CIS professor hates microsoft

[Casawi]

MY professor is like that too... he rips on Microsoft all day long. Maybe he is the reason the whole department is on Mac.

 

[alkemyst]

where does it say a teacher has to be impartial to what's taught? They are trying to provide you the best education...if they feel a certain product is inferior it's up to them to educate their class.

Not saying that teacher is right, but that is the gist.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: acheron
...most people who actually know anything about computers are Unix guys, and barely tolerate MS stuff at best...

oy

Can we enforce an age limit in the forums? I think 12 is a tad too young for ATOT these days.

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: JM Aggie08
He's driving me up a wall...

"Use that terrible ctrl+alt+del combo that PC users have to use...or reboot it to make it work better."

Shut...your mouth.

for some surprise buttseks? :Q

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
where does it say a teacher has to be impartial to what's taught? They are trying to provide you the best education...if they feel a certain product is inferior it's up to them to educate their class.

Not saying that teacher is right, but that is the gist.

Professors should be encouraging students to come up with their own opinions, rather than forcing their biases on them.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst
where does it say a teacher has to be impartial to what's taught? They are trying to provide you the best education...if they feel a certain product is inferior it's up to them to educate their class.

Not saying that teacher is right, but that is the gist.

Professors should be encouraging students to come up with their own opinions, rather than forcing their biases on them.

yes and no...if a student thinks it's best to mix bleach and ammonia should they let them?

There are opinions and there are best practices, quite often popular opinion is not best practice.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst
where does it say a teacher has to be impartial to what's taught? They are trying to provide you the best education...if they feel a certain product is inferior it's up to them to educate their class.

Not saying that teacher is right, but that is the gist.

Professors should be encouraging students to come up with their own opinions, rather than forcing their biases on them.

yes and no...if a student thinks it's best to mix bleach and ammonia should they let them?

There are opinions and there are best practices, quite often popular opinion is not best practice.

Hyperbole much?

In either case, my beef is that too many professors seem to feel as though they need to "shape" their students. I'm a grown man, I don't need that crap.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
Hyperbole much?

In either case, my beef is that too many professors seem to feel as though they need to "shape" their students. I'm a grown man, I don't need that crap.

test out of the class then or pick another professor.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst
where does it say a teacher has to be impartial to what's taught? They are trying to provide you the best education...if they feel a certain product is inferior it's up to them to educate their class.

Not saying that teacher is right, but that is the gist.

Professors should be encouraging students to come up with their own opinions, rather than forcing their biases on them.

yes and no...if a student thinks it's best to mix bleach and ammonia should they let them?

There are opinions and there are best practices, quite often popular opinion is not best practice.

Hyperbole much?

In either case, my beef is that too many professors seem to feel as though they need to "shape" their students. I'm a grown man, I don't need that crap.

You're a grown man, you can filter it out.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
test out of the class then or pick another professor.

Originally posted by: mugs
You're a grown man, you can filter it out.

Why should I have to, when the professor could just keep their biases to themselves?

The best professor I ever had was a US Government professor last year. He treated the topic as evenly and fairly as anyone possibly could, and it earned the respect of the entire class. Everyone felt open to voice their opinion, and we had some really heated discussions. As a result we learned more than we would have otherwise.

The worst professor I ever had taught an ethics class. He felt the need to act as a strong counterpoint to the "liberal bias" in the textbook. This involved spouting off at the mouth about how terrible liberal policies are on a daily basis, intentionally leading lessons in that direction. I would watch the faces of the other students while he was doing this. You could see people "shutting down", closing themselves off from the teacher. By the end of the semester, he had lost all credibility with his students. We learned next to nothing (except how to tell him what he wanted to hear).

Do you see what I'm getting at here? College is supposed to be a place to learn to think and formulate your own ideas about the world, and thus it benefits the entire class for the professor not to hold obvious biases.



Edit: If you see my post above, you'll notice that this is at the university I attend, and I am planning on avoiding this prof.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: JM Aggie08

Originally posted by: oiprocs
This thread fails. How is this any different from a professor that endorses one view over another? You're b!tching for no reason.

Btw, every time I make a thread you come and throw your sh!tty opinion in it. One of the things I noticed during my ban was how stupid you really are. All your threads are going to have my sh!t stains in them.

