Anybody else wish you had your current knowledge while listening to your college professors?

[nostradumbass]

Was telling someone about one of my college classes earlier. University 101 was required of all majors at my school, which is basically a class in SJW/regression. This was over a decade ago, and though the class was designed for a free A, that is the only class I failed, and it ended in me making the professor cry.

The professor and the PA were both gay guys, and the PA got on me once for saying "foreigner", to which he said, "they aren't foreign, they're internationals", to which I said, "No, they aren't. They aren't international, they're from one country, and it isn't this one, so that makes them 'foreign', and that's what the word means"

The professor tried to hang out with me outside of class 4 times, one of which was at an AIDS parade, where he called me a "great guy" and said I should meet his family, and I actually did all 4 times. He failed me, and I set up a meeting with a moderator, showing how his claims of my late assignments were not true, with dates of completion for each. He then said he heard that I was uncomfortable with his advances and told my academic advisor, and started crying. This is what we're dealing with on campus.

There's also another story with my English prof., but it would make this post too long. Do any of you wish you had more information before entering college, or feel like they took advantage of your inexperience to inculcate you?

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Id have kick their asses. I wanted to kick so many admin and faculty asses since 6th grade, that class in your OP will push me over edge.

They have been trying to inculcate us since the very beginning. By they I mean the education complex of this country. For what purpose, I dont know. They just in it to make money for themselves.

 

[nostradumbass]

Id have kick their asses. I wanted to kick so many admin and faculty asses since 6th grade, that class in your OP will push me over edge.

They have been trying to inculcate us since the very beginning. By they I mean the education complex of this country. For what purpose, I dont know. They just in it to make money for themselves.

There's actually a bunch more to it, like the fact that my roommates were a black football player, a Romanian, and a Frenchman living with me, with the other tennis room next door being 2 Swedes and an Englishman, yet I still had to go to a "multicultural event". The event I eventually wrote about was going to watch to the movie "pootie tang" with my pakistani friend. I spoke 4 languages and lived and associated with almost no white americans, so the concept seemed silly.

My English teacher also tried to fail me because my first paper was called "horse shit", and told why the equestrian team weren't athletes. Turns out, she lived on an Indian reserve raising horses, and all her comments were related to NASCAR. I actually sent back comments saying I don't think NASCAR drivers are athletes either, and she should stay on task. I'm a published writer now, and she's still probably a horse breeder who had the authority to trash my writing because she got "butt-hurt".

I could fill the whole page just getting to gist of these stories, but I'll leave them for now and probably divulge if this thread gets any attention.

 

[Lead]

I can recall some of my teachers and their views now that time has gone on. I remember disagreeing a lot with one of my high school teachers on politics and now I look back and understand a lot of where she was coming from.

There's definitely some college professors I wish I could have a q&a with as they just seemed to have a vast pool of knowledge about certain things or stories from pat experiences in the field

 

[Fedorable]

No, was a science major.

 

[Fedorable]

There's actually a bunch more to it, like the fact that my roommates were a black football player, a Romanian, and a Frenchman living with me, with the other tennis room next door being 2 Swedes and an Englishman, yet I still had to go to a "multicultural event". The event I eventually wrote about was going to watch to the movie "pootie tang" with my pakistani friend. I spoke 4 languages and lived and associated with almost no white americans, so the concept seemed silly.

My English teacher also tried to fail me because my first paper was called "horse shit", and told why the equestrian team weren't athletes. Turns out, she lived on an Indian reserve raising horses, and all her comments were related to NASCAR. I actually sent back comments saying I don't think NASCAR drivers are athletes either, and she should stay on task. I'm a published writer now, and she's still probably a horse breeder who had the authority to trash my writing because she got "butt-hurt".

I could fill the whole page just getting to gist of these stories, but I'll leave them for now and probably divulge if this thread gets any attention.

anyone can publish a book.

 

[nostradumbass]

anyone can publish a book.

It wasn't a book; I won a short story contest and got a few bucks for my efforts. I'm not claiming I'm Ernest Hemingway, but getting below average scores in a basic writing class where all the best scores are nothing more than mediocre suggests there might be some other reason. Like I said, this was over a decade ago and "clouds" didn't exist. I was actually in this class during 9/11.

