Do you feel people judge you unfairly in college?

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Alright, I am a computer engineering major. I got my first laptop when I was sixteen years old. I never had the opportunity to learn how to program ahead of time. The professors at my univeristy assume everyone in the major is so passionate about computers that they already know the material and are unwilling to help when I ask a simple question.

My peers think I am unpassionate or stupid because I have trouble navigating through the list of hundreds of different linux commands or I do not know of any scripting languages like Phython, Ruby, or Pearl.

I love computers. It is something I am likely going to stick with for the rest of my life alongside another major in science. Yet I am frustrated by this smug attitude they have toward me which I feel impedes my efforts to learn the material and be treated fairly.

Anyone else feel this way?

Honestly, I think computer science is something you really want to dip into before taking the course. That said, I don't deny you are passionate about what you do.

I can see it from both points of view. It is unfair that when someone wants to learn difficult material that they don't know, their lectures sneer at them. People should teach anyone anything they ask, if they can, given the pupil is willing to learn.

That said, it royally pisses me off when a student taking a Science degree for six months (which has a requirement of three previous years of education) asks "What's an Atom?", or says they can't do basic (I mean X^2/Y, if x = 5,Y=1 type stuff) algebra.

It is great to ask questions, but when people demonstrate a complete lack of knowledge due to laziness, or procrastination (as in the above cases) they are kinda lost causes.

Again, I'm not trying to insinuate you are a lazy procrastinator, just that a lot of students fall into that category.

Oh, yes. I can totally relate to that anger. Those type of people make me insane. Usually, those are the exact ones that practically "beg" for a higher grade that they did not earn. After completing the class, they then feel it is alright to forget all the material they learned. Its the biggest waste of time and energy ever.

Of course, I am different from them in that the programming concepts are things I have never been exposed to before.

Smug sounds like a majority of the males I knew from college. They're right. I'm wrong. One had a tendency to call me pathetic whenever I couldn't attend a social event or whatnot.

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Something which also drives me mad, especially if the subject is not mandatory. I just don't see the point of going to college for the piece of paper you get at the end. I was forced to do that for 12 years of my life. I'm sick of the point race, I'm content to learn more and score less.

On topic, my ChemLab advisor judges me unfairly. It's bizzare really. I work in a very "Commonsensical" way, I think. For example, rather than refill my burrete after each titration, I adjust the value by the previous titration reading. It makes more sense, it's quicker, yet she tells me to refill it because "we refill the burrette after each titration". Great argument. I despise that kind of argument by people in authority, "do it because I say so".

#rantoff