tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post3269366448113777841..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Plus or minusZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-17802174615930885092013-01-04T22:25:18.690-08:002013-01-04T22:25:18.690-08:00That is why I don't look at RateMyProfessors. ...That is why I don't look at RateMyProfessors. I don't really want to know what they think. A friend looked me up and told me the only real negative he saw was that my "jokes were lame." Not a surprise, so I've become a little more Dangerfieldian in my humor.evlunclbudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16198119284093699151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-37385804440724783582012-12-14T15:46:36.662-08:002012-12-14T15:46:36.662-08:00Of course I have to admit, Zeno, that you were one...Of course I have to admit, Zeno, that you were one of the best instructors I ever had, back when you were a grad student and I was an undergrad. You were the only lower-division mathematics teacher from whom I could learn just about everything taught, without scurrying off to physics or engineering professors to help me make sense of it. (Office hours: I used 'em!) When I took my graduate degree recently, I compared my VERY GOOD/EXCELLENT instructors to you, and did not find you wanting.<br /><br />To be honest, the only complaint I ever had was that you chose your classes to be at ungodly hours of the morning, relative to when the noise in the dorms quieted enough to let someone sleep.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324079828744226823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-20101453654058311262012-12-01T11:42:15.445-08:002012-12-01T11:42:15.445-08:00In the fairly recent past I took a class from an i...In the fairly recent past I took a class from an instructor that I had mixed feelings about. He was a notoriously bad listener, and kept answering the question he _thought_ you were asking rather than hearing you out. He also went through powerpoint slides fast enough that note-taking was a challenge. His labs and out-of-class assignments were incredibly challenging, and his tests were amazingly difficult (and relentlessly comprehensive). I learned so much in that class that I took another one from him -- and learned a ton in that class, too. Is he a good teacher? I'm still ambivalent about that. But I'd jump to take another class from him.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079852628674185384noreply@blogger.com