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cmikhailovic
2008-04-30 10:19 pm UTC (link)

Seriously. There are few things more fuckwitted than a spoiled, ignorant, over-privileged 19-year-old, and getting stuck with a roomful of that sort entitles you to mad sympathy from everyone else. But dude, the usual way to deal with that shit is a) buck up your pedagogy, b) hone your snark, c) turn to drink, and d) count the days till the end of the semester, and hope your next group won't be so full of asshats. If you're a professor -- especially one at a prestigious university -- entitled little shitheads will ALWAYS be a fact of life, and you'd better learn to deal with it in some way other than *suing*.

/unfunny

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	jerel 2008-05-01 01:34 am UTC (link)
	so much trueness in this post. The easiest solution I found was show them where the comma goes, teach them how to research, and how to structure an argument. I didn't worry about trying to change their minds on how the world works; I was just an adjunct, so I figured a real professor could give them a reality check later and they might actually listen. (Reply to this)(Parent)

hristaesir
2008-05-01 01:57 am UTC (link)

I went to undergrad with a slew of those spoiled, ignorant, over-privileged 19 year olds, and it warmed my heart every time one of the profs whipped around and pwnt one of them.

Really, I'm pretty sure that to have an entire class go that nasty, she had to be doing a pretty shite job teaching. Even the most entitled fuckwits tend to be entitled fuckwits quietly to themselves unless you have no class control. All that questioning and belligerence makes me suspect she wasn't getting across the concepts she wanted to get across.

Of course I fucking hate postmodernism so I'm way biased.

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silrana
2008-05-01 12:51 pm UTC (link)

Speaking from the other side, when I was in college I found nothing was more irritating than a professor who would rather spend all their time talking about their flavor of the month social cause or 'point of enlightenment' as one called it instead of the course material. Luckily I didn't have too many of those, because word usually got around about who to avoid if you wanted a real education in that subject.

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	aerobot 2008-05-02 06:45 am UTC (link)
	Word. All of my teachers were awesome, but when we got a guy in third year teaching us the basics all over again (to hone them), we got pissy real fast. Or my sister's science teacher in high school who would never shut up about his combi van. Yeah, don't blame her for skipping those. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mistressrenet 2008-05-04 02:23 am UTC (link)
	The worst professor I had in college was belligerent, angry, and terrible at explaining things. One-- one-- student finally snapped at her, halfway through the semester. She was a flaming bitch to him ever after, but that was the only time I remember having anyone 'go after' one of my profs. (Reply to this)(Parent)

evilsqueakers
2008-05-02 11:00 am UTC (link)

b) hone your snark,

Like when my Religions prof told us to ask questions from this one guy during his presentation because said guy used the entire class time for the entire semester as one-on-one conversation. And the funny part was said guy almost missed it. Of course the prof blamed lovely his pain meds. And we all laughed a little too joyfully. It was beautiful since he is 19.

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	tree 2008-05-10 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	cries in sympathy (is a lecturer) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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