Oh hell.

[jaina]

I've just now remembered we have a quiz in physiology tomorrow morning. We're supposed to read this background chapter on the kidney, because God forbid the professor should actually *teach* us about the kidney himself in the FOUR DAYS he's been assigned to teach it to us. He'd cover twice the material if he didn't ask the class a question after every sentence:

"Okay, and the basal membrane is connected to the extracellular matrix via....?"

*dead silence for about 15 seconds, because even though we all know the answer, we're really sick of him continually asking stupid questions rather than just TEACHING*

*finally someone gets sick of it and mutters "Integrins."*

"Integrins, right, and inside the cell those connect to...?"

*another dead silence, which someone finally breaks with a barely audible "actin cytoskeleton"*

"Did someone say actin? Good, okay, and the integrins connect to what in the extracellular matrix?"

***

You get the picture. Question after question after question, all pointless, all stuff we've *just* learned (or had refreshed) in cell biology, and all preventing us from doing any actual learning. Drives me up a freakin' wall.

And now that I've ranted, I should read this chapter, so I don't fail this stupid quiz tomorrow.

Comments

[samlhh.livejournal.com]

That is such a good idea, to invite your advisor to observe class (assuming, of course, the advisor and prof are not good friends). Now, this also assumes you have an advisor who 1) gives a damn and 2) has time for his/her students... good luck!