If anyone is in this class with professor bhattari, or whatever the Indian guy's name is, could you tell me if we have a test tomorrow? Thanks

2/18/2007 8:09:15 PM

He is Nepalese not Indian

2/18/2007 8:12:39 PM

hey, he got the right section

2/18/2007 8:15:15 PM

haha, i fuckin posted in the one that's in the lounge


THE TEST IS NEXT MONDAY

we are lecturing tomorrow, reviewing wednesday, and watching a video friday

2/18/2007 8:17:04 PM

test is on monday

[Edited on February 20, 2007 at 11:23 PM. Reason : repeat. my bad]

2/20/2007 11:22:32 PM

when's our next test?

3/18/2007 2:56:15 PM

Do we have a final exam or does this 10 page paper take place for it?

4/22/2007 8:57:56 PM

final exam is Monday

mult. choice (everything since the last test)
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he's gonna give us 6 essay topics (based on class presentations), we pick 2 and write 100 words on that topic

4/23/2007 8:03:56 PM

What have we went over since the last test?

4/24/2007 11:05:42 PM

does the paper still have to be 10 pages if you are writing it by yourself?

and when is it due?

4/24/2007 11:15:29 PM

we didn't actually go over anything since the last test..but we were still assigned readings in the syllabus, so I'm guess it'll be all the readings (and that video way back when) since the second test


The paper is due Friday
3 people have to have at least 14 pages
2 people 13
1 person 12..but you're allowed to have 2 pages of charts/graphs

double spaced
Times New Roman (10-12 sized font)

[Edited on April 25, 2007 at 12:49 AM. Reason : ]

4/25/2007 12:48:35 AM

damnit... well he might be receiving a less than stellar paper from me... and it's going to be nowhere near 12 pages.

4/25/2007 12:52:31 AM

^ and ^^^

If the paper is still: talk about a technology that has influenced society you can bs that shit so much. I turned out 12pgs the night before on computers (from the first to the invention of the internet) just randomely babbling and got an A+. I think he just skims them and/or relies on how you've done on other assignments/tests during the semester.

A lot of my friends did transportation (ship, car, air) or communciation (express riders, telegraph, phone, internet, mobile technology).

[Edited on April 25, 2007 at 1:11 AM. Reason : .]

4/25/2007 1:05:57 AM

I wouldn't doubt that considering it took him two months to return our first papers because apparently he wanted to read them twice, lol.

I'm sure I can BS a few more pages out of it... and throw in some strategically placed pictures.

4/25/2007 1:09:10 AM

Have a long reference list, cite one line in text and on reference page from soc journals and/or books.

4/25/2007 1:20:06 AM

Can someone tell me what the two videos we have watched since the last test were about?

4/25/2007 6:51:59 AM

Can anyone post the readings we were assigned from the syllabus...

4/27/2007 1:44:56 PM

you deserve to fail

4/27/2007 2:00:30 PM

where is his office at?

4/27/2007 3:08:46 PM

i think the exam is on the new power points in the library, chapter 45, 46, 49, 50 (all are about 3 pages long)

4/29/2007 12:40:17 PM

46 isnt on there

it's 45 - about 18 questions
49 (including table 49.1) - about 4 questions
50 - about 3 questions

movie "troublesome creek" - about 3 questions
and he said something about those plants - like 2 questions

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3 bonus questions

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6 presentation topics..pick 2, at least 100 words for each

4/29/2007 12:44:42 PM

i found this on gogole from a previous semester:

Attendance and Class participation 10%

(Attendance 5%, Class Participation and/or Special Assignment 5%)

Three Quizzes 30%

One Response Papers 10%

Research Project 20%

Final Examination 30%



is that how he has ours structured?

4/29/2007 12:47:04 PM

I don't have my syllabus in front of me, but that looks about right

4/29/2007 1:37:46 PM

that makes the final pretty damn crucial...it is equal to the 3 tests that we've already taken.

4/29/2007 2:34:24 PM

Yeah that is what the syllabus says as far as the grading breakdown.

The final for section 2 is on Monday, May 7th @ 1:00 right??

Can someone confirm that for me?

4/29/2007 2:45:23 PM

if you are in the class that is MWF 12:25-1:15, it is at 1. he said he won't let anyone start after 1:30.

4/29/2007 3:10:04 PM

I haven't done good on his tests at all.

