The thing is... those past exams are SO easy in comparison.  It's just a bit frustrating to think that someone in the same course had something SO simple as 'state this theory', whereas our class gets 3 hours for only 12 different problems.

Lol, I don't mind, in a sense, because I like a challenge in math... it's just amazing to see how much of a difference the teacher you get can ~really~ make.

Post edited at 9:39 am on Dec. 13, 2008 by broke

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it can DEFINITELY make a difference. if you hate your teacher then you might subconsciously not work as hard and therefore do much worse than you would otherwise.

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Haha, that's true too.  I really like this math teacher, and because I really like math, I enjoy the questions (though I may not do well).

Let's put it this way, on his second midterm, if you got a 68% or higher, you got an A.  A 24% would get you a D.  But the practice finals we were looking at... they were so easy -__-'.

In high school we did maths practice papers from other schools, and the difference was insane.

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Is there any kind of scaling process at the end of the semester/year? To even it out?  

In high school we did maths practice papers from other schools, and the difference was insane.

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Yeah, thankfully there is.  If you look at the post above... on the second midterm, if you got a 68% or higher, you got an A (just goes to show you how the majority of people did... and that's out of around 200 people).  That's why I don't mind... I can do relatively well..  But the scaling will only go so far, and while I could guarantee myself an A in a class like the other one, I can't do that on this final.  It not only depends on how I do, but how the rest of the class does (and some of those people have already learned all this material before).