Just saying.

Sorry "Professor", but you need to get a life.

1) Your professor is supposed to understand that you considering learning, and demonstrating that learning, irrelevant to the process of obtaining a university degree. Um, yeah. Right.

2) Class attendance is irrelevant to the process of learning because you can just read the textbook. Again, um, people: sometimes the material in the lecture isn't in the textbook. In fact, with your better professors, it frequently isn't. Sure, you might be able to find it in print. If you're willing research, evaluate and read several sources.

Honestly, guys, if actually earning a university degree is that repugnant to you, learn a trade. Plumbers do make good money.

It undermines what psychology is about. Understanding peoples behavior in order to help them in the best way possible. So ask yourself..truly.. Who did you help in your post? Stop using psychology as a weapon against others..

American Education for higher learning is rapidly going down the crapper. Learn Chinese, for in 20 years, the Chinese will be the world's master. Vanity is the start of the end. And if this offends you, GOOD! Maybe some of you out there have a brain to recognize a needed change for old fashioned disciple and hard work ethics and not flash with lack of substance that this schlep of a "professor" is promoting. Given her flapping underarms, after the flash flops, her underarms are left alone flopping behind the hallow vacant emptiness of this punishable, offensive vain display of stupidity.

J.C. from NYC

Also, have you all noticed that when taking classes that require you to read chapters, your proffessors will lecture about the material in those chapters but then tell you that you MUST read the chapters yourself in order to get good grades on the exams. That just tells me that the lectures arent enough to get a good grade, putting the book infront of you to read regardless if you are going to lectures. By putting together my knowledge and experience and takes on the matter of lectures vs no lectures, i think that reading the books period, will be sufficient to recieve a good grade in class, and put the lectures on a secondary stool to further understand the materials in the books if you dont already understand them. Also lectures leave room to compare and debate your thoughts on the material at hand.

All in all, if you are an independent learner like myself, i recommened online, if you need further assistance with grasping information and retaining it, i suggest lectures. It all depeneds on how YOU learn best. They are both needed and should remain, as it gives students like myself, an option.

By the way, i get far better grades online than attending lectures everyday. But thats just me.

Oh on the topic of homework vs no homework……..come on…..if youre going to school, than atleast expect to do some homework. I mean, whats school without homework, or a tree without its roots.

Also, Ricci, know that an academic is the consummate student, someone who has spent about 20 years as a pupil. I'm not only the president of the Hair Club. I'm also a member. Most students complaining here are just lazy semi-literates.

Also, Ricci, know that an academic is the consummate student, someone who has spent about 20 years as a pupil. I'm not only the president of the Hair Club. I'm also a member. Most students complaining here are just lazy semi-litterates.

I will grant you this, OBJECTIVE: There is no excuse for lazy teaching. Furthermore, teacher disorganization is a capital offense in my book. But that's not what SSH has an issue with. One can't, however, blame problems on instructor ego or class workload.

I will also tell you this: You learn how to read Plato essentially by reading Plato. And I, now in my dotage, am currently reading a book for which I have to move my lips and pore over each sentence two or three times in order to get the gist. Reading is not easy, and sometimes you can't get the Sparknotes version of what it is you're studying. You just have to do the work yourself and do it seriously. You learn to think like a psychologist by listening attentively to the speech of a psychologist and also by reading what psychologists write. That's where Haines seems to be coming from.

It doesn't sound to me like SSH is really putting in the time. Instead, SSH, like a squawking fledgling, wants the material semi-digested and regurgitated into his/her mouth .

You'll see what I mean when you "teach" your child to ride a bike.

Eff the syllabus, I’m gettin an A!

But I think she’s right though, people tend to value the best… this includes attractive and beautiful people. Kind of ironic though because psychologists talk about self esteem and this clearly shows the value in external features over internal features.???

Flirty; cleavage-bearing. Fine off-time or when you’re not wearing a professor hat.

Kills her academic credibility, that this is how she wants to sell herself in this interview