They keep stressing that the syllabus could change at any time and that you should check blackboard for updates.
3.WHEN THEY READ THE POWERPOINTS WORD FOR WORD.
They cantearnanybodys respect so they have to ransom it.
Allison Griffith
5.Pride in the difficulty of their course.
If everyone fails, its not for an inability to learn, but for an inability to teach.
6.This class will be using a textbook that I am writing and editing during the semester.
Translation : its going to be amateur hour.
8.Get out the science textbooks and work on chapter 5, activity 1.
Proceeds to sit down at their desk to do random shit on their computer.
9.If all your professor does is read from the textbook.
Then drop that class!
If you’re free to.
You know how to read.
10.If they do ice-breakers not just on the first day, but the second day as well.
It means they have no idea what theyre doing.
11.They keep stressing that the syllabus could change at any time and that you should check blackboard for updates.
13.Holding office hours but never being there doesnt help anyone.
By appointment only… but having zero availability also doesnt help anyone.
Especially if they ONLY recommend books theyve written.
Yes, you are the ONLY person who has ever written about James Baldwin.
No one else has anything remotely worth adding to the conversation.
16.If you arrive late then youre absent.
17.I dont allow anyone to record my class.
Has been said by every horrible professor Ive had.
Not only is that bad teaching practice but it also leads to very biased grading policies.
19.Anything related to there will be material on the exam we do not cover in class.
Gets frustrated when students ask questions in the middle of said tangents.
Gives unusably vague guidelines on major assignments.
23.If you cant understand them because English is not their first language.
Not worth sticking it out.
24.If they mention that they are about to get tenured.
25.If you sit through the first 1-2 lectures and seriously dont know what the fuck theyre talking about.
Unless its your capstone.
In which case stroke their ego and get ready for an easy A.
27.When a tenured prof shows up to the first day of class late and seemingly hungover.
28.I dont believe in curves.
29.If they treat the class like a high school class.
Had a professor proclaim NO CELL phones or she would take them away.
30.A group project worth a substantial amount of your grade.
31.I had a teacher that was consistently late for every single class.
It wasnt 5 minutes late, it was more like 30-45 minutes late every time.
When students wanted to complain about her tardiness to the department, she would respond with, Go ahead.
I have tenure anyways.
It wont do a thing.
Fresh out of HS me thought that this sounded great.
Fast forward to the final, me and maybe 10 other people attend.
I pass the class, even though the teacher was awful.
I show up to Calculus the next semester.
Heres a practice worksheet.
In the long haul it pushed me from my science major to a liberal arts major.
33.If the instructor casually says dumb, inappropriate shit.
Those teachers are awesome.
When I say inappropriate, I dont mean telling a few jokes here or there.
I mean: talking about his dog-faced ex-wife on the first day of class.
(Only had this happen once, but the guy was the worst.)
When youre 18 years old.
(Also happened to me!)
34.Im not grading any assignments this term, your grade rests entirely on the final exam.
35.I once had a professor say, You get 2 absences this semester.
More than 2 and you fail.
It doesnt matter what the excuse is.
36.Ive never taught this before so Ill be learning along with you.
37.No one will get an A in this course because (insert some philosophical highbrow bullshit answer).
38.Theres a HUGE waitlist of students for a different section with a different professor.
39.When they really put down good students for small mistakes.
I dropped computer science because of this, and Im glad that I did.
41.The use of McGraw-Hill Connect if the class isnt absolutely necessary.
43.Professor claimed she didnt allow people to step out of class to use the bathroom.
Youre all adults, not children, you’re free to hold it.
Were adults, we paid to be here, and adults have to use the bathroom.
So, she said this class will NOT be an easy A!
And then proceeded to make it hard as fuck.
45.I havent quite finalized the coursework and grading so Ill be adjusting them as we go along.
Surprise assignments, surprise tests, way too many group projects.
I should have known.
46.Tenured Organic chem Prof: Any questions?
50 hands go up.
Prof: Its a fairly simple concept, so you ll get there.
47.No laptops, all code will be handwritten.
Yes that really happened.
49.Personal experience, I literally dropped 4 classes my sophomore year ….
Sit closer, I cant give you special treatment.
I was late to my philosophy 101 class (due to adjusting to my newfound limitations).
I apologized for my tardiness and tried to find my seat without making a fuss.
