Posted by Angered! on July 16, 2001 at 14:49:59:
In Reply to: Re: unfortunate posted by someone on July 16, 2001 at 13:23:19:
: I spoke to the department about the situation today, and apparently it is not entirely his fault. There has really been no standard for this course, nor any consistency with regards to how it has been taught by various people. So, it is probably kind of tough to come in to a new school with nothing to go by. If he had some structure, it would probably be a lot better and less frustrating.
: : it's pretty unfortunate that we have to encounter this type of faculty even in being in the 6th ranked CS dep. in the nation.....
so they are saying that it's not his fault... Is it not his fault that he can't communicate with TA's.. Whose fault is it that the TA comes to class saying "I'm not prepared for that question!" Whose fault is it when the TA allows everyone to talk in between themselves when he himself is too busy mumbling out "Yeah, I think so." to someone's question...
WHose fault is it that Dr. VW comes to class and spends the entire time being ambigious and trying to be funny and wasteful of our time... I've never felt so frustrated in a class before. This class by far goes beyond any imcompetence I've seen performed by a prof at UT.
All he needs to do is to decide what he wants to teach and what he wants us to learn and try his best to fill the time he is given to teach THAT--- I mean if you make a mistake one time, you can try to fix it next time. But TA treat the prof like a joker and maybe that is what he deserves.
They come to class when they please... and they tell us what they want during the discussion- which consists of NOTHING!
I'm sick of wasting my time during class lectures and discussions. I get better information through you guys than those who are getting paid!!!!!
Maybe it isn't entirely their fault, but they're not doing too much to make things better- all they're doing is confusing us about our grades and standings in the class so later when we get a random grade, we won't be upset.
Whatever, that is such BS!