Effin' moron! How the hell is he a professor if he can't friggin' coun't?!

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:16 pm

Prof: I want to know when grades are due.
Me: They're due 72 hours after your final exam.
Prof: I don't have a final exam.
Me: Ok. Then they're due 72 hours after your last class.
Prof: You're not answering my question.
Me: Yes. Whenever your last class is, the grades are due three days later.
Prof: But I need to know when I have to have the grades in by for graduating student.

Seriously! How ****in' dense is this guy?! YOU TAKE YOUR LAST DAY OF CLASS, AND YOU COUNT 1, 2, 3 DAYS LATER, AND YOU HAVE THE FRIGGIN' DUE DATE! MORON!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:32 pm

That's a great story.

electro girl · Post by **electro girl** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:43 pm

Cliffjumper wrote:That's a great story.

Who will play him in the film?

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:43 pm

I'm quite surprized professors don't forget to breathe.

There was a professor who just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that he had to come up with his own grading policy since he was the instructor for the course (ie use your common sense. Did the student meet your expectations, surpass them or not even come close? Grade accordingly).

Post by **Clay** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:55 pm

He was asking for a specific date, not a moving target.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:21 pm

That's the thing. The system is set up so that it's due three days after his class officially ends (he should know by now when his class ends) so I can't give him a specific date.

Got another call with pretty much the same line of questioning. Plus an added bonus:

Me: When is your final exam?
Prof: Uhhhhhhh (for about half a minute) How about today?
Me: Ok you're issuing your final exam today?
Prof: Yeah.
Me: Then it would be due on thursday.
Prof: But I need an actual date . . .

Post by **Clay** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:46 pm

RID Scourge wrote:That's the thing. The system is set up so that it's due three days after his class officially ends (he should know by now when his class ends) so I can't give him a specific date.

Yes you can. If the last day of finals is Friday, May 8, then tell them that the absolute latest time to turn grades in would be Monday, May 11.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:11 pm

Thing is I don't know when his final is.

Jaynz · Post by **Jaynz** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:04 pm

Uh, Clay, how is "Three days after your last class" not a sufficient answer for the deadline?

Vin Ghostal · Post by **Vin Ghostal** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:49 pm

RID Scourge wrote:I'm quite surprized professors don't forget to breathe.

They do know how to spell, though, yes? I suppose no one other than myself and Rick Fox is perfect.

Jaynz · Post by **Jaynz** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:50 pm

Well, the difference being that a 'professor' is supposed to represent that he has enough intelligence to impart knowledge onto other people. An internet poster only needs to know enough to bitch.

LKW · Post by **LKW** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:22 am

Vin Ghostal wrote:They do know how to spell, though, yes? I suppose no one other than myself and Rick Fox is perfect.

Erm... you may want to check the dictionary on that one. It's possible Rick Fox is flying solo in perfectionland....

secretcode · Post by **secretcode** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:59 am

LKW wrote:Erm... you may want to check the dictionary on that one. It's possible Rick Fox is flying solo in perfectionland....

What the **** would a dictionary have to do with.... eh screw it.

Who's Rick Fox?

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:23 am

Vin Ghostal wrote:They do know how to spell, though, yes? I suppose no one other than myself and Rick Fox is perfect.

You're right. My whole argument is void because I misspelled a word.

Point is that if they can't figure out a deadline based on the information I've given or can't figure out how to grade his damn class then he's not capable of doing a very important part of his job.

Savannahtron · Post by **Savannahtron** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:24 am

Tenure. Word to the wise, if one pisses on the instructor, usually the instructor pisses on one's grade. Try to be the one pissed off, not pissed on.

LKW · Post by **LKW** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:27 am

I always keep my dictionary by my computer. You'd be surprised how often it comes in handy - or even surprized...

Edit: Whoops, that was actually addressed at secretcode - thread suddenly became busy while I was typing. (Just switched to my wife's laptop - it's much faster, so I shouldn't fall behind again tonight.)

@ RID - my (original) point was that you didn't even technically misspell, anyway

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:05 pm

Ah right. Only looked on dictionary.com. Now that I looked on webster I see that the "z" is indeed a spelling variant. Guess my point wasn't voided afterall.

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:27 pm

This thread is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!

Post by **Denyer** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:32 pm

Princeton doesn't seem to quote the 'z' variant.

RID Scourge wrote:That's the thing. The system is set up so that it's due three days after his class officially ends (he should know by now when his class ends) so I can't give him a specific date.

When you'll actually get them is generally the last date a final can be, +3. If lucky. Probably easiest just to work off that. Chances are what's being fished for is a latest possible date, and trying to get data earlier by holding staff to a range of deadlines will meet with the usual internal politics of any academic institution.

Vin Ghostal · Post by **Vin Ghostal** » Tue May 05, 2009 6:16 pm

Is there anything fresher than complaining about the person you work for?