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How do I know I'll hate this class?

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September 4, 2013

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Title	How do I know I'll hate this class?
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	97
Comments	33
Date	September 4, 2013 5:39 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1lq6l2/how_do_i_know_ill_hate_this_class/
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[–]Mr_Rivers 18 points19 points20 points 12 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

[–]liquidxlax 15 points16 points17 points 12 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[–]jvardrake 3 points4 points5 points 12 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link

Yeah, unfortunately that's not how it works. If the teacher/professor in question is already tenured, they are extremely difficult to get rid of.

I had a professor in college (she was teaching a Criminal Justice 101 type class) that was:

Openly sexist
Openly racist (reverse-racism, if you want to call it that)
Combative
Habitually late (She was extremely late to our freaking final exam! Pay attention to how many times students mention this exact issue in the reviews that follow.)
Obviously marked students down for not agreeing with her

Virtually the entire class - male and female - could not stand her. Here is a small sampling of the reviews that were left on a "rate-my-professor" type website:

Reviews

One of the worst teachers I had the misfortune of running into at Sac State, or anywhere else for that matter - bad enough that here I sit, 8 years later, writing a review on a website that I'm not sure anyone else still uses. In any event let me qualify my rating by saying the following: * Is extremely disorganized. *Is often late. In fact, this woman was late to our final. Not just a little bit late, but 30+ minutes late. We (the class) actually had to send a couple of students to the department office to find out what was going on. When she finally arrived, there was no apology, or anything else. * As others have stated, her opinions do seem to have strong (but veiled) racist overtones to them. * She will mark you down if what you write does not happen to agree with her opinions/way of thinking.
Poor attitude, EXTREMELY disorganized, lectures are irregular and shallow, frequently late to class (including exam days), and she doesn't stick to the syllabus. 3 exams including the final, two ""journals"", field work (prison tours, court visitation, etc.), and a research paper (6 pages). The journals are easy if you keep up on the worksheets and news articles (the busy work). In all my time at Sac State, I've never given a poor rating... here's the first. Avoid if all possible.
She is the most horrible teacher that I have ever experienced. I don't even know how she got to tenure. She didn't show up for our fieldtrips, rambled on, was late to class, made us have name plates on our desk, and was the most racist person I have ever met. Even some of the black kids in the class had had enough of her!! the guards at the prison were listening to us to talk about her and a female black guard was really annoyed by her. I even went to the Dean, with other students and he said unless you document things there is nothing he can do. So, if you would like to sacrifice yourself for the greater good, take a tape recorder to class and document her and then take it to the dean. Maybe we can finally get rid of her!!!!
If at all possible, take another teacher. This professor will not only waste your money on her class but also you will not learn a thing. She is late always, and has no teaching skills. SHe will ramble on and on about things not related to the class and shows racism. She only likes a few students and if you are not one of them good luck on getting a good grade. She is horrible, I haven't learned anything except that she is not in any position to be a professor. It's too bad for the 10 year rule.
The woman was a rambling, racist advocate for poor minorities. The class was not about correctional institutions, it was about how she believes the correctional system is biased against lower-class blacks. If you find statistics that show otherwise, and confront her about it, or include it in an essay, you will get a bad grade for not agreeing with her opinion.

Fantastic, right? Guess what, though? I just looked up the university's Dept. of Criminal Justice faculty list... almost ten years later, and she's still there.

So, anyway, don't go assuming that you documenting the fact that a teacher/professor is biased (or even incompetent) is going to get anything done if they already have tenure.

Edit: I wanted to add one more link to a different rate-my-professor website, just so I could stress how bad this particular professor is.

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[–]DorsiaReservation 15 points16 points17 points 12 years ago* (13 children) | Copy Link

Yeah man I mean my teacher brought in a bag with 'I fucking hate niggers. By the way Hitler did nothing wrong.' on it but it's unfair to judge people by their ideals, you know?

No, it isn't. If you want to see why feminism is unpopular here then look through the FAQ and search for it, it is a cancerous movement in its current form. If someone is so boldly feminist as to put it on their bags and shit then I automatically assume that they're going to be indoctrinated and incredibly biased, not the sort of person you want as a teacher. Lord help him if she's teaching something that will give her an excuse to spout feminist nonsense such as history or sociology.

I'm sure you'll say I'm directly comparing these statements when it's obviously merely an analogy as that's what a lot of people unable to argue their point do, but whatever.

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[–][deleted] 12 points13 points14 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I agree with your point.

But that said, a movement is defined by the actions of its members. All the feminists I see in the real world, like NOW viciously protesting any re-examination of family courts, the posters on my old campus, the blatant misandry in VAWA... that is the real face of feminism.

And I don't know about you, but that's the feminism I hate. The feminism subreddits can say whatever they want about what they believe, but it's their actions and comments on the mainstream feminist news sites that they share and comment on (like Jezebel) that defines them. And they actually wind up looking a lot like SRS when you reduce their ideas down to the core. They are just well-spoken and less circlejerk-y. For example, see askfeminists going and deleting every question that asks a question that critiques or examines the feminist movement.

Feminism can try to distance themselves from "tumblr SJ warriors" or "SRS" or whatever the misandrist trolls of tomorrow might call themselves. But a massive cross-over exists between the two, it's undeniable. For example, what are the U of T protestors? Is that pink haired woman spewing her hateful speech a feminist? She claims to be, the Jezebel article on her claims her to be.

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