Falling Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Yeah, turns out my worst quiz mark will be dropped too (I think there's only like 4 or 5 quizzes.) So it's not devastating for my marks, but it is devastating for my understanding of genetics because I really thought I got around 90 percent on the quiz. Anyways I guess we will see what happens. Also sucks that I have another quiz on Monday and I only emailed the TA today so they might not get back to me before the next quiz and I could make the same mistakes...... maybe khan academy will save me for the next quiz? that or doing some research online as well as triple checking the textbook. If this is a second year/intro type genetics course, I think the best bet is doing a lot of practice problems. I'm assuming you have to find probabilities for certain genotypes/phenotypes, linkage maps, three point test cross etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Got 50 percent on my genetics quiz and thought I got at least 80 percent. Still don't know the right answers. Emailed TA and eagerly awaiting a response. God I'm hoping the marker just made a bunch of mistakes. This ever happened to anyone else? UBC BIOL 234? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 UBC BIOL 234? no, 121. just the genetics section of the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 If this is a second year/intro type genetics course, I think the best bet is doing a lot of practice problems. I'm assuming you have to find probabilities for certain genotypes/phenotypes, linkage maps, three point test cross etc. We are given a lot of practice problems but we were not given a key....really annoying. Guess I could try to find some online questions with answers online though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Protip: professors are lazy. They will use questions from some bank somewhere on the internet. Try googling some of the questions and you may find a bank that is full of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Protip: professors are lazy. They will use questions from some bank somewhere on the internet. Try googling some of the questions and you may find a bank that is full of them. Yeah my prof is definitely lazy. She told us she hasn't even looked at the textbook yet. They do come out with a new textbook every year for this course, but still I mean cmon? It probably wouldn't take very long if you knew most of it. This really gives me a lot of hope. I'm a lot more optimistic about either a) finding solutions to the problems we were given, or b ) finding solutions to future testable questions (either questions in modified form or the whole things themselves!) Thanks a lot Falling!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 no, 121. just the genetics section of the course. Oh...just forewarning - if you think 121 is hard, that only covers a tiny part of the basics of genetics... As for practice problems - do them, and only after you actually try to solve them look at a key. In your case, you said your not given a key - you can easily find LOADS of practice problems with keys online for UBC BIOl 121. As for the teacher being lazy and not looking at the textbook, why is that relevant? I'm guessing your prof is probably Pamela or Celeste? They are both excellent professors. It's not their job to look at the textbook - it's their job to introduce the material, and its your job to reinforce with relevant supplementation that you see fit. TBH, you don't need to even look at most textbooks for 100 level and 200 level Biol courses, all the topics are readily covered in depth online with a quick search with reference to your powerpoints and learning objectives. Definitely seek out help from your TA's if you need help. P.s. If it is Celeste or Pamela - don't expect them to just pull questions from a textbook question bank, they definitely have a lot of experience making questions, and may refurbish some, but otherwise they will create questions that make sure you actually understand the material -not simply saw a similar problem and recalled the method of solving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Oh...just forewarning - if you think 121 is hard, that only covers a tiny part of the basics of genetics... As for practice problems - do them, and only after you actually try to solve them look at a key. In your case, you said your not given a key - you can easily find LOADS of practice problems with keys online for UBC BIOl 121. As for the teacher being lazy and not looking at the textbook, why is that relevant? I'm guessing your prof is probably Pamela or Celeste? They are both excellent professors. It's not their job to look at the textbook - it's their job to introduce the material, and its your job to reinforce with relevant supplementation that you see fit. TBH, you don't need to even look at most textbooks for 100 level and 200 level Biol courses, all the topics are readily covered in depth online with a quick search with reference to your powerpoints and learning objectives. Definitely seek out help from your TA's if you need help. P.s. If it is Celeste or Pamela - don't expect them to just pull questions from a textbook question bank, they definitely have a lot of experience making questions, and may refurbish some, but otherwise they will create questions that make sure you actually understand the material -not simply saw a similar problem and recalled the method of solving it. In your 2nd paragraph you mentioned loads of UBC biol 121 practice problems with keys....sorry I'm kind of confused, what are you referring to here? A website like oneclass or coursehero or notebro? Or are they posted on a UBC website somewhere? Or do you just mean to like google questions based on the material, for example genetics questions search in google....not necessarily with an affliation with UBC Biol 121 specifically? Sorry, I don't usually look online for questions/answers as I haven't taken a class like that in a long time, and don't have much experience with online and UBC resources etiher. I'm finding Celeste to be really annoying. Did you have her in science one? If so, she might act differently with her science one students....I just really don't like her....rubs me the wrong way as a person, kind of condescending. Could you PM me about where the practice question keys are if you dont want to post on here? Although it'd be nice to help out anyone who also ever takes biol 121 too and looks at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 In your 2nd paragraph you mentioned loads of UBC biol 121 practice problems with keys....sorry I'm kind of confused, what are you referring to here? A website like oneclass or coursehero or notebro? Or are they posted on a UBC website somewhere? Or do you just mean to like google questions based on the material, for example genetics questions search in google....not necessarily with an affliation with UBC Biol 121 specifically? Sorry, I don't usually look online for questions/answers as I haven't taken a class like that in a long time, and don't have much experience with online and UBC resources etiher. I'm finding Celeste to be really annoying. Did you have her in science one? If so, she might act differently with her science one students....I just really don't like her....rubs me the wrong way as a person, kind of condescending. Could you PM me about where the practice question keys are if you dont want to post on here? For practice questions, i mean there are plenty of posted material from UBC BIOl 121 specifically online, and yes on some websites that you mentioned, and past WEBCT like sites. Also Prep 101 has a booklet for 121 etc. And yes, you could alternatively look at most 100 level introductory biology classes at other universities for relevant practice material too. Well, the good news is - you don't have to like her, or any of your professors for that matter. IF you don't find lecture useful, no one is forcing you to go - or if you are indirectly(clickers or participation), simply show up and do your own work towards the material. