Brother Adam Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 And why exactly has no one chosen shoot the teacher yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 14 2005, 06:11 PM']And why exactly has no one chosen shoot the teacher yet? [right][snapback]758771[/snapback][/right] [/quote] [b]"Know the Dark Side of the Force, and you'll achieve a power greater than any Jedi![/b] - Darth Sidious (from Ep3 trailer) Plus you'll get an awesome lightsaber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fides_et_Ratio Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 *is trying to think of who you could have* does he wear glasses? does he/did he also teach Latin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 is FUS on ratemyprofessors.com? i think that's the url, if not ratemyprofessor.com i usually take the "reviews" on that site with a grain of salt, since people are more than just a review... If this professor is so bad that it makes you want to transfer and enroll in another MA program, then it must be quite serious. but remember, grades aren't anything. If God wants you to be at FUS getting a Master's, then don't worry about your transcript. God will provide for you and He'll take care of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benedicite Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 No idea how the system works there.... but isn't anything externally marked? exams? or is it all him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 If you need to have this class in order to graduate, and it is unlikely that another prof will teach it later on, I'd say your best bet is to go in and talk with him. Not once, not twice, but at least three or four times during the semester. Seriously. You might go in to talk with him about your grade, and ask for more information on what he is looking for . . . but then also go in with questions about that week's reading, or ask for clarification on something he said, or bring him an article that pertains to the class topic or on one of his pet projects (and that you have read beforehand). I'm not just telling you to kiss up (although that is part of the plan) but to create a relationship with him. Showing initiative might help things, even if you don't end up being best buddies. At any rate, I doubt it can hurt, and it might help. Sorry you're in this situation, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 yeah, I've never been a good butt kisser, and have lost jobs because of it, but I've always been a better person for it, and at other jobs, good jobs, have been respected and held as a person with integrity because of it. I guess I don't believe it is too much to ask for a decent, fair, teaching in return for nearly $2,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 [quote name='Fides_et_Ratio' date='Oct 14 2005, 10:06 PM']*is trying to think of who you could have* does he wear glasses? does he/did he also teach Latin? [right][snapback]758953[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Hildebrand? Speaking of glasses-bearing Latin profs, pray for Dr. Smith...emergency eye surgery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 You know...if the other profs don't like him, why don't they find a way for one of them to teach a section of the class as well so there's at least an alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Which class is this again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 15 2005, 12:35 PM']yeah, I've never been a good butt kisser, and have lost jobs because of it, but I've always been a better person for it, and at other jobs, good jobs, have been respected and held as a person with integrity because of it. I guess I don't believe it is too much to ask for a decent, fair, teaching in return for nearly $2,000. [right][snapback]759364[/snapback][/right] [/quote] No, it's not too much to ask for quality teaching in return for nearly $2,000--but, at this stage in life you have to be your own best advocate. Sometimes that means taking a different path and sometimes that means trying to make the most of the situation you are in. I think the big question is, are you learning anything from him about the your class topic? Again, not denying an element of sucking up, but just affirming that you may have something to learn from him--and in order to figure out what that is you may have to take the initiative to establish a relationship with him that is not entirely based upon a grade. And on a personal note, when there is someone I just cannot stand, I find the thing I have to do first is pray for them--not that they will be nice to me, or that things will go my way, but I pray 1) for whatever in their lives is in need of God's loving grace and 2) for myself, that I will be able to see and love Christ in them. That's why I recommend talking with him and getting to know him as a person. Maybe he'll let you do that, and maybe not. But at least you will know that you acted with Christian charity and integrity in your dealings with him. I will keep you both in my prayers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofpheritup Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 14 2005, 02:49 PM']And it is fine if you vote smell of elderberries it up, but if you bought a copier for $1500 and it didn't work, would you smell of elderberries it up? If you paid $1500 for a class and the teacher didn't have a beaver dam clue what he was doing, would you smell of elderberries it up? [right][snapback]758620[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Only if I was a vacuum. Come on guys, this man laid down SOME SERIOUS MONEY. Why should he put up with him? Offering it up is different from sucking up. This is off topic but not really have you read THE JUNGLE.. The quality of our meat is better because of awareness. We have lemon laws. Our food is protected. Our education should be. This "Professor" is dangerous.. Go get him, tiger. Oh sorry, I mean Brother Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 [quote name='ofpheritup' date='Oct 15 2005, 03:24 PM']Only if I was a vacuum. Come on guys, this man laid down SOME SERIOUS MONEY. Why should he put up with him? Offering it up is different from sucking up. This is off topic but not really have you read THE JUNGLE.. The quality of our meat is better because of awareness. We have lemon laws. Our food is protected. Our education should be. This "Professor" is dangerous.. Go get him, tiger. Oh sorry, I mean Brother Tiger. [right][snapback]759500[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Brother Tiger? *pssst...he's not a religious...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofpheritup Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 [quote name='Raphael' date='Oct 15 2005, 02:25 PM']Brother Tiger? *pssst...he's not a religious...* [right][snapback]759501[/snapback][/right] [/quote] PM name Brother Adam. Joke: Brother Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 Yeah, that's another problem. No one understands him. And we are not a group of people who sluff off in classes. Because we are used to tough profs, we are used to working at times to understand them. He is incomprehensible most of the time. So are we learning anything? Hardly. The texts are usually inappropriate as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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