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re: Strange professors in college
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:16 am to tigahbruh
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:16 am to tigahbruh
I had a professor for an old south agriculture course at USM several years back that was as old as time itself. He’d written several books on the positive impact that slavery had on the economy in the plantation south in the in the 17 and 1800s. He made it perfectly clear the first day that he was not going to cater to people that thought the class should be taught a the evils of humans in bondage and that if anyone wanted to argue with him on that, he’d remove them from the course.
There were probably 25 people that first day. The next class period there were 21. Guess who the 4 were that dropped.
There were probably 25 people that first day. The next class period there were 21. Guess who the 4 were that dropped.
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Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:26 am to Vestigial Morgan
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My very first class in college...we only had a final and the prof got made at the administration over something (conflict with syllabus schedule or something)...so for the final the prof brought in pizza. If you ate two pieces you got an A. It was a small summer class...
The legendary Mark Carleton got mad at the Dean one spring semester and left for the summer without turning in any grades.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:33 am to Jim Rockford
I've told this story here before, but I had a professor who was a flaming homosexual (not that there's anything wrong with that). The time for his final conflicted with another final I had, so he let me reschedule it on the last Saturday of the semester at Middleton Library.
Me and about five other people from the class showed up that Saturday, and we waited. And waited. This was the 90s when it was rare to have a cell phone, but one of the students with us had one and called the professor at his house.
"Oh my god" the professor said. "I woke up to a flat tire, and I didn't know what to do. This day is just ruined, and I can't leave the house. Pass the phone around to everyone there."
As the phone was passed around, he asked us our names and social security numbers (this was back when your social was tied to everything at LSU, including your grades), and gave everyone in there an A. All because he couldn't change a tire.
Me and about five other people from the class showed up that Saturday, and we waited. And waited. This was the 90s when it was rare to have a cell phone, but one of the students with us had one and called the professor at his house.
"Oh my god" the professor said. "I woke up to a flat tire, and I didn't know what to do. This day is just ruined, and I can't leave the house. Pass the phone around to everyone there."
As the phone was passed around, he asked us our names and social security numbers (this was back when your social was tied to everything at LSU, including your grades), and gave everyone in there an A. All because he couldn't change a tire.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:45 am to ctiger69
EE professsor at LaTech would bring an ice chest to class and drink 4-5 cokes minimum. He was definitely a different bird. Had a constant flow of soda in him at all times. You’d go to his office and empty coke cans everywhere. Also gave multiple choice Engineering tests.
This post was edited on 10/2/18 at 11:49 am
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:54 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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Had a professor who came to class in his pajamas every 8 am and told us first day of class that we would get advance warning of pop quizzes if we saw him climbing in the window (class was on the second floor) sure enough a few weeks into class that son of a bitch propped a ladder against the building and proceeded to come into the class via the window.
Was this at Louisiana Tech? My mom used to tell a story similar of a professor she had there, except it was wearing red tennis shoes coming through the window and then standing on his head. Might have been the same guy if so.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:55 am to PortHudsonPlaya
Related question for you young uns. Do any colleges still use blue books for testing? Every professor I had back at Princeton loved essay questions .
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:07 pm to ctiger69
My English 1001 professor at LSU was the weirdest mofo I’ve ever dealt with. He made us watch several independent films in class, including one he directed about his love for cornbread and another in his words that was “a water birth shot as a pornography”, which included the full birthing process.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:15 pm to ctiger69
I had a Latin professor at LSU that looked “weird”, but was a very genuine guy. Supposedly he was doing his PhD at Yale, wrote something controversial, the administration asked him to apologize, he refused and was forced to leave. Most people who took the first section took the 2nd the next semester. He threw a house party after the semester was over. I couldn’t go for whatever reason, but people said his house was a trailer in the middle of nowhere filled wall-to-wall with books (he hadn’t watched TV in 20 years). It sounds strange, but he was just someone who needed very little to be happy.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:16 pm to ctiger69
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Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:17 pm to ctiger69
Professors in general are weird
Especially arts and social sciences
Especially arts and social sciences
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:19 pm to pjab
Had an accounting professor who spent the entire semester making jokes at Texas A&M's expense. He wasn't really a weird dude, and was a good professor, but literally made 4-5 A&M jokes every class.
Weird thing was that at time, LSU never really played A&M and hadn't in awhile (Pre-A&M in the SEC) so I thought it was a strange school to pick as the butt of every joke. His Aggie jokes probably funnier now that we play A&M every year.
Weird thing was that at time, LSU never really played A&M and hadn't in awhile (Pre-A&M in the SEC) so I thought it was a strange school to pick as the butt of every joke. His Aggie jokes probably funnier now that we play A&M every year.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:37 pm to Tigereye10005
Poly Sci 309, the Judical Process, taught by Professor Todd at the University of Arizona in the 90's. Class was about 400 students and first day he started a class discussion on whether anal sex should be a crime. We all hated him because he gave us assigned seats and would ask us questions and humiliate us like the prof in the movie, The Paper Chase.
