The inconsistency in difficulty between different professors who are teaching the same courses makes no sense.

I took an exam in a graduate class. Very difficult and most of the material hadn't been covered in class. I sat in one of the front two rows and as I was taking the test I was figuring the curve would be huge. Then, the old professor and TAs took about 20-30 seconds per person to collect exams, checking our cheatsheets and IDs. As soon as they started, the entire room of ~150 students got louder than any classroom I've ever been in and after I turned mine in, I turned around and stared in amazement as 100+ students blatantly shared answers and scribbled furiously for five minutes after we were told to stop. I was so mad I just walked home cursing to myself. I wish I had recorded a video. I dropped the class when grades came back. After that moment I resolved never to take a class for a grade again, I only take classes I'm interested in and do a lot of learning from other sources if the class is too easy. Being able to separate yourself from people that don't really know their shit is one of the best things about getting a cs degree. Best to just embrace it. Hopefully the departments get it together but it's up to us to make the best of things. Took the same course with a different professor a semester or two later and it was hands down the most interesting and perfectly challenging class I've ever taken.

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