My first college was a small one in Georgia. In my first semester I was enrolled in College Algebra. Having taken advanced math classes in high school, I couldn't stand it, so I went to the registrars office and demanded that the requirement be waived so I could take a higher course. I was enrolled in a sophomore level trigonometry class. I probably actually attended lectures 3 times the entire semester, never studied for exams, and it was still the easiest A I've ever had.
Marching Band. Basically got an 'A' every fall semester just for going to parties and getting drunk/laid. Oh, and mixing in a football game every Saturday afternoon.
I know what you mean. I took Bowling at 8am M-W-F my first semester but, sadly, I couldn't even get motivated to drop the course, and I just ended up not going to class. So I failed bowling. Fortunately, I took it on T-Th the next semester, got an "A" and erased the "F" from my GPA.
Biology of Autoimmune Disorders - it wasn't easy because of the material, it was easy because the prof hadn't changed his tests/questions in 4 semesters. I got old tests from friends, used them to study, and got the easiest A of my college career.
Hitchcock - We had to watch some of his movies on a big screen and then write a review. Monday- Movie, Wednesday-Discuss, Friday-Paper Due.
Yeah, we called it "Bombs and Rockets." All the kids on the debate team were in the class geeking out on all the scenarios we could spin at the next tournament.
I took a history of rock 'n roll class in college. It was ridiculously easy. The hardest part was getting into the class because athletes had priority registration and always filled it up because it was just about the easiest course you could take.
I missed this class by one year. By the time I decided to take PoliStat (spring 07) the department was revamping it (Alford's classes were getting absurd enrollment numbers, especially with non-majors...i wonder why...) and it was being taught by grad students. I guess I can't complain too much, i acutally learned some statistics and got a relatively easy A. still, i missed out on alford... AND, yeah, Stoll's still teaching "bombs and rockets." i thought about taking it next semester, but it's my last so...i'm trying to minimize the workload (I've seen the text book...3-columned pages with like size 8 font...no thanks).
When I took Music History II (which was basically a graduate level music class and would qualify as the hardest class I've ever taken), we used to get jocks coming in on the first day of class thinking it was History of Rock and Roll. Happened every semester. They just about crapped their pants when they got a look at the syllabus. They would quickly figure out they were in the wrong class and get the hell out of there as fast as they could.
ditto....when i was at San Jac ours met at Hurricane Lanes on Spencer in Pasadena. i think it's got a new name now. that was back in 89 or 90.
oh yeah. Bombs and Rockets. i got the name wrong. Seems like it doesn't apply much anymore, since the Cold War ended.
Probably my art requirement, Sculpture. Because it was an art requirement class for people not studying art, the prof didn't care too much about us. We were graded on 3 or 4 scultures we did, and always got an A. It actually pissed me off because his grading was too lax. One girl said to the class that her sculpture had nothing to do with the assignment (we had to use a material to make a composition that was opposite that material), it was something she just wanted to do -- and it was dumb too, a pile of books -- and she still got an A. I also took a class called Philosophy of Science Fiction, where we read Sci-Fi books and talked about the philosophical underpinnings of the novel. But, it wasn't particularly easy.
Basketball or volleyball??? hmmm I'd go with basketball b/c it was alot easier but I enjoyed the scenery much more in Volleyball
psychology hands down. it was actually a pretty cool course. yeah it's a freshman 101 type course, but it's easy as hell and interesting to boot.
I took a class called "History of US from 1800-Present." It was while I was at Baylor but took it at Mclennan Community College during my last summer. Funny thing, it turned out to be the "History of Racism and Discrimination in the US form 1800-Present". It was actually pretty interesting at times because you got to learn about some pretty crazy events in our history, ie. KKK, indian massacres, womens suffrage, etc. A lot of students were pissed because the focus was not what they thought they we there for; I remember him discussing the depression for like 5 minutes. Anyway, I was worried because we had five books to read and obviously there was no textbook for the material. I showed up until I took the first exan in which I discovered his review the day before was verbatim of questions on the actual test. I have never had a class in which i missed 2/3rd's of the classes, never read a single assigned book and still got an "A"
I took that class at UT my freshman year. History of Rock Music Through 1969. Timothy Leary was a guest lecturer. At the end of the course, you had the option to either take a written final or perform in the class talent show. My first A....got an A, a B, and 3 C's that semester. My old man was pissed!
I forget the official title, but I took a class like "Math for Liberal Arts Majors" that made it up to what I had learned by seventh grade.
HA! Yeah, I could just imagine a jock crapping himself when they start talking about Schoenberg and 12 tone technique and serialism.
