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Professor Cynthia Burack: Ohio State University – Women’s StudiesClass policies non-negotiable; but you might be able to leverage some nap time.
View Professor Profile Your CommentsProfessor Cynthia Burack: Ohio State University – Women’s StudiesClass policies non-negotiable; but you might be able to leverage some nap time.
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June 5th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Do you feel better now?
June 6th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
What a laugh. You accuse your detractors of childishness, and you do so in a childish, ‘nyah-nyah’ manner. Physician, heal thyself!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
This woman seems to be a bit of a sourpuss.
June 13th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I agree with Dr. Burack. Some of us just won’t have it any other way. Well, welcome to real folks.
June 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
life
June 18th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Thank you! I’m am so tired of doing the work and then a teacher bending for a few students. Just this year alone, I’ve only had one teacher be unrelenting in the proscribed course work. For example, we had a 150 slide power point due and the teacher allowed students to turn it in late and even gave a B for a TERRIBLE 90 slide ppt. About time a teacher stood rigid; good for you!
June 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
150 slides?! Hot dang, that’s one long PowerPoint!
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
I am glad that you are dedicated to upholding a standard of excellence in your classroom.
July 10th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Teachers tend to think they have a license to kill because the system is so backwards. They forget they are in a service business, a service that the students pay them for. Essentially the real pecking order is the student is a teacher’s client. Students shell out the BIG bucks for a professor to share their knowledge on a particular subject, not teach them professionalism. So please stop the temperamental treatment when a student walks into class late, because sorry teach, were not on your time, you’re on ours.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Jason, a student, left a cooment saying that teachers were being paid for a service and that they are on the student’s time. This is a misconception. Jason probably believes he is paying for a grade as well (rather than having to earn it). Whatever bucks students pay for their education is a fraction of the costs entailed in educating the student. Teachers are not paid for serving students–they are paid for educating students. If you do not wish to be educated, Jason, don’t take classes at a college or university.
July 10th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
State school tuition is subsidized by public revenues. Students who are qualified are given the opportunity to enter the university so that they might learn. They are allowed to remain there and continue their education in so far as they perform at a reasonable level. Money for service is not the way this system flows. The college hires the professors and pays them. Students have never paid me a red cent. That would be bribery.
Jason is thinking about his paper route and confusing that business model with the one employed in higher education.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Nice hair cut
July 11th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Silly Ramon, while colleges receive private and federal funding, the majority of their revenue is from student tuition. Therefore just about every red cent comes from the students sitting in your classroom. True the your wage dispersal is indirect, and the students don’t literally hand you your paycheck, so I could see where this maybe a little confusing for you. A college is place of business first and foremost. Unfortunately many students and even their faculty are deceived by the lions, trapeze artists, and the rest of the magic show the universities put on. Colleges are a business providing a service. No customers, no business. No students, no college. You cant argue with that and sound intelligent.
And ACR, a student should earn his grade. In fact I’m am completely against tests in any format other than demonstration, and essay. My argument hinges on the fact that many recent professors i have had seem more concerned about making students jump through hula hoops; more concerned about disciplining, and exercising their fabricated authority than actually teaching any sort of subject matter. All I’m asking is too teach. As a working professional returning to the college system, shelling out two grand a class, its the least to ask for.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Jason, with all due respect, get an edjumacation and learn how to write properly before you post again. This essay fails. Grammar, punctuation, usage, sentence structure and spelling ain’t just a hula hoop (whatever the heck that means). You even agree that this kind of testing is valid. You really need to go back to high school and get some of this stuff taken care of, and begin to read the Wall Street Journal or the NYT every day to pick up some well written English by osmosis.
I will agree with you that many private institutions are not worth the money they ask for in tuition, room and board. Undergraduate tuition will go to subsidize senior faculty leave at a large research university. Go to a state school, if you want a high quality education for much less tuition. And look for one that doesn’t have a bloated sports program, if you don’t want the dog-and-pony show.
It’s just Ramón being silly again ;-P (silly, tenured, but not confused at a state school).
July 11th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Why is she wearing two different earrings?!
July 11th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Some of these posts are hysterical. I’m a tenured professor (won’t say where or of what, ’cause anonymity is nice for all kinds of reasons). Most of you have NO idea what’s really going on in academia, do you? Here’s the truth: most profs do, in fact, love students who pay attention and do what’s asked of them; on the flip side, most profs really loathe whiny brats who probably shouldn’t be in university to begin with. Do you think that because you’re paying a PITTANCE to attend a big state school, you should be able to buy your grade? Do you really think that JUST because you show up from time to time, that’s evidence of effort? Riotous. Like most faculty, I’ve had my share of great students and lousy ones…I feel really badly for those students who actually want a quality education, but most of the other losers….and you know who you are…can’t be bothered to A) show up, B) crack a book (sometimes I even wonder about general literacy at many post-secondary institutions, C) prepare adequately for exams, and D) turn in work on time. Oh, and by the way, ******* turn off the effing iPod or cell-phone….texting under the table is 100% obvious! I’m with you, Ramon, Jason is clearly upset because he feels he can’t buy his degree…never mind, Jason — I’m sure you’ll have your meaningless piece of paper framed in no time.
