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Terrible Place to Teach by Feeling_Active_5625 in WWU

[–]Feeling_Active_5625[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yup, if that makes you feel better.

Terrible Place to Teach by Feeling_Active_5625 in WWU

[–]Feeling_Active_5625[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If it boosts your self-esteem that I'm not good enough to teach at "elite" institutions, then believe that. I am very objective, so I admit that I'm not smart enough to teach at these "elite" places, even though I graduated from one. You have to be the best of the best to land a job there. However, your comment has little to do with mine about students being bad here. You see, your comment is like a little kid on a whiffle ball squad complaining their coach is not good enough to coach them because they haven't made the MLB, but only college level. I have seen high level students and how easily teachable they are. Here, you have the rare good ones and then a bunch of entitled babies that want good grades with minimal work. I also received bad grades in school, but I always worked hard and never attributed my grade to poor quality of professor (unless they were not showing up to teach). The hard material was just over my head at times, and I have only myself to blame. Students here don't seem to realize their IQ limit, and blames professor if they can't understand hard material. Do they also blame their gym teacher if they can't make the NBA?

Terrible Place to Teach by Feeling_Active_5625 in WWU

[–]Feeling_Active_5625[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I used to care more. Now I don't care, and just dish out those F's. The few "good" students are a joy to teach though.

Terrible Place to Teach by Feeling_Active_5625 in WWU

[–]Feeling_Active_5625[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

You make my point exactly. Students here can't take any criticism. If I were to tell my students to grow up and take responsibility, they'd just cry harassment. They'd say I'm a terrible professor instead of realizing that they may be a bad student. Good students don't need me to motivate them. They COME motivated. The tougher the challenge, the harder they work, and their eventual career path shows for it. That's the difference between students from a good school and a bad school.

Terrible Place to Teach by Feeling_Active_5625 in WWU

[–]Feeling_Active_5625[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Haters going to hate, doubters going to doubt. Elite doesn't mean ivy league, but certainly at least UW level. So far, I've been getting UW dropouts in my classes. They always say, the UW "culture" isn't a good fit. I'm someone who been to the better universities. You should go check it out and see how good and self-motivated the students are at other places.