However, since writing a book is so easy, I'd be happy to read yours if you provide a link.

 

[Fedorable]

It wasn't a book; I won a short story contest and got a few bucks for my efforts. I'm not claiming I'm Ernest Hemingway, but getting below average scores in a basic writing class where all the best scores are nothing more than mediocre suggests there might be some other reason. Like I said, this was over a decade ago and "clouds" didn't exist. I was actually in this class during 9/11.

I want to write two books, a non-fiction and a fiction book.

I also won a contest. It was third grade and I had to read it at some conference so I pretended like I lost it. Funny, 20 years later and I was asked to give a bunch of speeches to a variety of learning establishments.

The only money I won was in kindergarden. We had to do this alphabet drawing thing, you know: the letter A had to have a correlated drawing that started with the letter A and so on. I won $10 for the most creative (not many 5 year olds would draw Uranus for the letter U) and $5 for best drawings. I think I got stiffed on the last $5 award, but I can't remember what that was for.

That was probably when I peaked. I didn't get another award until after college. I was out of state so the professor of my university hand delivered my distinguished alumni award to my mother. I never told anyone that story.

 

[nostradumbass]

I want to write two books, a non-fiction and a fiction book.

I also won a contest. It was third grade and I had to read it at some conference so I pretended like I lost it. Funny, 20 years later and I was asked to give a bunch of speeches to a variety of learning establishments.

The only money I won was in kindergarden. We had to do this alphabet drawing thing, you know: the letter A had to have a correlated drawing that started with the letter A and so on. I won $10 for the most creative (not many 5 year olds would draw Uranus for the letter U) and $5 for best drawings. I think I got stiffed on the last $5 award, but I can't remember what that was for.

BTW, cool that you like to read and write. Who is your favorite writer? I think I like Thomas Hardy the best. If you haven't read "Jude, the Obscure", you really should.
That was probably when I peaked. I didn't get another award until after college. I was out of state so the professor of my university hand delivered my distinguished alumni award to my mother. I never told anyone that story.

Ah, mine was just submitting to a contest. There is a crazy number of science-fiction contests, with demons and dragons, but mine was just a character story about complacency and perspective on depression, so I found one of the very few contests where it fit, cause I wrote it like 2 years before I submitted it. It doesn't matter, and I'm still not trying to claim being an expert writer. I was 18 at the time, and was no doubt a horrible writer, but I do think if we took my paper compared to the rest of the class, an unbiased group of editors would give me higher marks.

BTW, since you like to read/write, who is you favorite writer? Mine, I think, is Thomas Hardy. If you haven't read "Jude, the Obscure", you should.

 

[RhinoRush]

I'm just glad college is over. I hated it. I graduated with a 3.3 but could have easily graduatedwith a 3.7 or higher if I had been a few years older and wiser. I had a bad habit of calling professors out on their bullshit.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

The more idiots with a college degrees the better this is for me. Let's turn a bachelor's for most majors into a piece of trash paper. Lol

Seems that's the goal at this rate of war on intellectualism. I personally find it hilarious. Now if only all the youth got addicted to pot and adopted a carefree attitude!!! That could be the utopia of some professors.

 

[punky brewster]

Took a "human sexuality" class. Jesus, what a ton of shit. Female teacher. On the last day of class, she wore a T-shirt that said "THIS is what a FEMINIST looks like" printed in big letters (with an arrow pointing to her face).

What was written on her shirt kind of went with out saying though. Her curriculum was of course, 90% focused on females. Had to watch four shitty movies, one of which showed Ellen DeGeneres in a nude scene with Sharon Stone.....

 

[Fluffernutter]

How was their score on your ratemyprofessor grade?

 

[nostradumbass]

How was their score on your ratemyprofessor grade?

That actually wasn't even a thing. I remember downloading the song "knives out" my first week in school, because internet was better than what my parents had. I think the internet way mostly napster, and a few articles about sharks. Nothing like it is now. Was in school 01-05.