In every STEM program, there are a few courses that are designed to weed out the weak ones early. In engineering, etc, it's often Calc II: Methods of Integration. In chemistry, biology, and similar pre-med majors, it's Organic Chemistry.sweetandsour wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 07:04 An interesting aside, since it's just you and I on this thread anyway: Did you see where an organic chemistry prof at NYU got fired because students sent a petition to the deans, stating that the course was too hard? Geez, I would have signed a petition on one particular prof I had for general chemistry, for sure. My organic profs were great but the courses were difficult. They apparently wouldn't make it at NYU.
It's a mercy, actually. If a student can't handle these courses at a brisk pace, then they won't make it through the major courses or succeed in those careers.
I don't know the particulars of this professor. He may be a bad teacher. His tests and grading may be notably more fierce than other professors. If the normally sharp "A"-students are unable to learn and thrive -- then the professor probably should go. Or maybe the "C" -students are being coddled such that we are doomed to be conquered by China.