Another syllabus week has come and gone, signaling the beginning of yet another semester. As the uncertainty of add/drop/swap threatened to drastically decrease the numbers in many professors’ unbearable classes, some decided to employ different strategies in an attempt to persuade students to remain enrolled in the class. Popular methods included making attendance optional, offering extra credit opportunities, and choosing to not administer a final. Some professors didn’t feel a need to make their class more appealing, “my class is a requirement for all pre-med students, so I don’t really care if you want to remain in the class or not.” Said Biology professor Dr. Martinez, “you can drop my class, but then you won’t fulfill your dream of becoming a doctor, and you’ll have to waste your disappointed parents’ money by studying English.” For Dr Brown, a long-time history professor who only teaches GER classes, maintaining a good reputation is critical.
Dr. Brown credits his near perfect “Rate my Professor” rating to his reputation of being a “cool professor.” Every semester, on the first day of class, Brown makes sure to insert at least three swear words into his reading of the syllabus. “I don’t really give a fuck if you do the readings or not, but just know it will help a shit ton on the tests,” Brown was quoted when speaking about the mandatory $100 textbook his students will never need or use.
The students were stunned and excited by the strategy that definitely isn’t overplayed by the majority of professors on campus. “He swore in the first 20 minutes! That makes him so relatable to kids our age.” Junior Brooke Lang eagerly explained, later adding “I’m sure he’ll be this cool the whole semester, and the class won’t be hard at all. I was planning on dropping but I definitely won’t after today!”
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