So, I study in France and the university restaurants here are a mess, I stay like 40 minutes only on the line and I have to eat super fast because there are also lines to leave your dirty plate, we got 1 minute late for class and the professor didn't let us in. It's just seems so abusive, I wish I could eat my own food but the university restaurant is only 1 euro which is such a huge help financially...

I got perma banned for this, and then when I asked why, they muted me so I can’t speak to them

Can someone ask me why or what I did wrong to get PERMA banned from making one post????? Like honestly. Why have a college subreddit that bans people for asking valid college questions. It’s so weird. Yet they don’t ban the people who ask about showers (which is a valid question too), that’s just weird and susses me tf out. I hope to everything that this mod team gets re-evaluated, because that is just fucking crazy

Also please respond to the original post, I genuinely need advice. I’m praying for advice

So many of my professors are youngish to the point that I would've thought they'd remembered being in college. I thought some would avoid making college expensive, but most professors dont even seem to make an effort.

I understand forcing your students to pay for a textbook if you're teaching a math or chemistry course or something, how else could you learn? In my case though, I feel like it's a bit ridiculous to require every student to throw 100 dollars at an Ebook for African film of all things. No offense to all the film professors out there, but really? Do I really need 100 dollars to be gone from my bank account so I understand how to watch movies? They couldn't have found a single way to teach that with free materials?

In a different class, my professor demanded students pay for 7 paperback or hardcover books from one author because fuck us I guess. Even though ebooks work fine she just was so desperate for us to annotate on the book itself.

Im just so sick of this ignorance. Why do professors hate being reasonable? None of them consider "hey maybe 100 dollars on a book someone will never use again is a bit much." Is it that hard to be considerate?

I am someone who LOVE feedback. The good stuff motivates me to keep going and the bad stuff helps me improve. I thrive on it.

Over the summer, I took three classes. Two of my professors gave amazing comments, they praised my writing, arguments, and insights but also let me know when I missed something or didn't quite hit the mark. The course calander was full and I knew exactly what was expected and when. I loved it.

Fall semester starts and all my professors have said basically, "you're not being graded on your ability or even the content, just that you're doing the work." What?! I'm a college junior, not a kindergartner. Grade my writing, my understanding, my efforts, leave me feedback! And the calendar? Don't even get me started. It's freaking blank! I like to be able to look at everything I have to do and make a plan, how can I do that without a calendar?

I hate this fluid, do the work and get the A thing. I don't want to feel like I could do the bare minimum and pass. I want to bust my ass and put in the effort AND get the feedback!

Also, one of my professors seriously doesn't understand how much work she's giving us. Especially since she's not grading the content. I think i just reazlized the problem I have with this semester. It feels like it's all just busy work. Read the massive amount of shit, write your discussion posts, reply to two classmates, now do this assignment that will only be graded based on if you turn it in. What's the point if you're not grading it based on substance? I hate it and these classes are making me regret even going back to school.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Somehow they made learning any new information frustrating and unbearable. It's also really cool that if you click the read about concept option, the worst highlight in the world makes it so obnoxious and hard to actually read anything. Absolutely seething that I have a million fucking assignments to do with this dogshit program.

So today was my first day in college my college started on 20 august but I joined today so I didn't have any friends there everything was confusing classes and seeing groups and friends laughing and I was just standing alone and had just 3 to 4 Convo only from 3rd sept regular classes are going to start but I am still nervous

I only have three classes and almost halfway in the second week and I feel really overwhelmed. My online math class had us do over 100 math problems, 6 lecture videos and doing a quiz in the first week. Apparently quizzes have to be at a extremely specific format and requires me to print them out. I don't have a printer at home and the printer on campus requires a bunch of steps I can't figure out. (The link to download the app required doesn't work).

I had to leave at the beginning of a film editing class because I was completely lost. The hard drive I had to use didn't have the cable to plug into the computer and I missed out on the lessons in the beginning. The teacher was explaining important things and I couldn't remember the link to access it. The teacher kept going and everyone else on class had no trouble while I was completely lost. I left out of fustration and cried in the bathroom for an hour. Especially since I want to become a film editor and I couldn't figure out the basics.

Parking is a nightmare every day. I have to start the school day with stressing out with finding a spot on time. And on top of all that, I got a bad sore throat and brain fog that makea it harder to focus. I'm super overwhelmed right now and I'm kind of considering dropping out

I enjoy my classes and my friends why do I just want to zzzzz even with enough sleep. It’s only the second week, aaauuuuuuggh

I completely screwed my first year of college. 2.2 gpa, as low as 1.3 in one class. Am i screwed? It’s at a community college too, and i need to apply to transfer schools this fall, is anyone going to take me?!??