Fail Quotes

[Ibrahim90]

"The studies say that students must study for 5 hours for each test to get an A, 4 hours for a B, etc." - Same as above, despite the fact that he provided zero sources, didn't list a single control, and the fact that I got an A in the class, despite an average of about 10 minutes of studying for each test, which, according to him, should have resulting in me failing.

oh please, I can refute that right now, just by experience. I tend to keep track of how long I study for a given subject's exam, and compile averages at the end (it helps form an assessment of things). here are the results, with commentary:

[spoiler]Sed-strat: 2 hours. grade: A
Analytical and historical geology: 1.7 hours. grade: A+
Physics II: 11 hours. grade: A (two exams were 10 hours, and I made a B and C, one was 8 hours, made an A there, and another was 16 hours, also an A (grade curve saved me here))
Calculus III: 7 hours. grade: D (2)
Mineralogy: 3.4 hours. grade: A
Optical mineralogy: 3 hours. grade: A
Geochemistry: 2.5 hours. grade: B
Structural geology: 8 hours. grade: B (1)
statistics: 1 hour. grade: A.
Geomorphology: 0.8 hours. grade: A
Paleontology: 1 hour. grade: A (one exam I didn't even study for).
German I: 1.7 hours. grade: A+
Ig-met petrology: 3 hours. grade: A- (the exams went very well, but I screwed up a paper, so it knocked me down here).
ArcGIS: 1 hour. grade: B+

all classes average: 1.2 hours (I have a bunch of others, many of which I didn't even study for).

and for context, my GPA is 3.565 at this time. by his logic, I should be lucky to go over a 1.0.







(1)(there is good evidence of fraud involved in my grading here. the guy is the bastard after-all, who gave me an F for one assignment, and an A for a friend of mine, though we came up with the exact same answers independently, so you can't even argue suspicion of cheating. taking that into account (this is not an isolated instance), I should have made an A. he pulled off the same bullshit with my finals exam (took off 5 points for one question over a minor point (srsly, it really was minor), while giving the same friend of mine no deductions for omitting half the correct answer). I am not quite sure why he did this, though I suspect racism, since: a) I can't come up with a better explanation, b) some remarks he made (which I did hear), and c) he did not treat other students like I was. I was the only Arab in class btw. I am open to better explanations though
(2) my quizzes averaged a B+, but as the exam was written by someone else, who didn't know how far we actually progressed (or didn't), we all got fucked over. I failed almost every exam).[/spoiler]

bear in mind, these hours are total hours average per exam per course. I do not typically cram (I think that is a poor way of studying (there are exceptions), since it can tire you out), so some of these could go on for days.

[Travis Retriever]

oh please, I can refute that right now, just by experience. I tend to keep track of how long I study for a given subject's exam, and compile averages at the end (it helps form an assessment of things). here are the results, with commentary:

[spoiler]Sed-strat: 2 hours. grade: A
Analytical and historical geology: 1.7 hours. grade: A+
Physics II: 11 hours. grade: A (two exams were 10 hours, and I made a B and C, one was 8 hours, made an A there, and another was 16 hours, also an A (grade curve saved me here))
Calculus III: 7 hours. grade: D (2)
Mineralogy: 3.4 hours. grade: A
Optical mineralogy: 3 hours. grade: A
Geochemistry: 2.5 hours. grade: B
Structural geology: 8 hours. grade: B (1)
statistics: 1 hour. grade: A.
Geomorphology: 0.8 hours. grade: A
Paleontology: 1 hour. grade: A (one exam I didn't even study for).
German I: 1.7 hours. grade: A+
Ig-met petrology: 3 hours. grade: A- (the exams went very well, but I screwed up a paper, so it knocked me down here).
ArcGIS: 1 hour. grade: B+

all classes average: 1.2 hours (I have a bunch of others, many of which I didn't even study for).

and for context, my GPA is 3.565 at this time. by his logic, I should be lucky to go over a 1.0.







(1)(there is good evidence of fraud involved in my grading here. the guy is the bastard after-all, who gave me an F for one assignment, and an A for a friend of mine, though we came up with the exact same answers independently, so you can't even argue suspicion of cheating. taking that into account (this is not an isolated instance), I should have made an A. he pulled off the same bullshit with my finals exam (took off 5 points for one question over a minor point (srsly, it really was minor), while giving the same friend of mine no deductions for omitting half the correct answer). I am not quite sure why he did this, though I suspect racism, since: a) I can't come up with a better explanation, b) some remarks he made (which I did hear), and c) he did not treat other students like I was. I was the only Arab in class btw. I am open to better explanations though
(2) my quizzes averaged a B+, but as the exam was written by someone else, who didn't know how far we actually progressed (or didn't), we all got fucked over. I failed almost every exam).[/spoiler]

bear in mind, these hours are total hours average per exam per course. I do not typically cram (I think that is a poor way of studying (there are exceptions), since it can tire you out), so some of these could go on for days.

It gets better.  A few years later, I took another class with him.  He said the same thing.  Only instead of "5 hours studying for a college exam for an A" it was now "5 hours of studying for a college exam to get a C."  Again, no sources, no controls.  Hell, he didn't even acknowledge the change or even try to account for it!

[Ibrahim90]

It gets better.  A few years later, I took another class with him.  He said the same thing.  Only instead of "5 hours studying for a college exam for an A" it was now "5 hours of studying for a college exam to get a C."  Again, no sources, no controls.  Hell, he didn't even acknowledge the change or even try to account for it!

my oh my. what do you know, a flip-flopper.

