I've a got a @##$ rant for you

[allisolm]

I don't, however, like losing 7.5% of my grade because the Professor is an Ebay Scammer.

You're losing 7.5% of your grade because you were absent when the quiz was given. Period.
Are the university policies absurd? Could be. Does the professor think he's more important than you? Could be. Was he following the standard of the department? Apparently. Does it preclude you from trying to seek redress? Absolutely not.
You're a sophomore. Situations like this will come up again before you graduate. Hopefully, you learned something from this and, while you're fighting to change the "fvcked up system that doesn't favor the students", you'll be able to function better within the existing policies.


P.S. It could just be that the professor picked up on some of the following attitude:
"He's a goddamn pig fellator."
"I asked this human piece of excrement..."
"3/4's of the class is already complaining about his lack of mental powers"
"Face it -- professors are not that important."
"Classes are a big joke at my school."
"Every class is not important. "
"Only the classes that have tests, take up homework, or have a quiz are important. The rest are BS days."
"I don't need a Professor in most classes to understand the material."

 

[SoylentGreen]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: SoylentGreen

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Ulrezaj
The Dean will say something like this: "In-class policy is up to the teacher, unless it either infringes on your legal rights or the rules of the college. Unless his rules interfere with either of these, stop wasting my time."

So what returning member are you? I find it odd that a junior member is this ballsy.

I had to comment on this. It takes balls to post on an internet forum? That is to laugh.

Now on the main subject. Mill you are wrong, utterly wrong and may plead your case to the dean but I believe you will not prevail.

Court date can be delayed. If it cannot you know ahead of time when it is and a conflict with your class schedule. Every effort should have been made to inform the professor beforehand.

You have been explained this in more detail and much more eloquently by Dagta and others so I know I am wasting my minute typing this.

No, you are Kiyup, and you are a troll. Get the fvck out of my thread. The court date COULD NOT be delayed. If you'd have read the OP you'd see that.

Ok, you are a fvcking tool. Why don't you just /yourself and stop making yourself look like a complete jackass. I guess you don't mind. You have had your screwed up sense of logic refuted and had people with sense explain to you how you are wrong yet you persist. STFU.

Now explaining my last post, read where I said "if it cannot". You knew, and I'll say it again BEFOREHAND that you couldn't. You're an idiot. Quit college and go apply to McDonalds. You are not degree material.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: allisolm
I don't, however, like losing 7.5% of my grade because the Professor is an Ebay Scammer.

You're losing 7.5% of your grade because you were absent when the quiz was given. Period.
Are the university policies absurd? Could be. Does the professor think he's more important than you? Could be. Was he following the standard of the department? Apparently. Does it preclude you from trying to seek redress? Absolutely not.
You're a sophomore. Situations like this will come up again before you graduate. Hopefully, you learned something from this and, while you're fighting to change the "fvcked up system that doesn't favor the students", you'll be able to function better within the existing policies.


P.S. It could just be that the professor picked up on some of the following attitude:
"He's a goddamn pig fellator."
"I asked this human piece of excrement..."
"3/4's of the class is already complaining about his lack of mental powers"
"Face it -- professors are not that important."
"Classes are a big joke at my school."
"Every class is not important. "
"Only the classes that have tests, take up homework, or have a quiz are important. The rest are BS days."
"I don't need a Professor in most classes to understand the material."

Actually I know he didn't. The attitude I have online I'd never express to a Prof or Boss. I'm not stupid(ahah or ignorant). And he really is all those things! Seriously, I'm actually a nice person. You can ask anyone on the forums that knows me in real-life. I'm only a jackass to those who deserve it, and then I consider the circumstances first. I'd never be an ass to a person that has the chance to fail me.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: SoylentGreen

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: SoylentGreen

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Ulrezaj
The Dean will say something like this: "In-class policy is up to the teacher, unless it either infringes on your legal rights or the rules of the college. Unless his rules interfere with either of these, stop wasting my time."

So what returning member are you? I find it odd that a junior member is this ballsy.

I had to comment on this. It takes balls to post on an internet forum? That is to laugh.

Now on the main subject. Mill you are wrong, utterly wrong and may plead your case to the dean but I believe you will not prevail.

