I truly have a bunch of disorders myself according to the DSM-IV-TR. But I think the underlying issue here is people care too much about being ridiculed in the minds of others and care about others think of them.
So it's not really shyness either. People just care too much about what other people think. My attitude is, fuck em'. Lol. More people should just not give a fuck and say whatever you want, because at the end of the day, you're paying for that tutorial and you deserve that 10-20% participation. And to throw it away like that is just wasteful.
There are also the bunch of people who do care too much about others' perceptions towards them, and how others would think of them when they speak.
But I have a friend in BCIT that is literally unable to speak to females. He just cannot go at it. Even he does not know the reason for it; he gets stuck, and cannot speak directly at them.
And no, I wasn't taking your comment directly at me, I was just stating that there are people who do have huge problems speaking to/in front of new people.
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He is notorious for being an ass when it came to marking the final/midterms. Although surprisingly, practically everyone but me and 5 others chose midterm.
For an easy (not the best) marks, go with the essays. For the best marks you can possibly get (but for an unreasonable amount of studying time, in my opinion), go for the midterms.
Anyone who has mollard should also do the same... for the 4 weeks I was there, we made very little progress, which made me think that in the midterm, I would have to study by myself.
Bowbrick was already 1/3 through the course material... he's a hardass, but a much better alternative than Mollard.
I remember on the rare occasions that I did show up to the tutorials, she would look at me as if she wants me to say something. Whenever I did, she was so happy that at the end of the tutorial, she thanked the group for being so enthusiastic about participating.
So participation is basically encouraged, but the tutorial was like any other tutorial; a very few people would participate frequently, while the other people simply just stayed silent. The prof at the beginning of the class did scare the students that he was dead serious when it comes to the participation, but he also said that even if you ask stupid, moronic questions, you would get these marks.
Now that my final exam for this course is nearing, I realized that if I had actually woken up on time, went there and spoke even a single sentence per tutorial, I wouldn't need 70 per cent on my final exam just to get a C-.....
Dont make the same mistakes, my good fellow student. Go there, and talk some stupid crap. At least you will be 20 percent above others.
There are individuals out there that actually do not want to speak to others. This is not them being shy; they might have an actual psychological disorder.
I was just lazy and didn't bother waking up at 6am and transit 2 hours there and back to go to a tutorial that only lasted for an hour, but I do know people who honestly cannot speak in a group/do not want to speak to strangers at all.
And I would rather work on an essay/listen than to talk to others. I like essays. Merely personal preference
But I have a friend in BCIT that is literally unable to speak to females. He just cannot go at it.
Even he does not know the reason for it; he gets stuck, and cannot speak directly at them.
And no, I wasn't taking your comment directly at me, I was just stating that there are people who do have huge problems speaking to/in front of new people.