Comments on: I love my students

By: Eli

Eli — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:40:10 +0000

My personal favorite:
One student’s response to the question “What were the major weaknesses of this professor?”… Kryptonite.

By: Daneel

Daneel — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:17:32 +0000

I love everything that makes the world a weirder place.

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Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:59:07 +0000

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By: Alan Cooper

Alan Cooper — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:07:57 +0000

One that gave me pause was “I don’t like this teacher ‘cos he makes us think”

By: TimG

TimG — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:46:55 +0000

When I was TAing a class I had a student write: “Seeing how exhausted Tim looked every day convinced me not to go to grad school.” It’s nice to be able to make a positive difference in a student’s life.

By: Solitha

Solitha — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:15:03 +0000

I’ve always kinda hated those evals… but this one gives me such deliciously eeeeeevil ideas.

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NASA Gives Up on LISA | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:49:14 +0000

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By: SC

SC — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:21:15 +0000

My favorite student evaluation was something very heartwarming, from an 8am class, about attitude: “If the professor ever has a a bad day, he never lets it show” which was particularly noteworthy as I taught the first couple of weeks with an extremely painful broken rib and horrific cough combination.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:04:16 +0000

What are your thoughts on the other three sections?

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:00:06 +0000

Being from the UK I had no idea about cowbell….. You just made my evening, the sketch was pretty cool.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:13:14 +0000

that was good. made me think of my favorite comment a student left on my eval from TA days:

“if my parents were to die, I would want Rob to adopt me.”

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:30:59 +0000

That’s so awesome.

By: Missy

Missy — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:06:32 +0000

HAHAHA that is awesome! I have several teacher friends that I shared it with

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:01:58 +0000

One of my favorites from my TA days was:

What aspects of this class contributed most to your learning?
His beard.
What aspects of this class detracted from your learning?
His beard.

Never have been sure how to take either of those responses, except to laugh.

By: ossicle

ossicle — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:39:57 +0000

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By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:37:22 +0000

I’ve heard of pigs in space, but where would you find cowbells?