Court date can be delayed. If it cannot you know ahead of time when it is and a conflict with your class schedule. Every effort should have been made to inform the professor beforehand.

You have been explained this in more detail and much more eloquently by Dagta and others so I know I am wasting my minute typing this.

No, you are Kiyup, and you are a troll. Get the fvck out of my thread. The court date COULD NOT be delayed. If you'd have read the OP you'd see that.

Ok, you are a fvcking tool. Why don't you just /yourself and stop making yourself look like a complete jackass. I guess you don't mind. You have had your screwed up sense of logic refuted and had people with sense explain to you how you are wrong yet you persist. STFU.

Now explaining my last post, read where I said "if it cannot". You knew, and I'll say it again BEFOREHAND that you couldn't. You're an idiot. Quit college and go apply to McDonalds. You are not degree material.

Awesome post. You've regurgitated the same bile in any thread that you disagree with(and every thread I make). You are simply an unoriginal jackass, Kiyup. Learn *something* new, and then the trolls may respect their leader again.

 

[SoylentGreen]

Just shutup already you jackass. I explained on the level in my first post how I agree with the others and not with you.

All you can do in your pathetic frustration is levy the troll moniker in my direction and tell me to get out of your thread.

If you don't like what you're reading in this thread no matter how many more astute and intelligent people refute you stop posting in it and it will fall off the first page.

Enjoy your C or possibly F. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: SoylentGreen
Just shutup already you jackass. I explained on the level in my first post how I agree with the others and not with you.

All you can do in your pathetic frustration is levy the troll moniker in my direction and tell me to get out of your thread.

If you don't like what you're reading in this thread no matter how many more astute and intelligent people refute you stop posting in it and it will fall off the first page.

Enjoy your C or possibly F. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

You are entirely delusional.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Sorry Mill, but you need to check the syllabus. If it has any stipulations for making up quizzes/tests, you're fine. If it doesn't, then it's the teacher's discretion and you're likely out of luck.

Syllabi are contracts between student and teacher. If something's not mentioned, it's unfortunately up to the teacher to make policy.

Government commitments are exceptions. I think by law you can not be persecuted, fired, or disciplined for jury duty or mandated court appearances. Any legal experts here?

I'm sure if you spoke with your Dean (the dean of my university was named Dean Martin- not kidding!) they could straighten this out for you.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Where's the option for, "Get over it."?

It's not his fault you broke the law and had to appear in court. There is no regulation for any professor to bend over backwards and help a student that fails to show up for class.

If you knew you had court at that date, and couldn't change the court appt (since you already had a responsibility to be in class at this time) then you should have contacted him BEFORE class and explained the situation. The fact that you are trying to make up for it AFTER the fact shows that you really didn't care until you found out a surprise quiz was given.

I don't feel sorry for you. You messed up and going to the Dean will likely only make you look like an ass. He has no reason to let you make up the quiz unless he feels like being nice. You missed the class, it's your fault.

It was a matter of time before the holier than thous came into the thread. Fvck off! Seriously. You act as if you wouldn't want to make it up, or wouldn't ask someone else about it. Fact is, people like you post sh!t like that just because it is an AT tradition. If it didn't happen I'd cry. I seriously doubt going to the Dean will make me look like an ass. 3/4's of the class is already complaining about his lack of mental powers, and most said they are going to rape him on evals.

Or maybe I made a post like this because I've been a professor and I'm tired of seeing people think the world revolves around them. Would it have been so hard for you to drop an email to your professor a day before you missed class explaining the situation? No, but you didn't because you didn't care, and now he has no reason to care about helping you make up a pop quiz on his own personal time.

He might be a crappy professor but he's right on this event and you are in the wrong. Lick your sore pride and learn the lesson that you should be considerate in the future if you expect other people to be considerate of you.

The reason you are a Professor in the past is because you obviously couldn't teach or got raped on evals. I've had very good Professors at my school, so I know when someone is subpar. I'd like you to get me his e-mail address BTW. Since he is new this semester and it isn't on the syllabus. PLEASE go get it for me. No, your problem is that you are holier than I, and would have crossed all your I's and dotted all your T's. You've never had a life situation where you had to make choices, and you've never had bad luck. I'm obviously being sarcastic, but I can't help but belittle you for being that way. It isn't like I expect him to give me an A on the Quiz, but it will impact my grade. I'm asking to make up a quiz that I missed due to unfortunate circumstances. So, you are saying that if I was stopped at a roadblock and I was detained(let's say I looked like the suspect) you wouldn't let me take it either? He didn't ask for the reason I was at court.

