An update on the Asshole Teacher

[trinityvixen]

For those of you who have ever wanted to know how not to brush off an entirely too-harsh thing with "humor," here's how not to do it:

Do not say, after saying this and getting back a panicked and penitent response, "Couldn't let you off the hook without even a little preaching, could I?

That date will not cause me any serious extra work.  Better that you took the course than
not.  So don't loss any sleep."

Sigh. If I hadn't said I would talk to him at class, I'd totally skip it tonight...

Comments

[moonlightalice.livejournal.com]

The other thing that's total bullshit is that it's not like you're a college student with a demonstrated history of irresponsibility. You're a goddamn ADULT. Taking his class because you WANT to. In addition to your FULL-TIME JOB. I think he should've been more, you know, MATURE even if you were just a student, but the fact that he can't seem to approach you on any kind of grown-up level is ridiculous.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

This is something that the professors teaching the part-time classes at NYU at least seem to have a handle on: That we're adults with jobs/families/lives outside of school. One of the women in my class gave birth yesterday morning, and the professor's reaction/presentation of the news was on the order of "hey, a colleague just had a baby."

Now, if only someone would explain this to the idiot who runs the music building...