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Monday, February 06, 2006

Finding Powerpoint putrid…

…as she does, UD is pleased to discover, on trolling the sad blue faces at Rate My Professors, a strong correlation between teaching with Powerpoint and getting bad ratings.

Teaching by entertaining the little ones with videos brings out even more venom. Here are some choice remarks for one philosophy professor:

Who the hell pops in The Matrix and leaves the class, with no discussion as to its implications before or after? Very strange, I feel self-taught and a bit cheated.

Are your parents paying 40k for you to watch Star Trek?

When she comes in unprepared, pops in a Star Trek video.

If you think a philosophy class should perhaps include some of the great thinkers in history, look elsewhere.
Posted at: 2/06/2006 06:53:00 PM