Are subjects hard bc of the content or the professor?

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I feel like no subject is too difficult but rather its the professors that makes it difficult.

Back when I had a twitter people would always cry about how hard it is being a Bio major blah blah blah.

I asked my sister who majored in Bio (she graduated) and she literally said it was easy af.

Also, anytime someone complains about their class, they complain about the amount of work they have to do rather than the actual content itself.

And thats not just bio majors im talking about in general.

Any thoughts on this?
 
Nah man Organic Chemistry would have been hard no matter who the professor was. :lol:

But yeah some teachers just suck at their jobs
 
Every campus and department is different but as a rule STEM classes tend to have higher failure rates than other classes.

When it comes to undergraduate courses, I think that the content and the professors' techniques both account for this disparity. Literature, History, social sciences, behavioral sciences and the arts are all about the human condition. On the other hand, math is separate from our world. Many students just have trouble warping their head around college level math while a decent student will be able to gain at least passing understanding of a non math subject.

There is also the issue of how professors grade. STEM subjects are more objective, for the most part, you understand and can do the math or you cannot and often times half the students in a class cannot do the math. In non math subjects, there is much more subjectivity in the grading. Unless your English paper is utterly incoherent, way too short or you plagiarized, you generally will not get a "D" or "F" so long as you read the material, wrote your paper and cited correctly.

In grad school, that gap closes because literature and humanities classes not only requite that you provide a critique, the professors will much more aggressively critique your critique.
 
It could be a combination of both.
Some subjects are just really hard to grasp.
And some teachers are really passionate about teaching.
 
It's all on the professor/teacher.

Any subject can be learned, even if you have a learning disability.

It just takes the right teacher.

I know I learn better from male professors. Female professors are the worst for me.
 
Nothing taught is hard unless you arent paying attention

Professors are just teaching you something thats right in the book
 
It's some of both.

There are subjects that are difficult because they involve a new way of thinking or a new set of rules/guidelines that complicate a skill you already possess. For example, an art history class could be relatively easy since it involves basic memorization and prior knowledge of history could potentially aid you. For accounting, basic mathematics can be used, but it's different because there are a new set of rules and procedures specific to the subject. Subjects like these are typically more difficult to grasp, especially at first.
 
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It all depends on your professor. But after graduation my school life and life in general going to suck with this food science route.

Heard nothing but bad things about organic chemistry
 
Suberzat1 said:
It all depends on your professor. But after graduation my school life and life in general going to suck with this food science route.

Heard nothing but bad things about organic chemistry
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Jay Patt said:
Suberzat1 said:
It all depends on your professor. But after graduation my school life and life in general going to suck with this food science route.


Heard nothing but bad things about organic chemistry
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Lol too late for that but my boy works for IMB and I applied for the private sector in DC. Never got a word back from them tho...
 
For me if I'm not already interested in the class it's hard for me to pay attention and want to stay in there but there have been times where I went to another teacher and they explained it in a different way and I was good after. Think it's really just a combo of the two things mentioned + a students interest in the subject.
 
Hmm I guess it depends. In college the only class i ever failed was statistics. The professor was a good prof and his teaching was solid, but he taught at a blistering pace.

And I wasnt the only student who failed the class. I dont want to blame the prof because in theory of i wouldve attended every extra study session that he held this wouldnt have been an issue but then I think that why was such a break neck speed required. I meam we were covering 2-3 new sections wvery class, twice a week

Also this was in my third year so i want new to college work
 
BenDover said:
It could be a combination of both.
Some subjects are just really hard to grasp.
And some teachers are really passionate about teaching.
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This is true, but you just have to be honest about it and not play the blame game.  If you've genuinely given your best and it didn't work, then that's okay.  As long you can look in the mirror and not have any guilty recourse, you are fine.  No one's ever going to waltz through life hitting all As.  That's what learning is all about.  Keep in mind there are different methods of learning and teaching.

I approve and support people studying for the future of themselves and society.  OP, you proally have a strict teacher or some issues in school?  Keep your head up and do your best. =)
 
Alot of things factor into comprehending things. He/she's understanding of the subject, the way the teacher explains the subject. Everyone is fairly different.
 
We make it tougher, they make it easier. Humorous professors are well appreciated though
 
AZwildcats said:
Nah man Organic Chemistry would have been hard no matter who the professor was. :lol:

But yeah some teachers just suck at their jobs
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Yup my cost teacher who is also my advisor missed so many classes and didn't even give us a good practice exam and put questions that were way harder and different from what he said..
 
You can learn it,depends on how bad you want it

Before I went to college I acquired some knowledge through Intense training and dedication

Don't get me wrong I'm still not THAT sharp in math but it can be done.
 
The most difficult classes that I took were the ones that had poor instruction from the professors. It's amazing how many professors re-read to you definitions from a textbook and consider that "teaching". I've received A's in some of the most difficult classes and I definitely think that had a lot to do with how the professors prepared me for the final exams.
 
the only subjects ive found to be hard are the ones that are boring and i struggle to care about
 
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