I gather your at MIT - it's one of the best institutions in the world - the professors are going to try and get the best out of you - in any way they can. Academically rigorous sometimes means a slap in the face till you get it, lol.
If it's something that was entirely new to you ignore it, don't worry, and move on. If you were supposed to already know this, or if you've had a lecture on it before, make sure you learn it NOW and apologise next time you see him.
True, this. Uni life is so hard I know, but you will learn in time!
Tbh I thought it was a bit harsh about your lecturer. I haven't had that at uni, but I remember having that happen in school and it didn't feel awesome :/
If it's something that was entirely new to you ignore it, don't worry, and move on. If you were supposed to already know this, or if you've had a lecture on it before, make sure you learn it NOW and apologise next time you see him.
lol. I would never apologise to my lecturer for not knowing something. I'm not learning for their sake.
Quite a lot of academics are alcoholics or have other serious problems in their lives. I wouldn't blame yourself, he may just have been having a really bad day.
All of my tutors are very, very cynical people. Many are smokers and I'm pretty sure one is an alcoholic, necking vodka in between seminars and lectures.
Maybe he was just being dramatic so he could leave and have a fag break.
My math's teacher has actually done that. I mean, it probably wasn't to have a fag break lol...
We were in the lesson working but sort of talking at the same time etc. Suddenly he just yells "If you're not going to concentrate, I'm not going to teach you," and walks out. We all feel really guilty, and by the end of the lesson, some kids start coming in who he's supposed to be teaching next. When they look around and see he isn't there, they just say "Oh, did he do that thing where he walks out?"
Your lecturers actually shout at you? I have a laugh with mine, joke around a lot and they often join the students for drinks after lectures. Sounds like you got the short straw lecturer wise
My math's teacher has actually done that. I mean, it probably wasn't to have a fag break lol...
We were in the lesson working but sort of talking at the same time etc. Suddenly he just yells "If you're not going to concentrate, I'm not going to teach you," and walks out. We all feel really guilty, and by the end of the lesson, some kids start coming in who he's supposed to be teaching next. When they look around and see he isn't there, they just say "Oh, did he do that thing where he walks out?"
What a bastard
My classics teacher used to 'forget' her file every week and would go to the storeroom for a smoke. She'd then walk back in smelling like a chimney still without her file. It was pretty obvious what was going on.
Teachers really do over react sometimes I have teacher that when a student was creeping into the lecture only 2 mins late he bellowed out for him to come to the front and explain to all of us why he was late... this i in a room full of over 150 kids
lol. I would never apologise to my lecturer for not knowing something. I'm not learning for their sake.
I meant that she should apologise for wasting his time asking so many questions throughout the lecture, rather than apologise specifically for not learning it.
I agree, her learning is her responsibility, but she should apologise if she's not bothered learning something important and has the expected her lecturer to pick up the pieces.
Teaching first years is very difficult and most people I know haven't got the patience for it. First years know nothing, they know less than that even, because the nothing nonsense they were taught in school has evaporated in the summer vacation heat. It takes a lot of self-control not to lose it with students making elementary mistakes and asking questions they should have known the answer to several years ago.
At a Mechanics tutorial today I was way ahead of my other peers and got to the last question pretty fast. It was a hard question. I spent like half the tutorial on it and I asked the professor repeatedly to get tips on how to proceed once I got stuck (it was a question about proofs). I did a simple mistake in my proof which he found out, which pissed him off so much he hit the table, shouted "bloody hell, if you dont learn that you can say goodbye to first year" and then he left the classroom 5 mins after that never to return. Now I feel so bad
Mefinkin' this be bull ****. You're at MIT, and you're way ahead of your peers? And your professor went nuts over the fact that you had trouble on the last question? What, because you're the first student he's ever seen to have trouble with a question,? An MIT professor? seriously?
The most telling thing is the "bloody hell...", American's don't use that expression...
Mefinkin' this be bull ****. You're at MIT, and you're way ahead of your peers? And your professor went nuts over the fact that you had trouble on the last question? What, because you're the first student he's ever seen to have trouble with a question,? An MIT professor? seriously?
The most telling thing is the "bloody hell...", American's don't use that expression...
Even the best universities have grading curves and professors far more interested in research than undergraduate teaching. Why would you have to be American to be studying at MIT?
Oh come on folks! Its a wind up.....I don't believe it. First she boost about being ahead of every one else and then seemingly when the tutor spots a mistake, there's an outburst and walks off FIVE minutes later. No I don't buy this story.
Even the best universities have grading curves and professors far more interested in research than undergraduate teaching. Why would you have to be American to be studying at MIT?
Most professors are more interested in research than teaching, but getting in a strop like that is very unprofessional.
True, he might not be American, but he wouldn't be using that expression if he was almost anything else.
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I have teacher that when a student was creeping into the lecture only 2 mins late he bellowed out for him to come to the front and explain to all of us why he was late... this i in a room full of over 150 kids
