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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago

How hard's the test? Maybe she's done.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you already know you have to retake the course during summer school, what's the point in sweating the final?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago

So you can have a little quiet to watch monster high

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Maybe parents

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Truancy is a serious crime

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Said the guy on his phone at the same time as she's watching monster high, which honestly by the title alone sounds like a Doug Benson comedy special

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

She’s already done and uses her time for something useful

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Do colleges allow you to use laptops and phones during math finals?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For higher level maths you can easily make a final where googling the solution if you don't know it will just slow you down.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can confirm, got halfway wrecked in my upper div statistics midterm during COVID. 24 hours, open everything. Even the Internet can't replace real understanding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

GPT wasn't around during Covid though...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gemma2, the new state of the art, still can get above 45% correct in basic addition, and also can't do better than a two or three basic Google searches. GPT is a NLP tool, and using it to do math would be like using a F-35 to weave lace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That's true, but usually they get their method right (or close to it) but fail on the simple addition. If you use it to help figure out what steps you need to take, you can then run through substituting the correct numbers in and make some real progress.

I just completed a class on hydrology and water engineering with this method. Got a HD. That either says something about the school or something about GPT. Not sure which.

It certainly says something about my willingness to complete water engineering coursework, I'll admit that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably depends on the math. If it's descrete math, or anything where you have to prove something, having internet access isn't going to help (unless the test has been reused and uploaded). Either you can write a proof or you can't. Looking something up probably can only get your so far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Just quickly google how to write a proof and try to learn the subject while doing the test, easy

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Failing the test perhaps, but is she winning at life?