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It's not just high school -> college. I remember in elementary school they were always like "oh you think this is hard wait till you're in middle school"
and then in middle school "oh you think this is hard wait till you're in high school"
And then in high school "oh you think this is hard wait till you're in college"
But each step it felt like some things got easier and others got harder but in general it felt like a pretty smooth progression with no major change in difficulty
Because your high school teachers had entirely boomers as their professors(or worse if you had super old high school teachers), but most people here probably had Gen x or millennial professors. The university/college environment has changed.
Not sure why Americans use the word "professor" for any university teacher, but the people with an actual professor degree (two levels above ph.d.) actually were scary. Super self absorbed, too busy to properly teach, hard exams, on one instance you had to buy the latest edition of prof's book to pass.
Regular doctors and doctorants were mostly great though.
You're right, some are absolutely dreadful —I think overall, they're hit and miss. My main tutor in uni was the epitome of the scattery professor archetype, and he was brilliant. He genuinely cared about the teaching side of things, which is probably why his scientific career was only moderately successful. The actual professors I met were either like my tutor, or like what you describe, no midpoints
I have not met one like this, but my uni wasn't top tier. But I had a soon-to-be-professor doctor like this, great guy.
Possibly the people writing these teachers went to college at a different time that the people who visit right now.
Or else they’re just trying to scare students into paying attention
A professor at my school was known to sell his own books as mandatory material to pass his class, with exams aimed more at the content of the book than the actual content seen in class.
Two years ago, his last book released with a digital version only. He put it on a platform full of DRMs and is now renting it to students. Like, you pay it for one semester through an online shop, and then you lose access to it. He was apparently also checking during the exams that everybody had a legal version on their computers.
I honestly can't understand why it's legal and authorized.
Yeah that is some serious bullshit.
The professors I had that taught out of their own book said that we could buy it from the bookstore, buy a printed copy directly from them at cost for ~$30 (printed on regular copy paper in a three ring binder), print it yourself or just use the digital copy for free.
It's ludicrous to me that there are professors out there just bilking students for as much as possible. That being said I paid a $300 studio fee for the same class and I still had to buy everything myself.
Some of the deal weed as well.
Missed a chance at "College Rule(d) Notebook"
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I'm about to start BCA in a tier 2 college near my house(2-4km), wish me luck!
Any tips?