10 Things Every College Professor Hates

[ashling]

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-every-college-professor-hates-2014-8

1. Don’t use unprofessional correspondence

2. Don’t ask the professor if you “missed anything important” during an absence.

3. Don’t pack up your things as the class is ending.

4. Don’t ask a question about the readings or assignments until checking the syllabus first.

5. Don’t get mad if you receive critical feedback.

6. Don’t grade grub.

7. Don't futz with the formatting.

10. Don’t be too cool for school.

8. Don’t pad your introductions and conclusions with fluff.

9. Don’t misrepresent facts as opinions and opinions as facts.

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And I am going to scream the next time I get asked, "Do I need to get/buy/read the book?"



# 7 - and in an online class fer chrisakes! Like I don't know how to reformat?

#8 - "As everybody knows ..."

#9 - because ... Hitler



Read more: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/08/25/professors-pet-peeves/#ixzz3BcwHuD2h

[clarice]

1. People who disagree with them....they HATE that. nt

[kiva]

3. Only if you do it poorly.

[a la izquierda]

10. I don't care if my students disagree with me.

They're there to think, not become my minions.

[kiva]

2. Yup, love #7

How the hell do they think we got through grad school papers?

For #2: No, the minute we realized you weren't here we cancelled class.

[ashling]

5. #2 - I like the answer in the article

"No, we spent the We spent the whole hour watching cats play the theremin on youtube!"

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[3catwoman3]

12. I just played this and 2 of our cats are up on the kitchen counter...

...looking for the source of this obnoxious noise.

[ashling]

6. When I was a graduate assistant I had a student ask a question about a power point

which was a list of words

the student asked "Should we write down what you say between the words"

my answer:

"Only if you want to pass"

[kairos12]

4. Don't have Mommy call to lobby for grades.

[Jamaal510]

7. I see #3 happening all the time

in my classes, but I don't remember any of my professors making a big deal about it.

[NJCher]

8. how about

students who sit there and text for the whole class.

I give them an "absent." I tell them they weren't mentally in class, just physically, and mental is what it's all about in college.


Cher

[mackerel]

9. Does attendance matter? I didn't matter when I was in school.

[NJCher]

13. the way most institutions put it

Is we cannot specifically mark you down because of too many absences, but if you don't attend, you don't know how to do what we're trying to teach you. This affects one's grade.

Students who don't attend are dismissed (in the instructor's head) as not serious. So it presents an image problem.

Furthermore, they are never up to speed with the rest of the class, and as an instructor I feel like I've done my job once and I'm not going to do it twice because someone couldn't be bothered to be in class. They're on their own to figure out what happened while gone.



Cher

[ashling]

15. I give a participation grade

for participation in class discussions - if you are not there you can't participate


anyway, we are required to keep attendance - we are public and our funding from the state is based (partly at least) on attendance

let's say attendance is strongly encouraged

[a la izquierda]

11. I get #2 all the time.

Nope, nothing important in my class ever.