There aren't many 'Sharps' on these Boards...???

[tacomax]

hey taco, you goin to the bash?

Wow, lots of people can't wait to meet me can they?

[pico]

Wow, lots of people can't wait to meet me can they?

i like to meet you

[The HG]

You want to come say this stuff to my face? Yeah, we'll see at the bash who will say something to my face, do it and see what happens.

[tacomax]

Lot of guys on here are very confrontational and obsessed with demonstrating their intelligence.

Good point. Hang on a minute, though (note that this is just from the past 3 pages of ONE thread):

I am a smart guy, I have been in school for over 23 years of my life

I am 1000 times smarter than my students

Intellectual minds like us are instantly drawn to one another.

You tell me how I am not much smarter than my students????

okay, maybe I am not 1000 times smarter but rather 291 times smarter.

[BuddyBear]

Sure, and all that stuff is true.

And yes, I am an "intellectual mind" I am drawn to learning and listening and reading and intellectually elevating myself. Yet, i am not on here flaunting what I know. The trick is being able to relate to the audience and present information is a constructive and efficient manner. I can do that and so can guys like Pags, Taco you can't and DJ can't either. It's all part of being a good teacher.

[tacomax]

It's all part of being a good teacher.

But seemingly you're not. You say you get solid evaluations but the students hand in crap. Teaching isn't a popularlarity contest - you're there to teach them not to get 5/5 on the course evaluations. I they hand in crap then you're simply not teaching them to the required standard - but I'm sure you'll never to manage to work that out.

[durito]

I'm kind of an arrogant prick, but I only recall a handful of teachers I ever had that I didn't think I was smarter than.

The most brilliant economics teacher I ever had had the worst course evaluations in the department. It was my favorite class I took in undergrad.

[BuddyBear]

But seemingly you're not. You say you get solid evaluations but the students hand in crap. Teaching isn't a popularlarity contest - you're there to teach them not to get 5/5 on the course evaluations. I they hand in crap then you're simply not teaching them to the required standard - but I'm sure you'll never to manage to work that out.

Now I am getting criticized from a guy who has never taken a course I teach.

They hand in crap b/c almost all undergraduates hand in crap, that's just the way it goes. All professors and grad students do is mock undergraduates and they do so for a reason. Most undergradudates don't give a shit about school, they are just there to party and get drunk. I am not there to teach them how to write and to make them interested in the material...that's up to them, not me.

[tacomax]

I'm kind of an arrogant prick, but I only recall a handful of teachers I ever had that I didn't think I was smarter than.

In a lot of cases, the teachers not tenured or on tenure track are pretty poor. They're only teaching but for the lack of decent alternatives.

The most brilliant economics teacher I ever had had the worst course evaluations in the department. It was my favorite class I took in undergrad.

Me too. The best two econ professors in the department are the most universally hated and have the worse course evaluations - as I said, it's about teaching the students, not being the popular guy/gal on campus.

[BuddyBear]

I'm kind of an arrogant prick, but I only recall a handful of teachers I ever had that I didn't think I was smarter than.

The most brilliant economics teacher I ever had had the worst course evaluations in the department. It was my favorite class I took in undergrad.

Some professors, especially at research universities, only care about their research so their teaching suffers. It's one of the downfalls of the university system, but a number of universities these days are placing more emphasis on teaching.

[trixtrix]

bear, what if one of these 1000x stupider -than-you undergrad that you taught came up to you one day and told you off b/c you were making fun of him w/ your other holier-than-thou buddies/professors? (as you already confessed that you did)

see any parallels here?

[BuddyBear]

bear, what if one of these 1000x stupider -than-you undergrad that you taught came up to you one day and told you off b/c you were making fun of him w/ your other holier-than-thou buddies/professors? (as you already confessed that you did)

see any parallels here?

what the fukc are you talking about? Is something wrong with you? Who is going to come say anything to me???? What do you think the probability of something like this happening...oh, i'd say .0000000000000000000000000001% My students bring me presents and cards at the semester.

Get real dude

[raiders72002]

Justin and JJ are the only sharps on this board. The rest are wannabes.

[raiders72002]

In a lot of cases, the teachers not tenured or on tenure track are pretty poor. They're only teaching but for the lack of decent alternatives.

grade school mentality.

and lawyers and doctors that do pro-bono work do it because they suck.

[MrX]

If there's one thing I learned from this thread, it's that BuddyBear is fond of large orders of magnitude.

[BuddyBear]

If there's one thing I learned from this thread, it's that BuddyBear is fond of large orders of magnitude.

More stupidity.....

[trixtrix]

If there's one thing I learned from this thread, it's that BuddyBear is fond of large orders of magnitude.

..and yet he fails to grasp small concepts..

just another in a long line of sweet ironies on this thread

[ManOfValue]

Some pretty sharp people here willy, you probably heard that before... ..Gotta bear one thing in mind, people generally are not willing to give away their secrets for 0 ...