I got an A on the first one, and two solid D-'s on the others. Got an A on the paper and hoping to get a similar grade on the one we just turned in.

Hoping the final won't be too bad.

4/30/2007 12:35:56 AM

The final wasn't that hard, the questions literally came from those pg numbers he gave out. The only times his test sucked was when the answer had numbers because he would have all the choses be really close.

He was generous on the final paper

4/30/2007 1:47:11 AM

has anyone found the slides on "feeding the 10 billion"?

4/30/2007 8:37:17 AM

Yeah I have those slides, but I am unsure if they are going to be on the exam.

4/30/2007 11:12:36 AM

can u post anything about them? they aren't in the pack in the library

4/30/2007 11:13:02 AM

They were in the library yesterday... Is that section even going to be on the test? Is that the plant show and tell bullshit he did?

4/30/2007 11:22:03 AM

Slide 1:
Dr. Lloyd Evans
Distinguished Plant scientist
-President of the Australian Academy of Science 1978-82

Slide 2:
Six Main components of increased global food supply by crops are:
-increase in the area of land under cultivation
-increase in yield per hectare per crop
-increase in the number of crops per hectare per year
-displacement of lower yielding crops by highed yielding ones
-reduce the post harvest losses
-reduced use as feed for animals

Slide 3:
Some Thoughts
-Old and New Crops. For example, Amaranthus and canola oil
-Global Climate Change and impact on food supply
-What is brown revolution? Fuck if i know...
-What will be the the impact of the brown revolution? See above answer

Slide 4:
Alternative to Agriculture
-Foraging
-Horticulture
-Agriculture (Peasantry and Farming)
-Hydroponic
-Hybrid of Plant Cultivation

Slide 5:
Dilemmas for Agriculturists, young and Old:
-The Malthusian Dilemma
-The Demographic Transition Dilemma
-The Environmental Adversary Dilemma
-The Scale-positive Dilemma
-The Sustainability Dilemma
-The Advancing or Maintaing Dilemma
-The Optimistic Pessimistic Dilemma

Hope that helps.

4/30/2007 11:30:11 AM

i guess i have those...all of the dilemmas weren't online and i don't recall him going over them

4/30/2007 11:34:09 AM

that was fun!
fuck him

and the bookstore isn't buying the books back

4/30/2007 2:22:59 PM

twas not an easy final.

4/30/2007 3:01:23 PM

he asked the most random shit again, im so pissed

4/30/2007 3:15:46 PM

Yeah that test sucked, fucking dick.

4/30/2007 9:35:13 PM

but nevertheless.

4/30/2007 11:48:40 PM

how hard were the essays?

5/2/2007 4:52:48 PM

ridiculous...one of them was easy as pie - i don't want to tell you what it is b/c i don't want to be accused of cheating...

2 or 3 of them I had never heard of and one I knew a general amount of information for.

Without telling you explicity what our choices were, I would just say the ones that I had banked on knowing - the ones everyone presented on over and over were no where near the ones we had on the exam.

[Edited on May 2, 2007 at 5:10 PM. Reason : ]

5/2/2007 5:03:37 PM

^I doubt the other section had the exact same topics

but yeah, the BIG one that was easy to BS I'm sure everyone did...the rest I was just like, meh

I'm not really that surprised that he didn't use the topics that were repeated...just annoyed

5/2/2007 5:41:00 PM

ahahahaha

grades are up in the Past Grades section

somehow I managed an A-
kinda curious what I got on the final, but there's def. no way he read our papers

5/3/2007 8:46:06 PM

Yea, I got an A-...but i figured I had a 95 on the midterm paper thing, 91 test average...not too hot on the final, but dominated some sexual contraceptives for my final

5/3/2007 9:36:25 PM

Beautiful A+, I asked him what the max pages the research paper could be and he said 50. No way he read that shit.

5/3/2007 10:54:05 PM

Did any of you guys read the book "Feeding the Ten Billion People" by L.T. Evans for this test or are we going to be tested on this book? The movie we are going to be tested on is it "Troublesome creek" or "Globalization: winners or losers."

5/5/2007 11:18:52 PM

just the notes in the folder at the library

5/6/2007 12:15:49 PM

so any tips to prepare for the final?

5/6/2007 2:08:21 PM

bump

5/6/2007 3:15:15 PM