Lab professor taking off points for being too slow
how would you feel if your professor will take points off your participation grade if you're doing stuff too slow? my professor said that'll happen to me if i don't hurry up... even though there's still over an hour left of class... also, you get points off if your results have significant error in them too. like wtf? you want me to work fast AND not make any mistakes? >.<
February 4, 2015
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[quote=Archetype]Frustrating but I had a professor like this in first year who used a similar method for time management. Suffice to say after the first round of lost marks no one repeated the mistake.[/quote]
That.
Frustrating but I had a professor like this in first year who used a similar method for time management. Suffice to say after the first round of lost marks no one repeated the mistake.
this is why I hate labs. glad i'm done with 'em.
I always managed to talk my way out of unnecessary point reduction like that, though.
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Sounds just about like any lab in uni or even high school to me
[quote=simaini]@nonsonofronz @avatar
i'm taking analytical now and it's the class i'm talking about here >.<i took orgo 1,2 and biochem 1 lab and none of them took off points for taking your time, which is why i am kinda mad about this now. i guess i am making a big deal out of not such a big deal. i guess i was just mad at something else that happened in the class and my last lab report in biochem was ~30 pages. my other ones were around 10 pages too.[/quote]
what was your lab report on that needed 30 pages of writing?
@nonsonofronz @avatar
i'm taking analytical now and it's the class i'm talking about here >.<i took orgo 1,2 and biochem 1 lab and none of them took off points for taking your time, which is why i am kinda mad about this now. i guess i am making a big deal out of not such a big deal. i guess i was just mad at something else that happened in the class and my last lab report in biochem was ~30 pages. my other ones were around 10 pages too.
Hmmm in my lab we do lose marks for being slow. In my lab we start off with 10 performance marks and the TA's will take off marks if you don't have your lab coat/glasses, have to stay longer than everyone, don't work safely, etc.
@Nonsonofronz there is no way you have to write 20+ pages for your analytical chem class that's bs. I took that class, took organic chem I, II, general chem,physical chem, biochem I, and I just finished molecular biology. I had to write 2 formal lab reports for my molecular biology class encompassing 5 lab experiments in one report and my report (including abstract, intro, everything) was only 12 pages. Not to mention I write mini lab reports every week for all of my other classes and don't come near 20 pages.
[quote=Reticent]I'm glad I don't have that. But we do get threatened to be kicked out of lab if we don't know what we're doing and if you're kicked out of lab, you fail the lab/class. e.e But our lab reports are so long because we have to analyze why we had significant error and analyze what the results mean for the unknown and what each part of the lab was meant to display and a bunch of follow up questions.[/quote]
I completely understand that struggle.
I took an analytical chemistry lab this past summer and we had 9 experiments that had reports and each one of them was 20+ pages. (And try doing three of those a week)
My orgo II lab isn't too terrible now and our reports are only about half of that. I'm a chem major and I can only imagine what the reports are like when I take upper level labs.
If you finished the lab with plenty of time left, then your professor was probably just warning you about the time limit. If this was the case, I'm not sure why you're making such a big deal out of this.
I'm glad I don't have that. But we do get threatened to be kicked out of lab if we don't know what we're doing and if you're kicked out of lab, you fail the lab/class. e.e But our lab reports are so long because we have to analyze why we had significant error and analyze what the results mean for the unknown and what each part of the lab was meant to display and a bunch of follow up questions.
[quote=BabysAreFood]if you're working too slowly, it can be a sign that you haven't read over the lab procedures thoroughly. before lab, you should have a general understanding of how the lab will go, why you are doing each step, and how you will manage the time.[/quote]
i do read over the lab procedures thoroughly. i just take longer to measure the liquids out and stuff. and there was over an hour left and i was almost done with the lab.
they dont do that for me (im in 10th grade), but I can see that happening in college. I think he wants to make sure that you read over the lab
That's how it works when we have lab...
I don't see anything wrong with this. o.o
if you're working too slowly, it can be a sign that you haven't read over the lab procedures thoroughly. before lab, you should have a general understanding of how the lab will go, why you are doing each step, and how you will manage the time.