Lets hear it for useless assignments!

More on this Java class

So we finally get a new assignment. I have a bunch of work on my research paper to do this week so I was a bit apprehensive, worried about time management and all. I go to look at the assignment and it was 'correct the following code' with four conditional statements.

For anyone who doesn't know programming it was basically 'fix these spelling errors' and all of the words are listed not quite in alphabetical order in the chapter, oh and you learned them a month ago and if you didn't know them you would have failed the last assignment.

He really wasn't kidding either, we waited a week to get a 'know where the semi colons go' five min assignment. I took an extra ten mins to triple check as I couldn't believe it was really that easy, but it was!

I get my next assignment on the 26th and the midterm on the 28th. So far no hint on what is on the midterm. If his assignments have any bearing on the midterm it's going to take 1o mins total, but I am honestly afraid it's going to be generated from a test bank that goes with the book so he will have basically not prepared us at all for the test.

This isn't supposed to be an independent study course, but he's treating it like one. I can't imagine if I had to actually sit through a lecture from this guy, I might throw something at him, or even worse fall asleep. This is why I'm doing my classes online, so the stupid useless teachers aren't wasting more of my time than is necessary. I can't WAIT for the end of semester review I get to do.

This Java class is the kind of class I would just stop attending, get the assignments from a buddy and hand them in whenever he decides they're due. By doing it online I don't have that option so it means I pay a bit more attention than I would have in a 'traditional classroom setting'. I'd probably get kicked out of the class for asking too many questions =)

In better news my University professor got back to me in under 10 mins and is optimistic about the direction I'm going with my paper. Here is someone who is not wasting my time with useless busywork. He has the whole semester listed out, with all of the expectations, readings and requirements spelled out and due dates listed. The only thing that can't be done ahead of time is the discussion threads, but that works for me as the topics apply to the research we are doing and it keeps us focused.