Professor Pissy Pants
Yesterday, about twenty minutes into my European history class, the professor posed a question to the class. It was a simple question, posed in a condescending manner. He asked "who would have protected the 1848 Frankfurt parliament from rioting radicals?" The issue wasn't with the difficulty of the question, rather it was with his manner of posing it. No one wanted to answer. The classroom atmosphere has not been conducive to communication so the students all sat there, silently waiting for him to go on.
But he didn't go on. He yelled the question again. He started shuffling papers, and mumbling to himself under his breath about. Then he yelled "That's it! Read the book! This is over!" and stormed out of the classroom. We're not sure if he'll be back next week or not. This is the problem with the tenure system. Usually I'm a strong supporter of tenure. It is a good concept and allows a separation of administration and academics. But it also makes it just about impossible to get rid of a useless professor. This guy isn't a good teacher. He's moody. And he storms out of lectures twenty minutes in. Nova Scotia has the highest tuition in the country. It works out to about $55/lecture. I reckon we students should get together and submit a bill to him for services not rendered. But it'd be a waste of my time.