"I can't parse that."
May. 17th, 2007 11:18![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillNothing says "green professor" like the fact that the TA's (and prof) spend the whole exam period running from raised hand to raised hand. The exam was, shall we say, lacking clarity.
He's a nice guy... but he needs to learn that textbook questions are written as they are for a reason. Getting inventive, or not putting in the exhaustingly nitpicky level of detail that you find in such problems, results in a lot of confusion. Confusion in a subject like biochemistry is bad.
I did pretty well, assuming I understood what was being asked for. I'm rarely in as much doubt as I am this time.
He's a nice guy... but he needs to learn that textbook questions are written as they are for a reason. Getting inventive, or not putting in the exhaustingly nitpicky level of detail that you find in such problems, results in a lot of confusion. Confusion in a subject like biochemistry is bad.
I did pretty well, assuming I understood what was being asked for. I'm rarely in as much doubt as I am this time.