Sorry, I'm tending to agree with DAGTA. Advance notice would probably have saved you a lot of grief. Like I said before, I don't know if they're allowed to do that due to court dates, but since this was a legal matter initiated by you it might be considered a personal reason and therefore not an excuse. You obviously knew the court date was coming up...you could have stopped by after class and said 'Hey, I'm going to be in court next class...is there anything I'll need to make up?"

The people here aren't being "holier than you"...you're just getting pissed because they think you're wrong. As mentioned, talk to the dean. If he/she agrees you'll know who was right.

 

[C'DaleRider]

Just a few observations about your situation:

1. I doubt your going to the Dept. Head or Dean will get anything done. Whether the instructor is a Grad Ass't or a full-on Prof., I think you'll be on the losing end as the powers-that-be won't want to undercut the authority of the class instructor. Since, as you mentioned, the pop quiz policy is established by class instructor and has no dept. wide policy, they'll defer to the instructor.

2. What I have found in my college careers (2 degrees so far....eyeing a Master's in Health Care Admin. right now), I ALWAYS went to each of my instructor's offices during office hours within the first two weeks of classes. I'd ask a question or two about something rather banal that's been discussed in class and seek "assistance" from the Prof. I did this not to actually get help, although with foreign language classes, I did need the help.....worst subject ever for me...no talent in that arena, unfortunately, but I did this to establish myself as a face associated with a name/grade in the classroom.

You'd be surprised how few students actually talk with the Profs outside the classroom except to complain about something. I'd prefer to set up a friendly relationship initially.....and it did pay off on more than one occasion. I passed Spanish just becuase of this......would not have otherwise (I'm horrible with learning foreign languages. I've taken French, Spanish, and Latin......absolutely sucked at each and not because of lack of effort. Just no knack for them. Fortunately, during my Bachelor's program, I did get passed through Spanish because I had taked with the instructor a LOT outside class and she understood I was just fulfilling a language requirement, that's all. So I passed by her good graces......Profs and instructors DO have the option of assigning almost any grade he/she sees fit, at least upward.)

Another time I overslept and was late to a Chem. final by 5 minutes. It was this Prof's rule to lock the door when class/tests began and make no exceptions to entry to the room thereafter. But, again, I'd interacted with him previously and miraculously, he opened the door and admitted me to the final exam. Would have been a shame to miss the final and throw away an A in Chemistry.....and he thought so, too.

3. It was a pop quiz. You'll miss more than one over your college career unless you NEVER miss a single day of class. Some people never miss a single class, but in the undergrad arena, that is rare. It hapens......get over it and move on. I realize the quizzes count 7.5% of yoru final grade, but that's the average of all the quizzes....not just that one single quiz. You can mitigate the consequences of that test by "overachieving" in the other areas. Heck, I've seen unannounced pop quizzes given because of the most petty of reasons.......to include low attendence that day, no one asking/discussing in class that day, no one read a damned bit of the assignment that day, excessive talking in class (bunch of girls in the back talking about getting laid once, two guys who wouldn't shut up about how drunk they got the night before and how much they puked), and the list goes on. You'll miss stuff........life goes on.

Personally, taking this to the higher-ups and trying to fight it will mark you as a "difficult" student and believe me, the scuttlebutt will spread amongst departments. I'd let this die quietly and move on.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: C'DaleRider
Just a few observations about your situation:

1. I doubt your going to the Dept. Head or Dean will get anything done. Whether the instructor is a Grad Ass't or a full-on Prof., I think you'll be on the losing end as the powers-that-be won't want to undercut the authority of the class instructor. Since, as you mentioned, the pop quiz policy is established by class instructor and has no dept. wide policy, they'll defer to the instructor.

2. What I have found in my college careers (2 degrees so far....eyeing a Master's in Health Care Admin. right now), I ALWAYS went to each of my instructor's offices during office hours within the first two weeks of classes. I'd ask a question or two about something rather banal that's been discussed in class and seek "assistance" from the Prof. I did this not to actually get help, although with foreign language classes, I did need the help.....worst subject ever for me...no talent in that arena, unfortunately, but I did this to establish myself as a face associated with a name/grade in the classroom.

