Am I frightening?

[DinoDoc]

He probably has tenure, Z. They typically stop caring about then.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Ninot
Profs dont show up to teach. They show up to publish.

Well, duh. But my point is that to the students in this class I'm much more important than the prof.

My other point is that in a class of this size, there's no need to have a good personal relationship with anybody. It's an assembly line.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Then you know why freshman might find you intimidating. They'll toughen up next year.

Lot's of little KH's then

[Ninot]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Well, duh. But my point is that to the students in this class I'm much more important than the prof.

My other point is that in a class of this size, there's no need to have a good personal relationship with anybody. It's an assembly line.

I think we figured that out at the OP.

And i wasn't replying to you.

TAs

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Tacc
So then what's the point of this thread?

The point of ~75% of my threads is simple amusement.

Thank you for providing it.

[germanos]

Re: Re: Re: Am I frightening?

Originally posted by Ninot


It's direct, but mentioned 3 places and ending with "by the way" implies, and correctly so, that the student is retarded. That didn't have to be done. Although, frankly, it's delicious that it was.

To me it implies the student is lazy or not paying attention, not a ******.

Secondly, whether or not implying things is polite or not, I find it hard to be seen as rude in this case. (as you say)

[KrazyHorse]

And he calls himself a teacher?! He does what--shows up two or three times a week to read from his decades-old notes??

He calls himself a professor, actually.

Their job is to lecture, not to teach you. Your job is to learn.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Ninot
Profs dont show up to teach. They show up to publish.

And to make their texts required reading in their courses, thereby insuring someone will read them.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by BeBro
Lot's of little KH's then

Possibly. Or they might realize that a TA's lot in life is to be shit on by the professor he serves and start pittying him.

[KrazyHorse]

but he should be overseeing the grading, double checking, and spot checking.

HAAAAAAA

The day I see a prof get within a hundred meters of a student's test in an intro class is the day I have a heart attack from the sheer surprise.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Possibly. Or they might realize that a TA's lot in life is to be shit on by the professor he serves and start pittying him.

I hate to admit it, but I've been loving allowing the **** to roll downhill to my TAs...

[Drake Tungsten]

Dude, you live in Baltimore, pay $1300 dollars a month in rent and have to teach kiss-ass freshman pre-med students? No wonder you're an *******...

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


And to make their texts required reading in their courses, thereby insuring someone will read them.

Physics textbooks suck. If I wrote an intro physics text it would be 40-50 pages long for a year course.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I hate to admit it,

Liar.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Dude, you live in Baltimore, pay $1300 dollars a month in rent and have to teach kiss-ass freshman pre-med students? No wonder you're an *******...

I've only TAd freshmen once before this semester, so why was I an ******* before?

I think it's more likely I was born that way.