Wednesday, July 23, 2008
I have named the large male silverback "Bobo" |11:32 AM| I stopped being a ninny and changed the edits back.
I've been having some serious issues with my anthropology professor, for my distance learning class. He rarely responds to email, and if he does, it's invariably "Check the website!". The website is crap. The syllabus is hazy, redundant in some areas, sparse in others, has typos, and thus is extremely unhelpful.
The professor does not keep regular office hours, you have to email him for them. His exams are clearly the chapter quizzes and tests from the normal lecture class, stapled together with the questions re-numbered by hand.
Everything about this strikes me as a teacher who was either compelled to teach this distance learning class, or offered it as a way to earn extra cash during the summer. His hands-off behavior indicates he's doing his best to carry on a summer vacation, and he may not even be in town most of the time.
http://austin.craigslist.org/mis/765770110.html
(mirror)
I wrote that as a joke. Originally it was much more clear that this was about an ACC distance learning class, but seeing as there is only one of those being offered by a single professor, the last thing I need is some internet detective forwarding it on to him. (Think I'm paranoid? Ask me about Sulzanti and the Phoenix police some time)
Of course, why should I worry? It's not like he reads his email.
I have named the large male silverback "Bobo" |11:32 AM| I stopped being a ninny and changed the edits back.
I've been having some serious issues with my anthropology professor, for my distance learning class. He rarely responds to email, and if he does, it's invariably "Check the website!". The website is crap. The syllabus is hazy, redundant in some areas, sparse in others, has typos, and thus is extremely unhelpful.
The professor does not keep regular office hours, you have to email him for them. His exams are clearly the chapter quizzes and tests from the normal lecture class, stapled together with the questions re-numbered by hand.
Everything about this strikes me as a teacher who was either compelled to teach this distance learning class, or offered it as a way to earn extra cash during the summer. His hands-off behavior indicates he's doing his best to carry on a summer vacation, and he may not even be in town most of the time.
http://austin.craigslist.org/mis/765770110.html
(mirror)
I wrote that as a joke. Originally it was much more clear that this was about an ACC distance learning class, but seeing as there is only one of those being offered by a single professor, the last thing I need is some internet detective forwarding it on to him. (Think I'm paranoid? Ask me about Sulzanti and the Phoenix police some time)
Of course, why should I worry? It's not like he reads his email.
1 Comments:
Try to have some forgiveness for professors. They are required to do research and their employment continues on it (in art we are expected to have around 20 shows per year.) Also they are evaluated based on student reviews which are based on popularity, not how well their students learned the subject.
Lastly, they are underpaid unless they teach a subject which makes money on its own. Teachers can make as little as $1000 per semester per class, and web classes pay the least.
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