Least favorite Professor

HOTDON · 10-09-2008, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by mramseyISU

I'd have to go with Chandra, Professor bolt stretcher himself. Everybody got a B+ but when half the class knew more than the guy teaching you've got problems.

The worst part is that I had a buddy that lived with Chandra's son. I felt bad for Chandra after that. All the time he would have spent mastering engineering was apparently invested in feeding his son paint chips and dropping him on his head. Repeatedly.

HOTDON · 10-09-2008, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by clintr

So true! I should have never passed 2 of my 4 math classes, but since 2/3 failed both times, they had to push somebody through.

There use to be a Asian Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering between 2000-2003. Her name escapes me now, but she received her PhD from China and came here to teach. She is no longer at Iowa State.

I'm not sure if it was the language barrier or not, but anytime we asked questions in class she got the "deer in headlights" look and failed to respond approximately 95% of the time. She pretty much read the book and any deviation from that left her in rough shape.

Mid-semester between 2002-2003, the entire mechanical engineering department email list receives an email from a very disgruntled husband calling a lair and a cheat. Essentially, he said her degrees and credentials were a fake. Honestly though, most of us ignore it. It didn't take a questionable email for us arrive at the conclusion that she was not qualified to teach anything in the mechanical engineering department. I ceased going to her class and just showed up for the manufacturing tests.

Rep points to anyone that can actually come up with her name!

Tell me that's not Li Kou (Lee Cow?). I heard a crazy husband story about her.

ffelknirznarf · 10-09-2008, 12:59 AM

His wife was also a professor. I liked him more than her.

Originally Posted by brianhos

I actually kinda liked both of those professors. The worst one I had at ISU was Ralph Tomlinson, he taught some of the comp sci classes, and I think every single student in the class knew more than he did. I am still unclear as to how he god a job teaching when he never knew the material.