Whats good to do is nearing the end, get participants for a complete "study guide", get everyone to do THOROUGH answers for 2 units each, and then just study that
Only read the readings you need for the discussions/paper.
Easy class, big courseload.
I'd keep it and probably drop something where you actually need to do the readings and keep up with stuff.
Btw, if you drop something now, don't you get a W on your academic record? (Or does that even count for anything?)
If you don't mind not getting any refund for your dropped courses, I think it would be in your best interest to drop ENGL 332. From my experience, if you take more courses than you can handle, you GPA and CGPA will suffer.
Fortunately, HIST 338 has a rather light workload and as long as your start your research project early and manage your time wisely, you should breeze through that course. If you need any help in deciding a topic, PM me.
In the end, the decision is yours and I hope everything works out for you.
Just work on the chapter questions for review and it will cut down the work for you by at least 85%.
Whats good to do is nearing the end, get participants for a complete "study guide", get everyone to do THOROUGH answers for 2 units each, and then just study that
What? You get participation marks for completing a study guide? We get all our participation marks from the class discussions.
I'd keep it and probably drop something where you actually need to do the readings and keep up with stuff.
What I recommend is that you look over your course material and see if it will give you too much work cause you too much stress in the coming months. Afterward, you will have to decide rather you will stay or drop the course.
Btw, if you drop something now, don't you get a W on your academic record? (Or does that even count for anything?)
Yes, you get a WD for Withdrawal if you drop a course now. We had discussions regarding the WD notation in the past and most of us agreed that it is rather harmless if you don't have too many of them.
Just work on the chapter questions for review and it will cut down the work for you by at least 85%.
What? You get participation marks for completing a study guide? We get all our participation marks from the class discussions.
What I recommend is that you look over your course material and see if it will give you too much work cause you too much stress in the coming months. Afterward, you will have to decide rather you will stay or drop the course.
Yes, you get a WD for Withdrawal if you drop a course now. We had discussions regarding the WD notation in the past and most of us agreed that it is rather harmless if you don't have too many of them.
Nono. Someone actually set up this thing where people volunteered--participants** not participation-- to do the answers to 2 units (we had some overlap but around 17-18 people) and all units 1-26 were covered. Using that, we just studied it in order to prepare for the final exam. I didn't end up reading all the readings but for the ones I didn't, it did provide the information that was necessary for the final.
Nono. Someone actually set up this thing where people volunteered--participants** not participation-- to do the answers to 2 units (we had some overlap but around 17-18 people) and all units 1-26 were covered.
Oh I see. I wish my semester had this sort of team work. We can't even organize a study group with more than two people showing up.
Using that, we just studied it in order to prepare for the final exam. I didn't end up reading all the readings but for the ones I didn't, it did provide the information that was necessary for the final.
Which, depending on your perspective, is fortunate or unfortunate. It is unforunate in that we didn't get the sort of efficient group studying that you guys had. But at the same time, less people will be competeing against me for the As.
Funny thing is we didn't do in a "study group" per say. We had one main organizer.
Everyone sent their units to her. She compiled it, and sent it back to everyone who contributed. Anyone who didn't contribute in a "satisfactory" manner or was late to send it before a certain period, well, they didn't get it. It was pretty long...like 60 some pages.
It all worked out in the end. Pretty convenient actually.
To tell you the truth, I don't know if it was curved or not.
However, I am rather cautious in helping or telling someone something that could end up doing really terrible harm to me. I still remember something my Grade 9 English teacher said that really struck a nerve in me. He once said to me that every point my classmates get is one point against me as I enter my high school senior year and post-secondary.
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Shiet the course readings for those are nuts!
Whats good to do is nearing the end, get participants for a complete "study guide", get everyone to do THOROUGH answers for 2 units each, and then just study that
Only read the readings you need for the discussions/paper.
Easy class, big courseload.
I'd keep it and probably drop something where you actually need to do the readings and keep up with stuff.
Btw, if you drop something now, don't you get a W on your academic record? (Or does that even count for anything?)
Fortunately, HIST 338 has a rather light workload and as long as your start your research project early and manage your time wisely, you should breeze through that course. If you need any help in deciding a topic, PM me.
In the end, the decision is yours and I hope everything works out for you. Oh, you have taken HIST 338: WWII as well. Look, like I said to Lixie last semester http://www.talksfu.ca/showthread.php?t=5985
Just work on the chapter questions for review and it will cut down the work for you by at least 85%. What? You get participation marks for completing a study guide? We get all our participation marks from the class discussions. What I recommend is that you look over your course material and see if it will give you too much work cause you too much stress in the coming months. Afterward, you will have to decide rather you will stay or drop the course. Yes, you get a WD for Withdrawal if you drop a course now. We had discussions regarding the WD notation in the past and most of us agreed that it is rather harmless if you don't have too many of them.
Nono. Someone actually set up this thing where people volunteered--participants** not participation-- to do the answers to 2 units (we had some overlap but around 17-18 people) and all units 1-26 were covered. Using that, we just studied it in order to prepare for the final exam. I didn't end up reading all the readings but for the ones I didn't, it did provide the information that was necessary for the final.
Everyone sent their units to her. She compiled it, and sent it back to everyone who contributed. Anyone who didn't contribute in a "satisfactory" manner or was late to send it before a certain period, well, they didn't get it. It was pretty long...like 60 some pages.
It all worked out in the end. Pretty convenient actually.
Your class was curved? Ours wasn't apparently.
However, I am rather cautious in helping or telling someone something that could end up doing really terrible harm to me. I still remember something my Grade 9 English teacher said that really struck a nerve in me. He once said to me that every point my classmates get is one point against me as I enter my high school senior year and post-secondary.