Sunday, April 7, 2013

My Mind-boggling Math Professor

Sorry it's been awhile since my last post, I just had spring break, and so none of my professors had the opportunity to irritate me, well except my english professor who assigned a five page paper over break. Anyway, today I'm here to complain about my Math Professor. Normally when I have a problem with a professor, I first explain that they're great people just not very good professors; this guy is neither. Not only does he explain math in the most confusing way ever, but he's also an irritating person. The offense that has me on here, writing this post was quite simple. When I got my last homework grade back, it had sixty-percent written on the front. At first I was nonplussed, (I know that word may seem pretentious, but I enjoy learning large or uncommon words, I'm an english major, sue me.) I had put a lot of effort into that homework assignment, logging almost eight hours of skype for tutoring help from a relative who used to teach math, and I knew I had done better than sixty-percent. Looking through the four double-sided page homework packet, I only noticed two points, or twenty-percent marked off. Then on the last page, written as an afterthought, were these words, "No Staple -2." I stared up at my professor in disbelief, after all that effort he was docking twenty-percent because I didn't have access to stapler. So now here I am, sharing this story a few days after the fact because I'm still incensed about it. I think next time I'll use a dozen staples just to throw it in his face.