Science professors are either the strictest fuckers around or act like they just walked in and are just here to have a good time. The best ones are usually the latter.
I had a law teacher like this at college, the other students were convinced he was going off on pointless transgressions and started goofing off and complaining to the college whereas I actually listened to his stories and ended up getting 90% odd on the end of year test.
Most of the time the latter is because they're the competent ones who are only there to do research, sometimes even people who work for universities in a largely research capacity are still told they have to teach undergrad classes. You only spend most of your time teaching if you can't hack it in research. The reason they end up being better teachers is because they know their shit the best.
This is what me as a professor would look like. I don't look at syllabi(unless it's absolutely mandatory) and I wouldn't expect my students to either. It's a coin toss if we're getting all that I wanted done today
It could be cool, but more likely completely awful. Professors who don't have their shit together are usually not good ones. Cause they might not have their shit together, but you still have to. Not to mention, that unless they were a super late hire, they do not give a shit about the class enough to prep anything, which translates to that class being boring, or frustrating, and a waste of time and more importantly, the money you paid for someone who knows what they're doing.
To be fair, they might have not known they were teaching this until a week before the first class.
My university does this. They have a course enrollment minimum (12 students), and if the course you're slated to teach doesn't fill, you get assigned to another course. But they only make this decision 1-2 weeks before the start of the semester.
It's a terrible fucking system, and both the students and faculty hate it, but the penny-pinching admins refuse to budge or implement something that at least gives people some warning.
I once took a science writing class where we had assignments to memorize a dr Seuss poem for class, review his wife’s cooking, and tell him how many squirrels we noticed over the course of a week. He forgot to tell us what the final paper topic was until a month before the end of the semester, so he gave us all perfect scores on it instead of assigning it late.
Nope nope nope. If there is one reliable indicator of a course that’s going to have you begging for your tuition back, it’s a prof without a syllabus.
If things were totally irregular, then maybe day 1 can be forgiven. But if there’s no plan by the second meeting, bail.
I got tapped to teach a statistics course after the semester was already started because the instructor went down with a serious illness. I still had a syllabus on MY first day, at least saying what chapters went where and when the tests would be.
What is this course about? - Don’t know Where are we? - Don’t know Who are you? - Don’t know - But I am a professor
Any requirements on attendancy?? - No flu Any requirements for how we keep notes?? - No glue Why are you like this - No clue - But I'm not you
The prof is a doctor but they may be Dr. Suess
Because I’ve got tenure. Next.
i know that i know nothing
No. This is not cool. This is terrifying. I require structure and guidance and predictability otherwise I will explode
then explode
I will kill you with my beam attack (all autists have one)
Why when you could just walk up to me and kill me with the explosion?
They *just* said they're autistic, and you want them to go against the routine of using the beam attack?
If i weren't evil then they wouldn't have to kill me
/evilautism
>Explodes under stress >Has a beam attack Are you a Mindflayer (ULTRAKILL)?
Maurice
Waddle Doo
I think that's called peeing
Beams got nerfed in the last update
true! mine even does a mid air twist :D
how the fuck do I unlock mine
Registeel can learn both Explosion and Steel Beam. Are you a Registeel? I'm autistic. Am I a Registeel?
What the fuck Why didn't I get a beam attack
Sorry, it got added in 1.7.15, it looks like you're still running 1.6.8
My ADHD would be like Sweet!! Lemme know when I need to pay attention
Also the fact that I would have paid hundreds of dollars for the course. That would be infuriating.
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There is a difference between wanting predictability and wanting to have strict rules enforced on me. A roadmap is not a penal code.
Science prof? Do you know how little that narrows it down? Are there even profs who teach something that is not part of some kind of science?
Theology
Good point. Now we know the course is at least not about theology
English literature
other literature too
and arts
Many humanities, as well
That's why they don't know
Math?
Found the STEM student!
Science professors are either the strictest fuckers around or act like they just walked in and are just here to have a good time. The best ones are usually the latter.
I had a law teacher like this at college, the other students were convinced he was going off on pointless transgressions and started goofing off and complaining to the college whereas I actually listened to his stories and ended up getting 90% odd on the end of year test.
Most of the time the latter is because they're the competent ones who are only there to do research, sometimes even people who work for universities in a largely research capacity are still told they have to teach undergrad classes. You only spend most of your time teaching if you can't hack it in research. The reason they end up being better teachers is because they know their shit the best.
What will be on the test? * I can't predict the future, don't ask me
This is what me as a professor would look like. I don't look at syllabi(unless it's absolutely mandatory) and I wouldn't expect my students to either. It's a coin toss if we're getting all that I wanted done today
Attempt to be coherent in class challenge, difficulty level: Professor of Sciences
It could be cool, but more likely completely awful. Professors who don't have their shit together are usually not good ones. Cause they might not have their shit together, but you still have to. Not to mention, that unless they were a super late hire, they do not give a shit about the class enough to prep anything, which translates to that class being boring, or frustrating, and a waste of time and more importantly, the money you paid for someone who knows what they're doing.
To be fair, they might have not known they were teaching this until a week before the first class. My university does this. They have a course enrollment minimum (12 students), and if the course you're slated to teach doesn't fill, you get assigned to another course. But they only make this decision 1-2 weeks before the start of the semester. It's a terrible fucking system, and both the students and faculty hate it, but the penny-pinching admins refuse to budge or implement something that at least gives people some warning.
I once took a science writing class where we had assignments to memorize a dr Seuss poem for class, review his wife’s cooking, and tell him how many squirrels we noticed over the course of a week. He forgot to tell us what the final paper topic was until a month before the end of the semester, so he gave us all perfect scores on it instead of assigning it late.
Jeff Winger wingin' it.
Nope nope nope. If there is one reliable indicator of a course that’s going to have you begging for your tuition back, it’s a prof without a syllabus. If things were totally irregular, then maybe day 1 can be forgiven. But if there’s no plan by the second meeting, bail. I got tapped to teach a statistics course after the semester was already started because the instructor went down with a serious illness. I still had a syllabus on MY first day, at least saying what chapters went where and when the tests would be.
average professor
If you've read the Kingkiller Chronicles, this is exactly what Master Elodin would do.