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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Today’s RMP Readings

A Physics Professor:

The Romanian accent is amusing, as is the fact that he drinks coffee out of a measuring cup and has an icon labeled “Sexy Buddy” on his computer.


A German Professor:

I learned NO German, and I think my English skills atrophied as well.


An English Professor:

What a prick. A lawsuit waiting to happen.


An English Professor:


Disorganized and hostile. Likes to blame the students for the poor communication in class. Talks way over our heads - or does she? She's full of post-whatever theory and drops a lot of names, but she is NEVER understood.



A Women’s Studies Professor:


HORRIBLE! SHE FELL ASLEEP


I had this professor for a couple awful classes. I'm sure she is smart, but being late to every class and actually falling asleep during student presentations is unacceptable.



A Political Science Professor:

Half the class was videos.

I went to one class with this teacher, and dropped it immediately and took another class instead. SO glad I did... I knew it was bad when we watched a video the entire first class period!



A Journalism Professor:


His lectures are VERY boring - mostly just him showing you websites and videos.



A Psych Professor:

She really should have never put up that place to **** anonymously on [the web] if she was going to get offended!



A Psych Professor:

Once I fell asleep and had a bad bad dream.



A Physics Professor:


His lectures consist solely of PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint is terrible when complex math is involved. Also, he packs 90 minutes worth of material onto a 50 minute test. Down with PowerPoint!

Physics shouldn't be about memorization, which this class is. Powerpoint to teach physics is ridiculous.
Posted at: 2/19/2006 08:22:00 PM