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 For practice questions, i mean there are plenty of posted material from UBC BIOl 121 specifically online, and yes on some websites that you mentioned, and past WEBCT like sites. Also Prep 101 has a booklet for 121 etc. And yes, you could alternatively look at most 100 level introductory biology classes at other universities for relevant practice material too. Well, the good news is - you don't have to like her, or any of your professors for that matter. IF you don't find lecture useful, no one is forcing you to go - or if you are indirectly(clickers or participation), simply show up and do your own work towards the material. Good luck! Sorry I might be missing something or am really dulll.....but what do you mean by past webct like sites? I know you are talking about online platforms like connect and blackboard....but I can't get access to those for past courses can I? Just tried a couple searches that lead nowhere and I don't really have a clear idea of where to find these "past webct like sites"? If you could point me in the right direction, I would be forever indebted to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_14 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 For practice questions, i mean there are plenty of posted material from UBC BIOl 121 specifically online, and yes on some websites that you mentioned, and past WEBCT like sites. Also Prep 101 has a booklet for 121 etc. And yes, you could alternatively look at most 100 level introductory biology classes at other universities for relevant practice material too. Well, the good news is - you don't have to like her, or any of your professors for that matter. IF you don't find lecture useful, no one is forcing you to go - or if you are indirectly(clickers or participation), simply show up and do your own work towards the material. Good luck! Also prep101 seems to have stuff for biol 112 not 121...is that what you meant? http://www.prep101.com/free.php?school=13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyPanda Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Aw, I loved Biol 121 with Celeste even though it was at 8 am. It used to be that the Biol 121 classes were not standardized (ie each section had a different final) so the prep companies didn't really tutor them. I don't know if this has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Yay Ireland! Happy news to wake up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makingfetchhappen Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 You guys call your profs by their first names? Is that a West Coast thing? I'm pretty sure that is not common in Ontario. Even seven years after graduation I STILL don't address my old profs by their first name! And it's kind of funny when you think about because I work in a field where I address virtually everyone by their first name and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makingfetchhappen Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Oops double post. Apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Plenty of students at my school (former school now, I suppose) refer to professors by their first names. I do not. It's ether Doctor or Professor Lastname. I don't even call them by just their last name the way many other students do. Military family habits, hah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyPanda Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 You guys call your profs by their first names? Is that a West Coast thing? I'm pretty sure that is not common in Ontario. Even seven years after graduation I STILL don't address my old profs by their first name! And it's kind of funny when you think about because I work in a field where I address virtually everyone by their first name and vice versa. Depends on the prof and how well you know them. This particular prof is part of a small first year program and tends to add her students on fb. The majority of my profs I would never call by their first name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falling Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 My supervisor told me to refer to him by his first name, I replied with "will do, professor". Habits, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Magpie Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Yay Ireland! Happy news to wake up to. I agree! Excellent news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakercyclist Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 You guys call your profs by their first names? Is that a West Coast thing? I'm pretty sure that is not common in Ontario. Even seven years after graduation I STILL don't address my old profs by their first name! And it's kind of funny when you think about because I work in a field where I address virtually everyone by their first name and vice versa. I was on first-name basis with a number of profs in my department (geography), especially after travelling in the Yukon for five weeks with my thesis advisor. But I was also on the faculty council for three years, so had plenty of outside-class interactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryskies Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I watch Korean dramas (judge me lol) and the second lead syndrome is too much to bear rn. Plenty of students at my school (former school now, I suppose) refer to professors by their first names. I do not. It's ether Doctor or Professor Lastname. I don't even call them by just their last name the way many other students do.Military family habits, hah. I'm the same. But for myself, it's an issue of culture. My friend's parents would always ask me to call them by their first names and I was invariably utterly incapable of doing so XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 You guys call your profs by their first names? Is that a West Coast thing? I'm pretty sure that is not common in Ontario. Even seven years after graduation I STILL don't address my old profs by their first name! And it's kind of funny when you think about because I work in a field where I address virtually everyone by their first name and vice versa. I called every prof by their first name during my undergrad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makingfetchhappen Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Depends on the prof and how well you know them. This particular prof is part of a small first year program and tends to add her students on fb. The majority of my profs I would never call by their first name. So in this case it is a prof who likes to be more casual. It's interesting, because like ppl have noted, it becomes more normal to be on first names when you work closely, but there are also habits. I also feel weird addressing my childhood friend's parents by first names, but at this point it's also weird to keep calling them Mr or Mrs. I'm only addressed as Ms. Fetch in very formal situations, or in an initial email/letter, or of course when someone is angry at me. Other than this I insist on being called by my first name. If I were teaching though, I think I would insist on Professor Fetch. I guess certain situations call for it and I'm not sure exactly why. It's one of those cases where I get a feeling of what it should be and any attempt to explain it would just be to back up the feeling .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makingfetchhappen Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I called every prof by their first name during my undergrad Really? Where? Did they ask you to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted May 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I usually only go by Mister/Miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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