College Experiences: A Mixed Bag of Success, Failure, and Inconsistent Education

College experiences vary widely, impacting students' academic success and personal growth.

### Things I Hate About College
* 😠 **Inconsistent experiences:** Many students struggle in college, with some finding themselves while others drop out after losing thousands of dollars.
* 🤯 **Misleading attendance policies:**  Contrary to popular belief, many classes heavily weigh attendance, impacting grades significantly.
* 😡 **Unfair and arbitrary grading:** A frustrating experience with an engineering orientation class highlighted the absurdity of attendance policies and professorial power.  The professor refused attendance to the student, making him look like an idiot in front of the class.
* 😫 **Inconsistent class quality:** The author experienced drastically different teaching styles for the same course, with one professor being extremely lenient and the other incredibly strict, leading to vastly different outcomes for students.  "Are you seeing the problem here?"
* 💔 **Outdated education system:** The current system is criticized for its arbitrary subject choices and grading systems, which are seen as ineffective and demotivating.
* 📚 **Subjectivity of college value:** While the author expresses negative experiences, they ultimately acknowledge college's value in providing opportunities for personal growth and friendships.
* 🤔 **Contextual value:** The author concludes that the worth of college is highly dependent on individual circumstances and goals, emphasizing its potential value for specific career paths.
* 😄 **Positive aspects:** Despite the negatives, the author emphasizes the positive aspects of college, including personal growth, friendships, and opportunities for exploration.

Things I hate about college

cooper galanis

Negative Aspects of College: Attendance and Inflexible Policies

Many students struggle in college, with some dropping out.

Contrary to expectations, many classes have mandatory attendance policies with significant grading impact.

A useless orientation class with attendance-based grading is described, highlighting inflexible policies.

The narrator's experience of being denied attendance despite technical issues and the professor's unresponsiveness.

Enrolling in a college class is compared to being subjected to the whims of an all-powerful entity controlling future outcomes.

Inconsistent Grading and Professorial Approaches

The narrator's experience in a Japanese class where the professor's strict attendance policy resulted in a lower grade despite minimal absences.

The narrator and friends experienced stark differences in the same music appreciation class taught by different professors.

One professor's online, open-note class contrasted with another's rigorous in-person exams, leading to vastly different outcomes.

The current education system is criticized as a relic of the pre-internet era, prioritizing arbitrary subjects and methods.

Despite negative experiences, the narrator finds college worthwhile due to personal growth and friendships.

The narrator acknowledges the subjective nature of college's value, emphasizing its potential benefits depending on individual goals and circumstances.