College profs

[Zybach]

Am I the only one or have you guys noticed. The higher up you get in your classes the more prick-like the prof gets. ie. the 1102 prof is a helluva lot more bitchy than the 1101 prof.

[ChrisCantSkate]

havnt noticed that, you got a sour apple. my professors are all good for the most part

[pdiggitydogg]

if they are its because they know that they can be because you need their class..but no i havent noticed either

[02CiviC]

actually my english professor for 1101 was funny and a jerk at the same time.
im taking 1102 now and he's the head of the english department; so i thought he was gonna be a di*k. so far hes been pretty cool. hope i didnt just jinx it :loco:

[JamieS697]

one of my english profs. told me on the first day that half of the class would fail as soon as i got out of that class i called in and withdrew. What a *****!!!!

[Sol's Eye]

Actually, I have noticed the exact opposite. My intro profs were real asses because they all hate underclassmen. As you progress in college, they are teaching classes they care about to people serious about taking them, so they are a lot nicer about it. That is my experience so far, anyway.

[ebpda9]

i think it really depends on the person/teacher. i had a teacher flunk me because i proved him wrong in the first programming class

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

I haven't noticed that at all. Most of them are getting better now that I'll be entering upper 400 level classes. They seem to care about what they are teaching. Then there are the ones that are just asses and there's nothing you can do about it.

[DsBlu01CivEX]

Originally posted by Sol's Eye
Actually, I have noticed the exact opposite. My intro profs were real asses because they all hate underclassmen. As you progress in college, they are teaching classes they care about to people serious about taking them, so they are a lot nicer about it. That is my experience so far, anyway.

yep I have had the same experience. My higher level profs are awesome. They want to be teaching those classes because of the fact that the 15-20 students sitting in front of them want to be there cuz that's they're major and they know they're interested in the material.

[Ty's Si]

Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
I haven't noticed that at all. Most of them are getting better now that I'll be entering upper 400 level classes.

The 1000 level classes are a bit more difficult. :pfft: j/k

Originally posted by Sol's Eye
Actually, I have noticed the exact opposite. My intro profs were real asses because they all hate underclassmen. As you progress in college, they are teaching classes they care about to people serious about taking them, so they are a lot nicer about it. That is my experience so far, anyway.

Building on what he said, remember most 1000-2000 level intro classes are weed-out courses when they are taught to a larger audience and there is little interpersonal interaction with the prof. That's why he probably comes off as a prick.

When you get into the upper 3000s, 4000s they profs are more communicative and interested in seeing students succeed.

Take your lumps like we all did.

[spoogenet]

It definitely does depend on the prof, but I've also had the opposite experience.

A lot of lower level profs are forced into teaching the classes due to lack of seniority and other reasons. Intro courses, to a PhD, are the worst things to teach.

Junior/Senior level courses, on the other hand, are slightly more in-line with the prof's knowledge and skills and also are taken by people who will probably graduate in a similar subject.

That said, undergrad courses are still menial labor to profs. Many profs are really there to reasearch and don't want to teach but are forced to....they tend to be asses. Many enjoy teaching, they are cool.....

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[ChrisCantSkate]

ive kept my eye on my teachers all week... heres my results

ENC1102(small class) teacher - cool as shit
FIL2400(500 person lecture) teacher - funny mofo
ECO2023(letrue) - non interactive, but not bad. very reasonable
MAC1105(lecture) - she's a ***** 1/2 the time, the TA is a little prick all the time
SPC1600(small class) - waaay over animated.