The Loony Bin
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Fri, 24 May 1996 10:51:48 +0100
Hiya Folks... Here's a guide to deciphering what the professor really means... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx ************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************ ******************<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>******************* *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** *** ******************Internet Goddess******************* *********************ANDROMEDA*********************** ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- What The Professor Really Means By J. Timothy Petersik from the Chronicle of Higher Education You'll be using one of the leading I used it as a grad student. textbooks in the field. If you follow these few simple rules, If you don't need any sleep, you'll do fine in the course. you'll do fine in the course. The gist of what the author is saying I don't understand the details is what's most important. either. Various authorities agree that... My hunch is that... The answer to your question is beyond I don't know. the scope of this class. You'll have to see me during my office I don't know. hours for a thorough answer to your question. In answer to your question, you must I really don't know. recognize that there are several disparate points of view. Today we ar e going to discuss a most Today we are going to discuss important topic. my dissertation. Unfortunately, we haven't the time to I disagree with what roughly consider all of the people who made half of the people in this contributions to this field. field have said. We can continue this discussion outside 1. I'm tired of this - let's of class quit. 2. You're winning the argument - let's quit. Today we'll let a member of the class I stayed out to late last lead the discussion. It will be a night and didn't have time to good educational experience. prepare a lecture. Any questions? I'm ready to let you go. The implications of this study are I don't know what it means clear either, but there'll be a question about it on the test. The test will be 50-questions The test will be 60-questions multiple choice guess, plus three short-answer questions (1000 words or more) and noone will score above 55%. The test scores were generally good. Some of you managed a C+. The test scores were a little below Where was the party last night? my expectations. Some of you could have done better. Everyone flunked. Before we begin the lecture for Has anyone opened the book yet? today, are there any questions about previous material? According to my sources... According to the guy who taught this class last year... It's been very rewarding to teach I hope they find someone else this class. to teach it next year.