You'd be surprised how few students actually talk with the Profs outside the classroom except to complain about something. I'd prefer to set up a friendly relationship initially.....and it did pay off on more than one occasion. I passed Spanish just becuase of this......would not have otherwise (I'm horrible with learning foreign languages. I've taken French, Spanish, and Latin......absolutely sucked at each and not because of lack of effort. Just no knack for them. Fortunately, during my Bachelor's program, I did get passed through Spanish because I had taked with the instructor a LOT outside class and she understood I was just fulfilling a language requirement, that's all. So I passed by her good graces......Profs and instructors DO have the option of assigning almost any grade he/she sees fit, at least upward.)

Another time I overslept and was late to a Chem. final by 5 minutes. It was this Prof's rule to lock the door when class/tests began and make no exceptions to entry to the room thereafter. But, again, I'd interacted with him previously and miraculously, he opened the door and admitted me to the final exam. Would have been a shame to miss the final and throw away an A in Chemistry.....and he thought so, too.

3. It was a pop quiz. You'll miss more than one over your college career unless you NEVER miss a single day of class. Some people never miss a single class, but in the undergrad arena, that is rare. It hapens......get over it and move on. I realize the quizzes count 7.5% of yoru final grade, but that's the average of all the quizzes....not just that one single quiz. You can mitigate the consequences of that test by "overachieving" in the other areas. Heck, I've seen unannounced pop quizzes given because of the most petty of reasons.......to include low attendence that day, no one asking/discussing in class that day, no one read a damned bit of the assignment that day, excessive talking in class (bunch of girls in the back talking about getting laid once, two guys who wouldn't shut up about how drunk they got the night before and how much they puked), and the list goes on. You'll miss stuff........life goes on.

Personally, taking this to the higher-ups and trying to fight it will mark you as a "difficult" student and believe me, the scuttlebutt will spread amongst departments. I'd let this die quietly and move on.

Thank you for the advice. Unfortunately we are only having two quizes this semester for a total of 15% of my grade. Missing one quiz costs me 7.5%.

 

[yllus]

I've gone to the Dean of my school to complain about an absolutely terrible tenured professor.

The guy worked on databases back in the 60s and 70s, and although I admit not too much has changed, his course material was completely incoherent and slurred (as was his speech), we stayed on the same topic for weeks on end. He refused to answer or return e-mail or phone messages and would scream at students for next to no reason. On top of all that, you could go to his office the few times he was in and ask him out to drinks - and he's go. Remarkably, the students who did so maintained the very highest of grades...

The end result of my complaints, backed up by the e-mails and concurrent visits from other students of his class: Some F's were changed to D-'s or voided as a grade, and best of all the professor was forced to stop teaching all but one course a semester. He retired a year later.

So you can fight the system. Like Mill I also don't believe in attendance-related marking unless it's a discussion seminar type of thing - I'm not an aural learner anyways, my time is best spent at home reading and writing out the material. Universities are supposed to acknowledge this. That aside, if by law you were ordered to be at a place during your class it is incredibly unfair that you miss out on 7.5% in marks. There was no quiz scheduled - WTF would he have had reason to warn the professor about his absence? "Just keeping you appraised of my schedule, and by the way here are the latest nude pictures of my girlfriend."? He's doing goddamn need to inform the prof he won't be there unless it's a scheduled test. This situation is ridiculous.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Hey Mill,

Unfortunately, I too have to agree with DAGTA. Just a simple "heads up" to the sucky professor would have ended all of this before it even started! We learn as we grow and experience the world....in a few years, you too will look back and see this as just another learning experience!

I wish you the best though...sucky professors are just freaking annoying!

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: yllus
There was no quiz scheduled - WTF would he have had reason to warn the professor about his absence? "Just keeping you appraised of my schedule, and by the way here are the latest nude pictures of my girlfriend."? He's doing goddamn need to inform the prof he won't be there unless it's a scheduled test. This situation is ridiculous.

I agree. Plus, it's not like he didn't try to tell the professor. He has mentioned that he did try and call, but that the prof. wasn't there and that he had no other way of contacting the prof. Maybe he should have told him a week in advance and maybe the prof. should have told the students they were going to have a quiz in advance.


