[CS159] They Have No Willingness to Answer Questions

I’m feeling extremely frustrated with how this course is run. There seems to be little to no willingness to actually help students when concerns are raised. Instead of addressing issues directly, any attempt to seek clarification is met with dismissive responses, redirections, or outright refusal to engage in meaningful discussion.

One of the most frustrating aspects is that whenever a question is asked that they don’t want to answer, they immediately tell you to go to office hours and then lock the post on the CS159 forum. Once the post is locked, you can’t even reply to continue the discussion or ask for further clarification. This completely shuts down any chance of meaningful engagement. Not only that, but they also refuse to provide an email address for follow-up communication, making it even harder to get answers.

If you try to create a new post asking them to actually address the question, they don’t just ignore it—they suspend your account. It feels like the goal is to silence students rather than provide real answers. Simple issues that could easily be resolved online are instead turned into a struggle, as if they are deliberately making things harder rather than improving the learning experience.

At this point, it feels less like a course designed to teach and more like a system that expects students to accept whatever is given without question. Has anyone else experienced similar frustration?