Here I sit in the first day of American Heritage. I feel a particular amount of disdain towards the course, not because of the teacher, nor the subject material, but because of the teacher. Yes I realize the non-sensical nature of the statement that was just made. The teacher appears qualified and competent, but he's wasting my time.
Perhaps my feeling this way is a result of being spoiled by Dr. Burton in CS 142. The man told me what was expected, told me how to do the assignments, and answered every question I could confront him with. His class was perfect.
That being said, I'm going to stop wasting your time and cut to the point. I want the first day of class to:
1. Tell me what I need to get all the points in the class.
2. Answer my questions.
3. Let me go home.
What I want from a normal lecture:
1. Tell me what I need to know to finish the coming homework.
2. Tell me ALL the information that will be on the test (not some introduction that assumes I figured out the answer from the bottom line of the last page of the reading).
3. Let me go home.
3 comments:
I totally hear you about being spoiled by Dr. Burton. His class WAS virtually perfect. That man was a fantastic teacher.
I never had Dr Burton as a teacher, but he ran the 235 exams and labs when I took it, and it was AWESOME! Some of the labs were so easy! Good luck in your classes Joe.
Ok, I just read your last two posts and while I can't even pretend to have any clue what an IDE is, I thought your argument was very persuasive and pointed. And I wanted to die a little inside for you and your major. Hugs.
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