It’s that time of year again! The time where the air gets cooler in
So like any hectic season of running around and picking the right Christmas gift, preparation is needed to pick the right class. So what can a student do to prepare and not get trapped into last minute scrapping of just any open course? Well, besides a prayer to even get in a class before they all get the blue box symbol signifying closed, selecting the professor that will give you the least amount of stress is essential.
Somehow, college in a student’s perspective has nothing to do with those long, sleepless nights working on that 10-page paper or stressing about a midterm. Forget about even going to class to listen to boring lectures planned by a dull professor or crippling your fingers with note taking. God forbid, the class you pick challenges your way of thinking.
There is a perfect way to avoid all of this. These days, it is not even a secret anymore. Just like Christmas shopping has become simplified to a click of a mouse with online purchases, so has picking the least stressful class for the spring semester. All those college horrors about that heartless professor who fails everyone in the class can easily be prevented by choosing wisely on RateMyProfessor.com.
In fact, the only time management and pressure a student will have next semester is the months before where research on the easiest professor is crucial and registering in that class is critical. (Gives you more time to worry about holiday shopping, right?)
RateMyProfessor.com is not a new phenomenon for the average college student who is most likely guilty of planning their semester around the easiest instructor on campus. There are over 6.8 million students who have gone to this handy-dandy website and rated a professor at their college.
What is disturbing to know is the quest a student has to divert away from learning in college to doing whatever it takes to get an easy “A” on their transcripts. College has morphed into this learning institution where students do not want to learn, instead want to find the easiest way out of college and with a “hard-earned” degree in their hands.
RateMyProfessor.com is that Internet source that helps students dissect each professor they have encountered and either praises them for their “easyness” or bashes them with no remorse for receiving an “F” in the course.
Since the creation of the site in 1999, over 1 million (and counting) professors have been subject to ironically being graded by their students. Beware if you are one of those professors who actually expect your student to do work in the class because those are the professors that receive the harshest criticisms and a few curse words to add some flavor.
Just like the chaotic Christmas season, and the banging your head against the wall to get all the shopping done in time, having that one instructor that will make your semester miserable is unavoidable. There are no shortcuts, and we all have to face it eventually.
