Other Classes

I'm currently taking 17 credit hours this semester. The classes are generally easy compared to the classes I took last year. The only issue is figuring out the "system." Every teacher wants something different and that's the most frustrating thing about classes. Pleasing people is what it takes. It's absolutely impossible to please everyone. In one class, I'm required to take notes on every single thing no matter if I know the material or not. We spend so much time focusing on stuff that is irrelevant to the subject or things we should've learned by this time. The teacher will go off on tangents and talk about things that I'll never need to know in my major or things that I learned in the two previous course requirements. It feels as a waste of time when I could be advancing more to where I need to be as a student in my major. It's especially frustrating when I can show in my final work that I do in fact know the material but then get penalized that I don't show the notes from the previous meetings. In another class, the teacher says that no one has to show up for class except the days we have exams or quizzes and showing up to classes directly influences our grades on the tests and quizzes. Ironically enough, I'm passing with flying colors in that class. Yet, I'm getting a solid C in the other class that has been penalizing me for my notes and organization which is not what the course is about. It's finding the right mix for each class that makes you successful in college. The simple solution is to just stop complaining and do what they want no matter if I like it or not. It's giving people exactly what they want, not what you learn and do as an individual. It's hurting me as a student who wants to learn and become more knowledgeable in a subject. Maybe sacrificing knowledge is what I need to do. Or maybe it's just the teachers/college. I don't know. Hopefully I find out before I spend too much money.