Is it fair to put someone in an exam with as much as 10 % off before they start?

studentphil

parmaviolette wrote: »

A tiny amount of research would have told you that you could have changed to any other humanities course after your first year, and gone straight into the second year of another course. And all uni courses are harder than school.

I was completely stuck because I had not done the right modules outside my subject to be able to transfer.

Lusignan

This has got to be a wind-up, it really has. This can't be for real.

studentphil

scorpio_princess wrote: »

:eek: You didn't think Philosophy was heavy on reading? Are you for real?! What on earth did you think was involved in studying Philosophy? Watching movies and reading picture books? All degree courses require a significant amount of reading - much, much more than at A level - but arts/humanities courses especially so.

It was an error on my part that I just did not really know enough about higher education to know how much reading was involved. That was my fault and my error I know.

Lusignan

studentphil wrote: »

I see that, but when it might take me two days to read one article, there is not really time to read it another 2 times over.

Of course not - it would cut into your posting time on here. :eek: You've made your priorities clear.

studentphil

Lusignan wrote: »

This has got to be a wind-up, it really has. This can't be for real.

I find it hard to admit I am a failure and have huge problems for the reasons that it would involve hurting my parents and they would be heart broken to think I was dying inside sometimes and they blame themselves.

Maybe you can not understand that but I am very concerned about hurting my parents.

3plus1

Lusignan wrote: »

This has got to be a wind-up, it really has. This can't be for real.

I do often ponder the deep philosophical question: what is the difference between studentphil and a troll?

Sorry Phil, but you have to admit that unlike every other poster on this site, when advice is offered you don't even consider it. MSE is full of people bursting with the desire to help out complete strangers, with personal experience and insights from their professional lives, but you don't seem to have taken advantage of this? You always ask for help... but you never accept it. Is there a reason why you don't want to be successful? Because the key to making something of yourself is knowing when to accept help from others and give up struggling alone.

Lusignan

This thread is pointless, and now it's got boring. See you all elsewhere on the forum.

studentphil

Lusignan wrote: »

Of course not - it would cut into your posting time on here. :eek: You've made your priorities clear.

Well, more I postmy concerns here because it allows me to deal with my feelings in a way that will not hurt my parents and involve them blaming themselves for my failure. It allows me to deal with my problem in a private way.

Lusignan

studentphil wrote: »

It allows me to deal with my problem in a private way.

:rotfl: On a forum potentially read by 100,000 people? And there's no evidence here whatsoever that you're dealing with anything - you're just annoying people and apparently have been doing so since last summer. It has novelty value from time to time, I grant you, but I don't think anyone's taking you at all seriously.

studentphil

3plus1 wrote: »

I do often ponder the deep philosophical question: what is the difference between studentphil and a troll?

Sorry Phil, but you have to admit that unlike every other poster on this site, when advice is offered you don't even consider it. MSE is full of people bursting with the desire to help out complete strangers, with personal experience and insights from their professional lives, but you don't seem to have taken advantage of this? You always ask for help... but you never accept it. Is there a reason why you don't want to be successful? Because the key to making something of yourself is knowing when to accept help from others and give up struggling alone.

Because I can only ever seek help that I can do in private that my parents won't know about. Because if my parents were to know how unhappy and how much of a failure I am at university then they were blame themselves for allowing me to take this path in my life or for even having me at all.
So I have to suffer somewhat in private to protect them.