From buddy Mon Nov  7 19:08:01 1994
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 23:36:16
Subject: course evaluations


        A friend of mine goes to Brown University.  They have a
publication there called "The Critical Review."  A section has
student comments on a class.   Here are some of the more humorous:

                Insights from Student Surveys

"He spoke, I had no clue, it was as mutal relationship."

"The book was written in some cryptographic jumbo."

"It (the course) made me realize that the universe is truly evil -- This
course is evil incarnate.  I believe the professor may have been Satan
himself!"

"If our section was 'Romper Room', our TA would have been great.  I'm
just surprised she didn't threaten to take recess away from us."

"When people start taking up all our class time with inane comments
and/or questions, (the professor) should pull out a bat and hit them."

"This professor was as dry as a dustbuster. (bad metaphor--bad
professor--bad class)."

"Today is May 1.  Today is the first time I understood his lecture.
Need I say more?"

"6000 years of history in one semester!  10000 years of history in two
semesters!!  If all I took at Brown were survey courses in ancient
cultures, I would have 132,000 years of history in 4 years."

"Time commitment--eternity."

"I think he thought he was running a discussion, however, I think it was
more of an entertainment program (starring him)."

"...the readings were like the meringue on a Baked Alaska - all fluff
and no satisfaction."

"Purpose--to drive you to insanity."

"[The professor] Always has these wonderful juice boxes each class that
make me thirsty."

"My TA was about as kind and helpful as a pit-bull on speed."

"His lectures could have substituted for by a tape of someone reading
the textbook (although I would have preferred Deep Purple)."

"[Professor was] zombie-like in appearance and style.  I sort of wished
he would do something crazy in class just to prove he was alive."

"He couldn't have been less energetic unless he had a stroke."

"[Professor] is about as stimulating as watching corn grow.  His only
talent is the ability to wear sexy purple shirts left over from the
70's."

"Sure you learned a lot but after studying you wanted to stick a lead
pipe up the prof's butt."

"The TA was sort of wishy-washy, kind of like Charlie Brown leading a
picnic or something."

"This course required some desire to read and a lot of desire to
bullshit."

"This class made me realize that I never want to be involved with the
humanities again.  I am a biology major, because science matters, and
the humanities don't matter."

"The TA was very useful.  He set up the slide projector every day and
turned out the lights."

"Each lecture was like a film production--I felt like I was spending an
hour a day in EPCOT every MWF."

"Any mention of a piece of concrete information was met with a sigh of
relief."

"My TA wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer--overall, I'd say she's a
few fries short of a Happy Meal."

"If Jesus went to Brown, he would take this course.  (So would Buddha
and a few other really hip religious figures.)"

"[Professor] was like Dr. Seuss with a physics degress."

"Soften up the lab technician with a Club Med vacation."

"My TA's big brown eyes and soft touch _definitely_ helped facilitate
understanding."

"Overall, he makes my All-Professor Team!"

"[Professor] is extremely intelligent, but drier then a [cafeteria]
bagel."

"He's the pits!  He actually said 'Anyone...anyone?' like that guy in
Ferris Bueller."

"Unbelieveable.   It was like _Stand_ _and_ _Deliver_."

"He doesn't say things are definites; he will say somethings is timid,
yet bold, loud, yet quiet, etc... This is not necessarily bad, nor is it
necessarily good..."

"Nice wardrobe--the guy's got more clothes than I got brain cells."

"[Professor]'s speaking style was so fluid that his entire lecture
seemed to be comprised of one sentence; indeed, I often found myself
perched on the edge of my seat, waiting for an elusive verb to emanate
from his mouth."

"If he [the professor] was any more enthusiastic, he'd have a heart
attack."

"[The sections] were about as useful as a sandbox in a desert."

"This class really made me think.  Think about what I had for lunch, my
mail for the day, the Tetris I could be playing..."

"[Professor] has the annoying habit of starting at 9:55 and ending at
11:10 because 'the clocks in here are fast.'  Is there a time warp in
here?"

"I must say though that _all_ of the TA's were very attractive women."

"Though sometimes the class was frustrating and hysteria-provoking, I
and my classmates bonded closely in this Vietnam-like experience."


        How Did this course contibute to your educational experience?
        Was this course intellectually satisfying, and if so, how?

"It was my educational experience this semester."

"Oh, stop it!"

"I've always hated this question.  I abstain."

"Very much so, but it should be taken into account that I have an
intellectual level comparable to that of a mushroom."

"The students were so uniformly idiotic and obtuse that the intellectual
stimulation was little and far between."

"Seeing as I'm a senior, I'm less and less interested in things
academic."

"I don't really know what was missing, but somethings was.  Maybe it was
me."

        Describe possible ways for improving this course in the
future:

"...make it 50 minutes long.  No, better yet, 25 or 30 min."

"Coffee on I.V. -- the lectures could cause spontaneous narcolepsy."

"Remove [professor] from his catatonic trance."

"Reduce volume of material--don't try to create the world in seven days!!
That's God's job!!"

"Prof. could wear funny hats and dance the Mazurka."