Every lecture he would refer back to anal sex, especially when he was quizzing hot chicks. All the girls thought he was a creep because the rumor was it he would offer grades for sex whenever the girls went to his office.
For vacation he went to the Supreme Court every year to watch them in action. Complete dick and obviously fascinated by anal sex.
Every lecture he would refer back to anal sex, especially when he was quizzing hot chicks. All the girls thought he was a creep because the rumor was it he would offer grades for sex whenever the girls went to his office.
For vacation he went to the Supreme Court every year to watch them in action. Complete dick and obviously fascinated by anal sex.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 12:58 pm to BayouCatFan
My first two classes at LSU as a freshman were Geology and Anthropology.
The Geology professor, I think his name was Roche, would smash rocks with a sledgehammer, and throw the bits at the students. "This is pyrite!" and we'd get peppered with pyrite. "This is granite!," shotgun blast of granite to the face.
The Anthropology professor (Manheim?), put on a gorilla mask and started throwing straw and bamboo at us.
The Geology professor, I think his name was Roche, would smash rocks with a sledgehammer, and throw the bits at the students. "This is pyrite!" and we'd get peppered with pyrite. "This is granite!," shotgun blast of granite to the face.
The Anthropology professor (Manheim?), put on a gorilla mask and started throwing straw and bamboo at us.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 1:54 pm to ctiger69
I had a business teacher who once ripped up a students text book to make a point. Then he threw candy bars at the students during the lecture. After just a few minutes he stormed off angrily after telling the students they don’t know anything.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 1:55 pm to boxcarbarney
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The Anthropology professor (Manheim?), put on a gorilla mask and started throwing straw and bamboo at us.
That could have been MUCH worse.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 1:59 pm to 777Tiger
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I remember one or two quirky profs like that, I had one guy, on day one, for homework told us all to write up a contract detailing what we would do for whatever grade we wanted, thought it was a trap, so I put a decent, but easy, workload in mine, he signed it, I did it, got my A
Did the workload consist of writing the longest run on sentences possible?
Posted on 10/2/18 at 2:02 pm to biglego
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I had a business teacher who once ripped up a students text book to make a point. Then he threw candy bars at the students during the lecture. After just a few minutes he stormed off angrily after telling the students they don’t know anything.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 2:57 pm to Tigereye10005
The LSU History legend Professor Sidney Cohen.
Liked to cite Cobra woman comics: "Give me all your gold or I tro' you into zee wolcano!"
Liked to cite Cobra woman comics: "Give me all your gold or I tro' you into zee wolcano!"
Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:03 pm to ctiger69
Suresh Moorthy for Strengths. Dude was a heavy chain smoker and we'd make a game of keeping track of how many times he would cough during class. I think our highest all time mark was 97. "cough, cough, get ready for your quiz ya"
For Statics we had some visiting professor for the semester that was filling in for the usual instructor. Every time we had a test or a guest speaker or something he would say "alright everyone, put away your pipes and bongs."
I had Dr. Gilley for a seminar on space civilization. Dude was chill as frick. Instead of a final we just had a big potluck in the frat house that he was a frat dad for.
For Statics we had some visiting professor for the semester that was filling in for the usual instructor. Every time we had a test or a guest speaker or something he would say "alright everyone, put away your pipes and bongs."
I had Dr. Gilley for a seminar on space civilization. Dude was chill as frick. Instead of a final we just had a big potluck in the frat house that he was a frat dad for.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:07 pm to biglego
I had a very cool physics professor at the university of Saint Thomas in Houston during the late 80’s.
The professor would often smoke a pipe in class. He gave credit for homework even if the solutions to the assigned problems were incorrect.
His physics exams usually consisted of five physics problems and you were given the entire 90 minutes to complete them. The problems on the exam often came from the physics textbook.
Dr. Galloway would offer pre-exam study sessions the day before the exam. He often brought sodas for the students who would attend the help sessions.
Each semester, the science majors would be invited to a weekend cookout and swimming pool party at his home.
Dr. Louie Galloway passed away last December at 81.
The professor would often smoke a pipe in class. He gave credit for homework even if the solutions to the assigned problems were incorrect.
His physics exams usually consisted of five physics problems and you were given the entire 90 minutes to complete them. The problems on the exam often came from the physics textbook.
Dr. Galloway would offer pre-exam study sessions the day before the exam. He often brought sodas for the students who would attend the help sessions.
Each semester, the science majors would be invited to a weekend cookout and swimming pool party at his home.
Dr. Louie Galloway passed away last December at 81.
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