There has to be a better way

Having 80% of the grade being determined in the last 2 weeks of a class is a terrible idea. Also, having no graded assignments, tests, or quizzes before the final is extremely stressful, because the student has no idea what to expect on the test and no way to better the grade if preparation was inadequate.

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I hate waiting for service folk to meander on over whenever they feel like it come to the house. I don't understand why they can't give you a real ETA.* Cable, heating, pest control, it's all the same. When you have to wait a day and a half for a 15-minute appointment, something is wrong!!!

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Fire drills at work during the winter. Sadistic bastards!



*Oh, I do understand that they don't have any incentive to show up on time, or give an accurate ETA, or to care about the people who call them in general, because they are all so busy that they can flip the bird to their clients by holding them hostage in their homes with threats of missing your One Chance to get your heater serviced This Quarter, and may even consider that to be a job perk for their amusement. What I can't understand is how they can live with themselves, with such callousness and general disregard for humankind weighing on their souls. Apparently, with large piles of $.