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[quote=Anonymous]It doesn't matter if the class averages a 30%.....courses usually curve anyway to adjust.

These are just a bunch of whiny crybabies who are incapable of handling rigor an expectation from them that they answer questions accurately, precisely, and correctly with no second chances.  In the petition letter, students complained that they were not given opportunities for extra credit?  Are you friggin' kidding me?  You don't get a second chance and extra credit if you mess up brain surgery in a patient, do you?

Whether or not Orgo is important for becoming a physician is irrelevant.  Besides, no one knows if any pre-med students in the class might eventually one day be MD scientists who stick to more basic research or work for a pharmaceutical company in a role where they need to absolutely know organic chemistry.

This is all the result of grade inflation in high school and students being told they're smart and special since they've been in diapers.  Newsflash: you precious little Suzies and Johnnies, on average, are C students who really aren't that smart and.are just average intelligence humans. They will be shocked to learn that when they get to university and have to take a real class that doesn't have grade inflation.

Organic chemistry isn't even that hard. If they can't even pass organic chemistry and are incapable of studying, they should be nowhere near med school.[/quote]

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