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I used to LOVE my classes at UF b/c there were about 1000 people in each class and they were held in auditoriums. Students are just numbers and I LOVE IT THAT WAY. They don't care if you come to class, participate, etc. You either have 3 exams or one exam that will count for your entire grade. I wouldn't have to attend all semester, I'd buy the Einstein's notes before the exam and show up on exam day and get an A.
Now, I'm graduating in December but I've spent my last year of college at UNF. The classes are about 20 students, the professors all expect you to show up and participate and NONE of them like me very much. But, I've found that no matter how much they don't like me, they still grade pretty fairly based on my academic performance so I can't complain. I look at it as: I don't have a problem w/ authority, authority has a problem with me
Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.
"This professor is notorious for writing abusive things on student work. "
Payback is a MFer. I was asking a Calc prof a question one time and he decided to get personal. He was from New Jersey and no one could follow the "dese" and "dose" and "youse guys" speaking. How he got to be a teacher, I don't know.
Anyway, I asked a question and his response was "Youse southern boys can't speak real well. No education." "Uh...the question wasn't that important." The rest of the semester when we reviewed the homework, I checked his answers. If he made a mistake, I would wait and then say "Excuse me, I don't understand how you got from step 6 to step 7." He got to where he hated to see my hand come up. "I made a mistake there." "Pardon me, I didn't understand you. What did you say?" "I made a mistake on that step."
Making sarcastic and hurtful remarks is not part of the teaching technique at any university.
Payback is a MFer. I was asking a Calc prof a question one time and he decided to get personal. He was from New Jersey and no one could follow the "dese" and "dose" and "youse guys" speaking. How he got to be a teacher, I don't know.
Anyway, I asked a question and his response was "Youse southern boys can't speak real well. No education." "Uh...the question wasn't that important." The rest of the semester when we reviewed the homework, I checked his answers. If he made a mistake, I would wait and then say "Excuse me, I don't understand how you got from step 6 to step 7." He got to where he hated to see my hand come up. "I made a mistake there." "Pardon me, I didn't understand you. What did you say?" "I made a mistake on that step."
Making sarcastic and hurtful remarks is not part of the teaching technique at any university.
I had a professor that failed me for the class after i was in california for the week because my grandfather had died. Jerk had no compassion. He didnt even take my paper that was due the day my plane came in. Mind you i never missed an assignment and had B's on all my papers. How that equals failure, i'll never know. You just have to go to an authority on it. I didnt do that and i regret it to this day.
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The words I have to say, May well be simple but they're true, Until you give your love, There's nothing more that we can do-David Bowie
Jimbo 0
You've been asked at least twice to post the exam that earned you the remark you're complaining about, what are you waiting for? Post it and maybe you'll get some genuine support, or maybe people will tell you that your paper deserved that comment and more.
Until then, quit whining.
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Jim
Until then, quit whining.
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Jim
"Like" - The modern day comma
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
QuoteYou've been asked at least twice to post the exam that earned you the remark you're complaining about, what are you waiting for? Post it and maybe you'll get some genuine support, or maybe people will tell you that your paper deserved that comment and more.
Until then, quit whining.
Dude, don't shit yourself. Look through the above responses and you'll see this:
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jraf:
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All right man, let us have the whole thing as an attachment. I will then be able to see what he might have meant. The remark itself is very innapropriate. Let us see the paper first.
I'll try to get to the scanner later and post the essay.
I haven't scanned it yet, and am not likely to do so today, as I have chosen a career that does not allow me the luxury of doing nothing but surfing dz.com all day.
Steve
A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
As promised, here is the essay. The question was:
Aside from the comments within the draft, the only thing he said was:
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Define and illustrate the terms 1) 'charcter piece' (or 'characteristic piece') and 2) 'program music' as they relate to western music between 1800 and 1850. Then, placing these two conceptionsof music at the extremes on a spectrum, locate ONE of the following pieces on that spectrum:
Liszt, 'Vallee d'Obermann'
Mendelssohn, Overture, 'The Hebrides'
Clara Schumann, Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Aside from the comments within the draft, the only thing he said was:
QuoteAm I supposed to be insulted by your remarks and tone in your 'answer' to the first question? You flatter yourself.
A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
Hmmm.... So three different people asked me to post my essay here so they could read it before making a decision as to whether the comment was inappropriate and after having scanned and posted my essay, none of them (or anyone else) had anything to say...
A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
I'm going to do my best to respond to each of you one at a time:
wlie:
You're absolutely right. For the record, let me just state that this is not an isolated incident. This professor is notorious for writing abusive things on student work. Recently he told someone else that their paper looked like "somebody pooped on a piece of paper and called it an essay." He's been known to make grown men cry, and I'm not exaggerating. He's an asshole, plain and simple.
tombuch:
Exactly! Ultimately, these sorts of comments do not teach you anything. I have 6 years of university studies behind me, so I have faith in my abilities, which is good. Because if this were my first year, I'd probably take this a lot harder. I don't think I'm going to talk to the professor though. If he is unable to make any constructive criticism in writing, I doubt he would be able to do it in person. I'm just going to grin and bear the rest of the term...
cam:
I appreciate your perspective, cam, but I assure you there were no racist assumptions, cliches, or stereotypes. Regardless, if you look again at the comment he wrote, he said absolutely nothing about the content of the essay - not even that it was uniformly stupid. I don't even know whether he liked or disliked the content of the essay. He only commented on its tone (something that seems to me to be of less importance on an essay you have to tear out in 45 minutes). My beef isn't so much that I did badly (which I really didn't), it is the inappropriateness of that comment. Do I think that he's out to get me specifically? No. He does this to everyone.
jraf:
I'll try to get to the scanner later and post the essay.
kallend:
Ha ha ... I actually do like writing a lot. Like I said earlier, this is pretty much an isolated scenario. I've had nothing but support from my other professors. What this teaches me is not to get out of the field, but just not to take another class with this guy.
Gawein (and I like your green knight):
Cough...cough... I got a B for the exam.
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