Least favorite Professor

IcSyU · 06-13-2008, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Cybone

The professor I mentioned in the Favorite Professor thread takes the cake. Her name was Duffy, cannot recall her first name. I loathed that vertically challenged succubus. For the first and last time in my life, I had to chose to compromise my values and beliefs for the sake of decent grade in a class. I should not have had to do that.

I think there is a Jan Duffy in the College of Business if that's who you're talking about?

mwitt · 06-13-2008, 10:39 AM

I had Pauline Hall. I had no problem with her. I thought the class was cake, though, so that could have contributed.

Am not in the fan club of Daniel Krier. I don't like it when my professor talks about God and Adam having homosexual anal sex to create Eve.

mwitt · 06-13-2008, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

I think there is a Jan Duffy in the College of Business if that's who you're talking about?

Correction: Not finding one in the faculty directory. There is however a Linda Duffy in HDFS.

There is. She teaches accounting.

CloneFan65 · 06-13-2008, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by throwittoblythe

He would make outlandish comments in class that I presume were to be funny like "gravity is just something physicists invented to make all their formulas work out." ...

As a math geek, I find that quote very funny.

Cybone · 06-13-2008, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

I think there is a Jan Duffy in the College of Business if that's who you're talking about?

Correction: Not finding one in the faculty directory. There is however a Linda Duffy in HDFS.

I am certain that she is no longer teaching at ISU. The class I was referring to was Poli Sci 310 - Political Psychology. It was a fascinating class, first book we covered was The Mind of Adolf Hitler, the book we finished up on was The Political Psychology of the Gulf War. The last book should have been a must read for every political science major, it explained why we never ousted Hussein initially and other details of the war.

IcSyU · 06-13-2008, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by mwitt

There is. She teaches accounting.

Originally Posted by mwitt

I had Pauline Hall. I had no problem with her. I thought the class was cake, though, so that could have contributed.

Am not in the fan club of Daniel Krier. I don't like it when my professor talks about God and Adam having homosexual anal sex to create Eve.

I thought that name sounded familiar

Didn't like Krier's methods of teaching because he tended to **** me off, but he was very knowledgeable, and class was interesting. The girl that sat in the front row of our Sociology 134 class with him in Curtiss perturbed me more than he did. I didn't like the whole God and Adam story, but some of the things he said made me really stop and think.

CyGuy33 · 06-13-2008, 10:45 AM

Deb Atkinson, HS 215 i believe. It's basically a workout class and the only reason she is mentioned is because in her mid 40's she did everything with the class, had three classes a day and basically kicked my a$$ the whole sememster. In the end I did lose 3% body fat and was in better shape but still make a young guy feel good about himself.

Is it bad that I don't remember any prof's names? Seriously I think I can come up with at the most 4 or five from my time at Iowa State.

CloneFan65 · 06-13-2008, 10:46 AM

I taught Math as a TA and a then a full-time instructor from '91 to '96 at ISU, so I better not see my name in this thread.

IcSyU · 06-13-2008, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by CloneFan65

I taught Math as a TA and a then a full-time instructor from '91 to '96 at ISU, so I better not see my name in this thread.

Let me do some digging through the archives and see if I can come up with a math instructor at ISU that I didn't like at the ripe age of 2, who was probably TAing before I was even born.

TykeClone · 06-13-2008, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by CloneFan65

I taught Math as a TA and a then a full-time instructor from '91 to '96 at ISU, so I better not see my name in this thread.

That's right... ClonFan65 in math (which class was that again?) - man did that suck

RyCy04 · 06-13-2008, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by Cybone

The professor I mentioned in the Favorite Professor thread takes the cake. Her name was Duffy, cannot recall her first name. I loathed that vertically challenged succubus. For the first and last time in my life, I had to chose to compromise my values and beliefs for the sake of decent grade in a class. I should not have had to do that.

I dated a girl who despised Duffy. Duffy told her that she must have a learning disorder. I have never seen a girl that close to going on a killing spree. I personally found it very humorous that she was told she had a learning disorder. I still to this day can't figure out why that relationship didn't work out??

Correction: I am speaking of Jan Duffy

mwitt · 06-13-2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Didn't like Krier's methods of teaching because he tended to **** me off, but he was very knowledgeable, and class was interesting. The girl that sat in the front row of our Sociology 134 class with him in Curtiss perturbed me more than he did. I didn't like the whole God and Adam story, but some of the things he said made me really stop and think.

He made me stop and think sometimes, sure, but he was also very biased in his teachings. He didn't encourage dissenting opinions because he thought what came out of his mouth was the gospel.

When did you have him? I had a friend who had him the semester after me, and he told that same God/Adam story and a religious person got really upset and called him out, was reciting Bible verses, etc.

illinoiscyclone · 06-13-2008, 11:04 AM

any first or second year science major will tell you sheldon shen's bio 212 class is aweful. since i am only thru with my first year, thats who i would say, but i hope they dont get any worse than him..

linkshero · 06-13-2008, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Cybone

The professor I mentioned in the Favorite Professor thread takes the cake. Her name was Duffy, cannot recall her first name. I loathed that vertically challenged succubus. For the first and last time in my life, I had to chose to compromise my values and beliefs for the sake of decent grade in a class. I should not have had to do that.

Was she the left wing Journalism proffessor? I had her, and although didn't like her personally, thought she was pretty good at what she did. She pulled two guys up in front of a class of 400 and busted them for plagiarism. The room was very quite, and most felt bad for the guys....copying work in a journalism class is about like dealing off the bottom of the deck in a room full of poker players.

travman23 · 06-13-2008, 11:05 AM

Of all the bad profs I had this guy tops them all:

Anada Weerasinghe - math

When the TA's are telling you not to work problems the way he is teaching them then you know he's got issues. The picture is priceless too...

One class some guys left about 10 minutes early and made barnyard noises on the way out. He spent the next few minutes lecturing us about how inconsiderate and disruptive that was and someone eventually pointed out that it was stupid to be telling us this when the guys that had done it had left the room. Another class he was wearing black pants and the hall our lecture was in had the old chalk boards. He must have had an itch on his butt or something because eventually the whole class was chuckling about the big chalk spot on one cheek of his pants.