#school rantings

Future advice Ms. Meyer:

So, my prof is only allowing the use of laptops for half of the classes. Like every other week we're allowed to use a laptop to take notes. Her reasoning? Studies have shown that students who use laptops in class don't do as well as students who take hand written notes. The study that she referred to was from 2003. TEN YEARS AGO. 

Not only has technology changed SIGNIFICANTLY, but so have the STUDENTS!!! 

We are the technological age for fucks sake. I could use a computer before my writing was even legible. 

I, personally, do significantly better when using a computer to take notes. I can look at the professor, listen to what she is saying, and type out notes WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE DAMN SCREEN. 

Whereas if I were to hand write notes, not only would I be missing the majority of what she is saying because I have to try to finish writing what she said previously, but I would be worse for it because I'd probably get only half of the notes, and I would be concentrating so hard on trying to write, and legibly at that, that I wouldn't be able to actually pay attention. And then my hand cramps up and I just CAN'T WITH THIS CLASS. 

ARGH HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WELL IN THIS COURSE IF I CAN'T BLOODY WELL TAKE PROPER NOTES!? 

And I brought this up to her and she's like "well you'll just have to get notes from other people then" LIKE HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON MY OWN DAMN NOTES TO DO WELL IN THIS FUCKING CLASS AND I CAN'T DO THAT IF I HAVE TO FUCKING HAND WRITE THEM MOTHERFUCKER.