[552] in Humor
HUMOR: Course Evaluations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (clineja@MIT.EDU)
Fri Nov 18 15:59:32 1994
From: clineja@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 15:55:46 -0500
To: humor@MIT.EDU
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Taken From the MIT Course Evaluation Guide, Fall, 1991
The Best and Worst Comments Received
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"This class was a religious experience for me... I had to take it all on
faith."
"Text makes a satisfying 'thud' when dropped on the floor."
"[The class] is worthwhile because I need it for the degree."
"His blackboard technique puts Rembrandt to shame."
"Textbook is confusing... Someone with a knowledge of English should
proofread it."
"Have you ever fell asleep in class and awoke in another? That's the
way I felt all term."
"[In class] I learned I can fudge answers and get away with it."
"Keep lecturer or tenure board will be shot."
"The recitation instructor would make a good parking lot attendant. Tries
to tell you where to go, but you can never understand him."
"Text is useless. I use it to kill roaches in my room."
"[In class] the syllabus is more important than you are."
"I am convinced that you can learn by osmosis by just sitting in his
class."
"Help! I've fallen asleep and I can't wake up!"
"Problem sets are a decoy to lure you away from potential exam
material."
"Recitation was great. It was so confusing that I forgot who I was,
where I was, and what I was doing--It's a great stress reliever."
"He is one of the best teachers I have had...He is well-organized,
presents good lectures, and creates interest in the subject. I hope my
comments don't hurt his chances of getting tenure."
"I would sit in class and stare out the window at the squirrels. They've
got a cool nest in the tree."
"He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high."
"This course kept me out of trouble from 2-4:30 on Tuesdays and
Thursdays."
"Most of us spent the 1st 3 weeks terrified of the class. Then solidarity
kicked in."
"Bogus number crunching. My HP is exhausted."
"The absolute value of the TA was less than epsilon."
"[TA] steadily improved throughout the course... I think he started
drinking and it really loosened him up."
"Information was presented like a ruptured fire hose--spraying in all
directions--no way to stop it."
"I never bought the text. My $60 was better spent on the Led Zeppelin
[tapes] that I used more while doing the problem sets that I would have
used the text."
"What's the quality of the text? 'Text is printed on high quality paper.'"
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