Dee
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 am
So glad I don’t teach anymore, a conscious choice. Students like Jason come to mind. Also, the Internet, cell phones, iPods, and the revenge/vendetta Internet site “RateMyProfs/Teachers.” All of the above making academe a horrible experience. Freed from teaching, Yahoo!
Oh, make Jason teach a class! That’ll learn him!
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Freed, C-students like Jason usually just sit quietly in class and grumble to their peers. They’re universally looked down upon by all but their hardest-drinking classmates. Once in a while, they get to do a “teacher evaluation” or post anonymously to a site like this. That makes them feel good. Soon enough, Jason will be using his charm to woo unsuspecting elderly clients to purchase worthless bonds, life insurance policies, or time shares. Just beware of him in your relaxed retirement. –V–
August 13th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I am a lesbian and let me tell you I would love to date you. You are so adorable
August 25th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Dee,
A pittance? Is that why 75% of the students in the US are on some type of financial assistance? I would have thought that you would know better. I agree that ipods, ad nauseam, are distractions that have no place in the classroom. However, the whole point of this site is to respond to the arrogance of those professors who abuse their positions of authority by (a) failing students whose worldviews disagree with their own, (b) expressing resentment toward professors who mistake their tenure for the “right” to insult and belittle students (usually adolescents), and (c) hide in their secure little ivory towers. (This is more than a cliche, apparently.)
I cannot imagine the misery you must put your students through with your condescending attitude and intolerance toward others. Doesn’t your university’s catalog say something about creating a hostile learning environment? I’ve endured several professors like you. I graduated with a cumulative 3.5 gpa in spite of people like you, and not because of people like you.
August 30th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I think Jason has a point about teachers losing sight of their goal. They do sell a service: education. If a student can prove comprehension of the material without spending hours completing repetitive problems or typing up an incredibly long paper, then the curriculum should recognize it. The objective is to teach the student, and determine whether or not they have understood the material. A grade is not supposed to reflect punctuality, ability to perform repetitive or very long tasks, follow directions or anything else (unless these are directly related to the subject, of course). A grade is a representation of how well a student understands the subject, and absolutely nothing else.
That said, education is a dialogue. The teacher has no way of knowing how much information the student has picked up and so the student has to display it somehow. Some teachers are not good at creating practical ways to measure the students understanding and the students have to “jump through hula hoops.” Sometimes you gotta suck it up if you want the grade.
And don’t complain about your own tardiness; it only makes you sound like an idiot. You agree, by accepting the syllabus, to meet at a certain place and time for the teacher to teach you. Can’t do it? Tough ****. Its your money you are wasting. If your money were such a big deal to you, you’d show up on time to make the most out of it.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
A student like Jason does not want to waste time by showing up any more than they have to. The problem is that there’s no way for them to know at exactly what point during a courses scheduled hours a new or interesting piece of information will be shared. It is VERY annoying when a tardy student wastes the time of everyone else in the class (the professor AND the students who have been there there entire time) by asking questions about what was covered before he or she arrived.
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
I would like to thank Emily for asking the important questions.
August 13th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
is it me or does he totally look like shaheen jafargholi ??
October 21st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
It's sad to start viewing education in this way. You are privileged to walk into a classroom, and you are disrespectful of your teacher and classmates when you walk in late. You are cheating yourself with your attitude.
October 31st, 2009 at 2:20 am
I am a professor myself. Been teaching for 25 years. Taught in Canada, Australia and USA in high ranking universities. Here is what I know. Students who are successful, never come to rate my professor .com to complain. They go to their porfessors and tell it to their face. The B grade and below (I don't consider them worthy for anything anyway) students are the one who are the ones that scream – service, pay, you name it. Professors are humans, and they have their own personalities. They do what the feel they should be doing and that brings a mixture of experience in the learning life of a student. You want a formula where you will find what you want the exact way you want it? Go to McDonalds. You will learn how to fry fries – how many pounds in what temp oil for how long. You will love your instructor – the manager. Don't come to school. Besides, if you think the professors do not do much to earn their living, why go there. Like all service industry, why not just boycott it? Primary education is mandatory. College education is not. If you did boycott it, they will get the message, and may be they will respond by giving you an over the counter diploma on sale. What do you say?
November 25th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Sorry, Prof, but you’re wrong.
I graduated with an undergraduate 3.53 cgpa. I’m a member of two prominent national honor societies. However, I have no problem with providing negaitive feedback when I believe it’s appropriate.
My complaint is that some proffs engage in emotional competition with students whom they know don’t know jack. I expect more from tenured proffs who receive triple digit incomes. someone with a doctorate probably have a higher level of cognitive functioning than most others (an ussumtion, of course).
Those proffs who feel the need to get their digs in certainly don’t lack in the brain dept, but they apparently have some pretty deep insecurity/self esteem issues if they feel an overwhelming need to try to put Junior in his place. I know I’d have more respect for those proffs if they would learn to consider the source and rise above it, rather than try to “out-adolescent” their adolescent student body.
November 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Sorry for the misspells. Haven’t slep well due to overwork (a rarity in this era of “change we can believe in”).