keith@seismo.UUCP (Keith Bostic) (06/20/85)
In article <43@avsdS.UUCP>, cdk@avsdS.UUCP (Chris Kendall) writes: >> Especially the ones that give you a 'C' for not attending lectures. >> >> Arash Farmanfarmaian'85 > I too am an engineering instructor... (evening classes), and have been > for over 6 years. It has been my experience that anyone who can pass > a class without coming is either: > 1. wasting everyone elses time by even > enrolling since they've had the class before > --or-- > 2. Cheating they're asses off. > Take it up the street! > C. Kendall For almost two years I went to school full time, worked full time and bartended on the side, just to get a piece of paper. 10% of the time I knew more than the instructor about the subject, 80% of the time I could have taken the final on the first day of the class and gotten an 'A'. I agree I was wasting everyone elses time, but it was the instructor's own fault. Since then I've taught on both the graduate and undergraduate levels -- if you want to come in, talk with me for 20 minutes and take a final -- you can. It works out pretty nicely. Keith Bostic