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That’s school all the way through bachelors. The emphasis of school is the deadline and the test score, not the application. Until that is turned around, no on
by culopatin 5y ago
That’s school all the way through bachelors.
The emphasis of school is the deadline and the test score, not the application. Until that is turned around, no one is going to miss a deadline because they spent more time trying to get a deeper understanding of something.
Personal story below:
I failed my first round of Calc II because of trying to get a deeper understanding of something. The professor wrote the theory of limit on the board, talked about it for 1 minute and moved on. I went to the library and tried to teach myself theory of limit to get to the point of saying “ah yeah it’s true because X”. Well, the class moved on past me and I was still stuck in theory of limit, I was never able to catch up. This has been a big big problem for me. I was doing school wrong. My friends were able to just move on without understanding anything as long as they knew the mechanics to solve the test problems. I wanted to LEARN the content. I dropped out.
This was not in the US, my classes were 4h long, no breaks and 200 people in the classroom at a much higher pace. I now go to school in the US and I hold a 4.0 GPA while working full time and I don’t think I’ve felt 1/100 of the stress I felt back then, the difference? Well I just submit what I need to at the deadline and be done. I only want the degree for the resume cred and my job pays for it.
Masters are different though, at least the ones that require research. I see it through helping my girlfriend in MoCell Bio