: ) Amanda

 

[GroundZero]

Give the Bush administration an "Anonymous" tip from a "Reliable Source" linking your professor and his country to al Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction. His ass will be at Guantanamo Bay in a heartbeat and we'll be bombing his hometown in a matter of hours.

 

[Farfrael]

Oh my God ...

I agree 100% with DAGTA

I HAD to log-in just to post in this thread

Mill, your attitude is extremely stupid and makes you sound like a complete moron and a spoiled brat
YOU fvcked up, YOU have no respect for your teacher ... well, guess what he doesn't owe you anything

As for your SO hard highschool, give us a break.

Oh, and what about a "Just shut the fvck up and face the consequences of your actions" option in the poll ?

 

[kami333]

I didn't see this asked in the thread but how long ago did you know you had to show up for court? I can't imagine that they told you the night before, correct? Could you have gone up to the professor the class before and let him know?

 

[JSClark]

Originally posted by: saxguy
go ask again nicely, if still no luck, go to department.
no guarantee though, because of what jumpr had said, but worth to try.

I say go straight to the department head. He has a legitimate excuse, and thus, should be able to make up the quiz.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Mill,

You definitely should fight this if you feel you can gain something from it. I hope you do realize though that you are entirely at fault here. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try to fight this thing.

However, the way your attitude is through this whole thing shows that you are very irritable, very uptight, and easily angered. You resort to name calling against the professor, you get angry with 90% of the members that post here, and you are very stubborn.

You keep saying that you will listen to an opinion that is given in a civil manner. Well, I've seen many posts that have been given in that fashion and all you can reply with is "fvck off" or "get out of my thread" etc, etc, etc. That just shows that you want all of us to agree with you and if someone doesn't, then you immediately turn hostile to them.

I'm sorry but you've lost pretty much all credibility in this matter.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Farfrael
Oh my God ...

I agree 100% with DAGTA

I HAD to log-in just to post in this thread

Mill, your attitude is extremely stupid and makes you sound like a complete moron and a spoiled brat
YOU fvcked up, YOU have no respect for your teacher ... well, guess what he doesn't owe you anything

As for your SO hard highschool, give us a break.

Oh, and what about a "Just shut the fvck up and face the consequences of your actions" option in the poll ?

Yeah, he does owe me something. I'm the reason he has a job. I don't have respect for someone who doesn't respect me. You are correct about that. You call my attitude stupid, yet half of you don't even know how polite I was to him. I'm entitled to act like a d!ck if I want to especially since it was COMEDY you dimwit. I can't really say I'd do anything different the next time. I don't see how contacting your Prof everytime you have to miss is going to help. 7.5% and it sucks. I have to eat that, but that doesn't mean jackasses like you would have handled it any differently.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: kami333
I didn't see this asked in the thread but how long ago did you know you had to show up for court? I can't imagine that they told you the night before, correct? Could you have gone up to the professor the class before and let him know?

Just about every Prof I've had has said don't worry about telling them if you are going to miss. Obviously this guy DOES care, so that is MY fault. However, he is still being unreasonable.

 

[SP33Demon]

Hey Milli Vanilli, 2 words: GROW UP. The world doesn't revolve around you, and suck it up bitch... you are 100% at fault and the more you ride in the WAAAAAAHHHMbulance, the sillier you look.

God if we have to read through threads like: "OMFG FCK COMPANY XYZ THEY HAD NO RIGHT NOT TO HIRE HIM OVER ME!" or "OMFG HOW DARE MY COMPANY ONLY GIVE ME 1/2 HOUR LUNCH, DO THEY KNOW WHO I AM, I'M TAKING THIS TO THE CEO!" when you get into the REAL WORLD, Anand may as well just pull the plug on ATOT.

Now stop bitching and accept responsiblity for your actions (speeding, setting fires in bars, and missing class).

