Good morning everybody,
I had to wake up early to finish off some loooooong assignment. And I probably need to stay up late tonight to do another one too. *sigh*
I’m glad I didn’t waste my time going to my database class yesterday. Apparently the teacher got pissed off at some guy for using a laptop in class and other guys for sleeping. I don’t know what’s wrong with you university teachers, but some of you need to get some points straight:
1. WE, the students, pay your salaries. So WE are the boss, not you.
2. I know damn well that it’s not good to sleep or distract other students in class. Know this, however: if students stop listening to you in class, it’s not our fault, it’s YOURS, for failing to capture our attention. It just goes to show what an incompetent teacher you are. Teaching is not just about reading out the damn PowerPoint slides and grading assignments and exams, you know. It also involves skillful interaction with students so that students willingly listen to you. A lot of teachers out there are PhDs; they know the stuff they are teaching, but they have no clue HOW to teach and also have very low EQ. If you don’t like us sleeping in class and such, don’t get pissed off. Rather, poke fun at the students who sleep.
3. Have common sense. Here is a list of stupid things that university teachers like to do, but of which I have not observed any case with high school and elementary school teachers, in no particular order:
- PowerPoint slides on projector: sky blue background and FUCKING YELLOW text (especially when it comes to keywords).
What are you trying to do? Play SUN STARE with us? WHO THE FUCK can read yellow text on sky blue background when it’s projected?
- Mumbling to oneself without further gestures. This is particularly true of some Computer Science related teachers. They have sit in front of old PDP-8‘s so long that they think we HUMANS work the same way (i.e. simply input commands, using keyboard, punch cards or whatnot; and the thing will process your commands).
Our ears are not console keyboards, you idiot. ANIMATE your speech. Use concrete objects.
- Password protecting class notes.
What the fuck do you think your class notes are? Harry Potter books? You think anybody would want to steal your class notes? Your stuff is supposed to teach, dude, not to make our lives miserable for no useful purpose.
I strongly suspect that a new domain of study, called Education Engineering (Ed. Eng.), should be founded and all university teachers should be required to take a teaching skill assessment test. Those who fail have to get an Ed. Eng. degree.
For fuck’s sake, we undergrads spend 3 years (4 years for Engineering) in university just to get a 10$ piece of paper so that we can MAYBE get a job. We cannot afford having our graduation delayed by some incompetent teacher. When you teach, a lot of young people’s future is at stake in your hands, dude. If university education does not require engineering, I don’t know what does.
Peace out
