[SC DOC]

The only Professor who I could rightfully blame for not getting an A would be this damn Russian, who expected everyone in a Chem 2 class to already know calculus. His examples were all written in strange mathematical equations which I showed to someone about to get their degree in Chemistry, and his response was “What IS this alien language!?” His examples and explanations only made me more confused. I ended up teaching myself Chemistry that semester, and the A I did receive was the most difficult one I ever got. I went to tutors every week, spent hour upon hour studying every week. More than half the class failed. Everyone called him Hitler, or Stalin, since we weren’t quite sure what his nationality was.

I had a similar experience in undergrad school. I had 2 years of chemistry in high school andcould balance equations in my sleep. In a college chemistry course I got the correct answers on the first 2 tests, but they were scored incorrect because I did not use the method professor required. By the time I caught on and aced the remaining tests, it cost me a B rather than an A, resulting in a 3.499999 GPA at graduation and costing me a magnum cum laude, even though the requirements were a 3.5 GPA (2 significant digits) and the refusal of the college to use standard rounding rules. I graduated in 3 years with a double major in chemistry and biology, and was no dummy. I protested to no avail at the time but this cost my undergraduate school millions in alumni donations that I chose to give to my medical school instead.

[Wanderer99]

I protested to no avail at the time but this cost my undergraduate school millions in alumni donations that I chose to give to my medical school instead.