(Disclaimer: When I think of community college, I alwaysthink of the movie "Accepted", hence why this pic is here.)
So one thing I hate about school, besides everything, is when you get duped by the professor. For some reason, I don't think this is supposed to happen in school. Professors aren't supposed to trick you, are they? It just isn't very nice.
Case in point, tonight. I was so pissed. We were going over our weekly quiz, as we usually do in class. Our quizzes aren't anything too profound. They are open book quizzes and they are only 25 questions long. We go over them every week after we turn them in, so we know which ones we got wrong.
So excuse me for putting a question from a finance test on here, but this is just straight up whack.
3. An investor's goal can be described best as
a. maximizing returns while minimizing risk
b. maximizing returns
c. capturing the high average returns of equity investing while limiting the associated risk as much as possible
d. avoiding risk regardless of the risk premium offered
Okay, so I don't mean to get all "financial" on you, but just look at those four answers. I asked my buddy Jared, a finance genius by the way, what the answer to that question was. He said the answer was A. So I marked down A as my answer. I mean, who am I to question a professional economist?
I get to class, and find out the answer is C. I call BS. Well actually I didn't because I didn't want to look like a jackass, when no one else apparently got it wrong. But look at both A and C. They are, essentially, saying the same EXACT thing. And there were, like, four other questions just like that one.
I mean, what kind of teacher actually tries to trick you on a quiz? I took this class to take tests, not play word games. This kind of thing isn't ethical, is it? I should get my money back or something for this. Stupid community college.
Case in point, tonight. I was so pissed. We were going over our weekly quiz, as we usually do in class. Our quizzes aren't anything too profound. They are open book quizzes and they are only 25 questions long. We go over them every week after we turn them in, so we know which ones we got wrong.
So excuse me for putting a question from a finance test on here, but this is just straight up whack.
3. An investor's goal can be described best as
a. maximizing returns while minimizing risk
b. maximizing returns
c. capturing the high average returns of equity investing while limiting the associated risk as much as possible
d. avoiding risk regardless of the risk premium offered
Okay, so I don't mean to get all "financial" on you, but just look at those four answers. I asked my buddy Jared, a finance genius by the way, what the answer to that question was. He said the answer was A. So I marked down A as my answer. I mean, who am I to question a professional economist?
I get to class, and find out the answer is C. I call BS. Well actually I didn't because I didn't want to look like a jackass, when no one else apparently got it wrong. But look at both A and C. They are, essentially, saying the same EXACT thing. And there were, like, four other questions just like that one.
I mean, what kind of teacher actually tries to trick you on a quiz? I took this class to take tests, not play word games. This kind of thing isn't ethical, is it? I should get my money back or something for this. Stupid community college.