 

[Ulrezaj]

Perhaps he is being unreasonable from your point of view. FYI, that is also standard policy at my University too. And not just on a professor-by-professor basis, it's University rules. You miss a test/quiz, you'd better darn well have a medical certificate saying you were hit by a car and broke 3 ribs, or you lose the marks, whether they were worth 1% or 50%. This is the real world I'm afraid. Your professors owe you NOTHING except to lecture at specific times of the week and mark your assignments/tests/labs/whatever. Don't get the idea that they should treat you as an equal - because you're not. "I don't have respect for someone who doesn't respect me"? Don't you get it? They don't have to respect you! Their (professor) obligation to you (student) goes as far as teaching you and make a personal evaluatiion of how well you are learning throughout the year. That's it.

Now, most professors go above and beyond this, opening their office doors to students, answering emails, taking phone queries, even changing marks on tests. Just because the majority of teachers accomodate students in this manner, don't get the idea that they are in any way obligated to do so. You are at their mercy. That lifeline which you seem to be clinging so hard onto - your ability to see the dean - that's a joke. No, for your remaining years in higher education, remember this: you are an ant. You are a pathetic, small thing who has paid the college money for the privilage to listen to a professor teach, and for using up their precious time evaluating you. You are low beyond low. There will come many situations when more things are at stake, and the circumstances are even more unfair than a measly 7.5% missed quiz. And you will fail to get anyone to notice. And you will make another thread and whine and rant to everyone here. But in the end, you will suck it up and move on. You will suck it up or you will get quickly caught in the merciless cascading river of the real world.

 

[qaa541]

Wow, this thread actually inspired me to write my first post here on ATOT. I've been a longtime reader at work, and now I finally want to say something.

I've run into the situation before where I had an appointment to attend to at the same time as a class. Lo and behold, I came back the next day and found out there was a quiz that day. Oops. The difference is that I knew I didnt say anything to the professor beforehand, so I ate the 0 grade. If I had told the professor about my appointment early on, I would say I had the basis to actually ask for a makeup (especially for that sizable chunk of my grade).

However, I guess the moral of my story is that unless you take the proper steps beforehand, there's nothing you can really do. You might get lucky and after alot of arguing, the professor might give you the make up. More likely than not, he'll probably get mad at you, and not only will keep your zero grade, but now you have a professor who is mad at you for the rest of the quarter/semester/trimester. A wise person would have not given up with an unanswered phone call to the professor. An email or another documentable proof of excuse would have given you the basis to ask for a makeup quiz. Just keep that in mind for the future, and don't let this happen again.

 

[Elbryn]

Just about every Prof I've had has said don't worry about telling them if you are going to miss. Obviously this guy DOES care, so that is MY fault. However, he is still being unreasonable

So did this prof say that at the beginning of his classes? Have you talked to the dean yet? All this argument over such little things. You remind me of my cousin and my dad, both of whom enjoy arguing for arguing's sake. They once agrued throughout the course of a lunch with my family(cousin went to college in same town) about whether spam was flown to hawaii or if it were taken there by ship.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Farfrael
Oh my God ...

I agree 100% with DAGTA

I HAD to log-in just to post in this thread

Mill, your attitude is extremely stupid and makes you sound like a complete moron and a spoiled brat
YOU fvcked up, YOU have no respect for your teacher ... well, guess what he doesn't owe you anything

As for your SO hard highschool, give us a break.

Oh, and what about a "Just shut the fvck up and face the consequences of your actions" option in the poll ?

Yeah, he does owe me something. I'm the reason he has a job. I don't have respect for someone who doesn't respect me. You are correct about that. You call my attitude stupid, yet half of you don't even know how polite I was to him. I'm entitled to act like a d!ck if I want to especially since it was COMEDY you dimwit. I can't really say I'd do anything different the next time. I don't see how contacting your Prof everytime you have to miss is going to help. 7.5% and it sucks. I have to eat that, but that doesn't mean jackasses like you would have handled it any differently.

oh i see, that explains the "i'm better than you, fvck your opinions, only mines is important" attitude from you.

I bet you're also the person who, if gets caught for a speeding ticket, yells to the officer "HEY ASS! YOU BETTER NOT GIVE ME A TICKET B/C MY TAXES PAY YOUR SALARY!" or something of that nature.

wake up man, you are NOT the reason he has a job. The reason he has a job is because he has studied his way to become a professor through hard work (and not missing classes) and dedication. He has a job because of his skills and not because of some punk ass kid who thinks just b/c he forks over some $$ the whole system should revolved around his dense head. pshh..give me a break man.