So it’s been a couple of weeks and I’m kind of into the groove. I basically know what time my classes are (though I did nearly forget to go to class twice to do) and I don’t need to look at maps to find them. I’ve figured out what’s going on and what I need to do. Which is basically go to class and take notes. I haven’t had any real tests yet, just one “quiz” in my computer science tutorial which I totally passed (but also totally bombed), but that didn’t count for anything really.
Anyway, I went on over to Rate My Professors to see (again) what people were saying, now that I actually know my professor’s names and all. A lot of the comments surprised me. My favourite professor so far is my Math professor. That class is hilarious. Today he commented that it seemed the room was shrinking since there weren’t that many people there. Someone mentioned that they were giving out free hot dogs and he started walking up the stairs and saying “oh yeah? Where is that…?”. You kind of have to be there for a lot of stuff that I find funny in that class, but it’s really just hilarious. He didn’t have that many comments on the site, and the ones he did have weren’t really great.
My astronomy professor, yes, can be boring and monotone, and everyone on the site complains about how he’s given great materials (galaxies, black holes, all that awesome sort of stuff) and makes it boring. Not at all. He doesn’t make it exciting, but he knows his stuff and I have no problem staying awake in that class. Re-reading the comments, I know understand why “focus” and “it turns out…” are funny. A lot of people mentioned how he doesn’t have a sense of humour and doesn’t smile… and honestly, that’s bullshit. The other day, somebody knocked over a glass or something and it made a loud noise and the professor goes “cheers”. It was pretty funny. And what does it matter if someone doesn’t smile? That’s just bullshit criticism, like pointing out peoples’ typos on the internet.
My French professor is really a very good teacher. Mean, yes. He’s tough on you, which most people probably haven’t experienced before, but you know, sometimes you just gotta be tough. My French teachers in high school never corrected people who said “OOHNE” instead of “UHH” for “un”. They didn’t care. They didn’t care if you said “news” for “nous” or “eels” for “ils”. At first, this class seemed kind of silly. Le, la, les? Honestly? We’re doing present reflexive verbs now. I know. But really, this is necessary. We already have a foundation in French, but it’s crumbling. This class is where we rebuild it the proper way and don’t hire the cheap contractors. (We hire the $4,000 a year ones).
I haven’t really decided how I feel about my Computer Science teacher yet. He’s a funny guy, likes to bash Macs a lot, which I’m fine with, but it’s gotten old. He jokes around a lot, but it seems kind of fake, rehearsed. As the comments say, he does indeed have terrible handwriting. Computer science lectures kinda freak me out. Computer science isn’t a “listen” thing, it’s a “do” thing.
And finally, my linguistics professor. The fact that I can’t understand why anyone would pursue a degree in linguistics aside, she’s seems alright. She seems a bit distant, but seems to know what she’s talking about.
So, all in all, I don’t really have any problems with my professors. Which is a big ol’ change from high school, where pretty much every teacher sucked (with the exception of maybe… four). Of course, I say this now before I’ve talked to any of them personally or had any tests or anything marked. We’ll have to do a re-revaluation soon enough.