And Texas A&M sucks. Go mine me some fail you fucking loser.

What crawled up your ass?

And I go to Texas State mother fucker.



What high school do you attend?

In that case, which prof. is it, so I can know who to avoid?

Collins for CIS 1323.

You still in high school?

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: JM Aggie08

Collins for CIS 1323.

You still in high school?

I'm at TXstate now, Jr in the CS program. I doubt I'll have Collins, but thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst
where does it say a teacher has to be impartial to what's taught? They are trying to provide you the best education...if they feel a certain product is inferior it's up to them to educate their class.

Not saying that teacher is right, but that is the gist.

Professors should be encouraging students to come up with their own opinions, rather than forcing their biases on them.

yes and no...if a student thinks it's best to mix bleach and ammonia should they let them?

There are opinions and there are best practices, quite often popular opinion is not best practice.

Hyperbole much?

In either case, my beef is that too many professors seem to feel as though they need to "shape" their students. I'm a grown man, I don't need that crap.

You're a grown man, you can filter it out.

Filter it out, or play off of it and write papers to piss off your professors. That works well too! Much more fun.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst
test out of the class then or pick another professor.

Originally posted by: mugs
You're a grown man, you can filter it out.

Why should I have to, when the professor could just keep their biases to themselves?

The best professor I ever had was a US Government professor last year. He treated the topic as evenly and fairly as anyone possibly could, and it earned the respect of the entire class. Everyone felt open to voice their opinion, and we had some really heated discussions. As a result we learned more than we would have otherwise.

The worst professor I ever had taught an ethics class. He felt the need to act as a strong counterpoint to the "liberal bias" in the textbook. This involved spouting off at the mouth about how terrible liberal policies are on a daily basis, intentionally leading lessons in that direction. I would watch the faces of the other students while he was doing this. You could see people "shutting down", closing themselves off from the teacher. By the end of the semester, he had lost all credibility with his students. We learned next to nothing (except how to tell him what he wanted to hear).

Do you see what I'm getting at here? College is supposed to be a place to learn to think and formulate your own ideas about the world, and thus it benefits the entire class for the professor not to hold obvious biases.



Edit: If you see my post above, you'll notice that this is at the university I attend, and I am planning on avoiding this prof.

there are a lot of things out there on how to pick your teachers in college to maximize learning vs just being able to hash it out yourself...but all I see from you is picking the easy ones that are real quick to throw out 'damn son, you must be gifted...wanna cum out to my beach house this weekend?'

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: alkemyst
test out of the class then or pick another professor.

Originally posted by: mugs
You're a grown man, you can filter it out.

Why should I have to, when the professor could just keep their biases to themselves?

The best professor I ever had was a US Government professor last year. He treated the topic as evenly and fairly as anyone possibly could, and it earned the respect of the entire class. Everyone felt open to voice their opinion, and we had some really heated discussions. As a result we learned more than we would have otherwise.

The worst professor I ever had taught an ethics class. He felt the need to act as a strong counterpoint to the "liberal bias" in the textbook. This involved spouting off at the mouth about how terrible liberal policies are on a daily basis, intentionally leading lessons in that direction. I would watch the faces of the other students while he was doing this. You could see people "shutting down", closing themselves off from the teacher. By the end of the semester, he had lost all credibility with his students. We learned next to nothing (except how to tell him what he wanted to hear).

Do you see what I'm getting at here? College is supposed to be a place to learn to think and formulate your own ideas about the world, and thus it benefits the entire class for the professor not to hold obvious biases.



Edit: If you see my post above, you'll notice that this is at the university I attend, and I am planning on avoiding this prof.

there are a lot of things out there on how to pick your teachers in college to maximize learning vs just being able to hash it out yourself...but all I see from you is picking the easy ones that are real quick to throw out 'damn son, you must be gifted...wanna cum out to my beach house this weekend?'

How do you get that from my post?

The discussion is about professors with unfounded biases, not about how difficult their classes are...

 

[her209]

I don't see how this is any different than say going to a religious school where the Bio "teacher" tells you that evolution is "just a theory".

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
How do you get that from my post?

The discussion is about professors with unfounded biases, not about how difficult their classes are...

'cause son you don't realize what you really say.