I think the thing he needs to understand is that people's needs vary. there is no such thing as a magical number, that will work for a person(s). or even one for an individual. this is assuming the student or other person puts effort into their work.

EDIT: so does that mean he votes for Romney?

[Ibrahim90]

well, here's a fail I dug out from my time at another forum:

To me, archaeology is only useful for discovery, like finding a new dinosaur that existed, not to re-evaluate or find the truth.

here's my reply, in full:

u alright bro? :inquisitive:

(there was another quote here, by a guy making fun of the original fail comment above.)

I wonder if that's Kirk Cameron in disguise, based on that comment. :laugh4:

@ 1:00

srsly people:

this guy (Ibrahim), is a paleontology student. his job, if he graduates is to dig for fossil life-specifically animals-then study them. the operative word here is "study them"

an archeologist, like say Indiana Jones :clown: or the fellows who work on Mayan cities, dig up ancient human artifacts to study. the operative word here is, again, "study them"

is it really this ******* hard to understand the difference?!

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?129715-Pritanoi-%28and-Casse%29-Generals-Innacurate/page3 (post #63)

[AnCap Dave]

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According to Maher, the whole thing about SOPA destroying the internet as we know it is just a red herring, because white people want a means to steal from him.

Also, Maher has a lot of nerve saying anything about people just wanting free shit, especially considering he is a major supporter of not only the welfare state, but of socialism itself.

[Travis Retriever]

my oh my. what do you know, a flip-flopper.

I think the thing he needs to understand is that people's needs vary. there is no such thing as a magical number, that will work for a person(s). or even one for an individual. this is assuming the student or other person puts effort into their work.

EDIT: so does that mean he votes for Romney?

He tends to lean to the left, so he's probably an Obama voter.

[Ibrahim90]

He tends to lean to the left, so he's probably an Obama voter.

I was being facetious, but OK. 

[Travis Retriever]

I was being facetious, but OK. 

Kind of hard to tell through a comment when I don't know you very well.

[Goaticus]

It's pretty hard to tell when someone is being facetious. When I was on AronRa's channel some creationist asked me why I was on his channel ripping on the pack of creatards that was posting. I told him I was on his channel because I knew him from his other channel devoted to early 90's gangster rap. Two hours later the same creationist through a fit because he claimed he spent all that time searching for it.

[Ibrahim90]

actually, even my friends in real life have a hard time telling if I am serious or joking, so I don't really mind. It seems I'm great at deadpanning even online

for example: here's conversation I had with a good friend of mine:

Friend: "recently received a fist-pound for knowing the difference between "immoral" and "amoral""

me: wait, someone punched you? that's not right

Friend (to me and some others): It would be considered validating, or perhaps congratulatory.

me: so wait, does that mean Ethan likes being congratulated by punching?

Friend: I can never tell when you're joking, but in case you really don't know, a "fist-pound" is a cordial meeting of the fists, meant to express good will.

me: yeah, I was joking. my sense of humor is pretty messed up, as you know. just the other day I made a morbid joke about hot-air balloon proposals XD

the joke I refer to was that a writing professor said people tend to propose marriage on hot-air balloons as fashion: I quipped that of course it's fashionable-the Lady can't say no, since the proposer can always push her off.

[Ibrahim90]

sorry, unless it is an emergency, we can't bring in the maintenance.

this was after the whole dorm building lost its internet (lord knows why), and people went to the front desk asking to get the maintenance people who deal with the interwebz to come over-since you know, it's their job to!

so yeah, if you have a homework, wait until people get done in the computer lab, whose internet connection is slower than a snail's. sheesh.

[AnCap Dave]

"The problem is nobody has defined what 'being conservative'  means and that is our problem. Conservative means we have smaller government and more liberty." - Ron Paul

Ugh, he continues to perpetrate this false idea that conservatives are anything but just another branch of big government politics.

[AnCap Dave]

This fail is related to the story I posted about the East Haven cops being arrested for racial profiling.

Well, the mayor of East Haven, Joe Maturo, was interviewed by a New York news station and gave us this huge pile of fail.

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[Goaticus]

For those of you who haven't figured out I really don't like Rick Santorum.

"And so to embrace her and to love her and to support her and get her through this very difficult time, I've always, you know, I believe and I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created - in the sense of rape - but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you.

"As you know, we have to, in lots of different aspects of our life we have horrible things happen. I can't think of anything more horrible, but nevertheless, we have to make the best out of a bad situation and I would make the argument that that is making the best"

Shane may need to add a new award to his podcast called douche of the week. Seriously, I don't want to give Rick Santorum a response so much as a hatchet wound to the face. Make the best of that Rick.

[Travis Retriever]

For those of you who haven't figured out I really don't like Rick Santorum.

"And so to embrace her and to love her and to support her and get her through this very difficult time, I've always, you know, I believe and I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created - in the sense of rape - but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you.

"As you know, we have to, in lots of different aspects of our life we have horrible things happen. I can't think of anything more horrible, but nevertheless, we have to make the best out of a bad situation and I would make the argument that that is making the best"

Shane may need to add a new award to his podcast called douche of the week. Seriously, I don't want to give Rick Santorum a response so much as a hatchet wound to the face. Make the best of that Rick.

Or fucktard of the year...