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**Doktor** · 10 Feb 12,, 08:25

Originally Posted by bonehead

Sounds like a weed out class. I hated those.

The way Ben describes the situation, the professor will get weed out.

**Parihaka** · 10 Feb 12,, 09:01

Originally Posted by bigross86

Bullshit! We're blamed for everything, from rising inflation prices to recent outbursts of beriberi!

I did hear a rumour it was a Jew that was selling mud to Australians

**Doktor** · 10 Feb 12,, 09:44

Originally Posted by Parihaka

I did hear a rumour it was a Jew that was selling mud to Australians

Is it good or bad? From NZ perspective of course

**bigross86** · 10 Feb 12,, 11:04

Dok, this one isn't gay, he just acts gay. Supposedly he's happily married. No word on how happy his wife, however...

I sure as hell hope this guy gets kicked out. He doesn't have tenure yet, and I've made it almost a personal vendetta to let everyone know how much he sucks. If I have to take this all the way up to the Dean of the Humanities or the Dean of the University, I will

**Doktor** · 10 Feb 12,, 12:06

Originally Posted by bigross86

Dok, this one isn't gay, he just acts gay. Supposedly he's happily married. No word on how happy his wife, however...

I sure as hell hope this guy gets kicked out. He doesn't have tenure yet, and I've made it almost a personal vendetta to let everyone know how much he sucks. If I have to take this all the way up to the Dean of the Humanities or the Dean of the University, I will

If he is an asshole torturing students go whatever instance you need to. Just be honest to yourself why you do it.

**bigross86** · 10 Feb 12,, 12:48

I'm doing it because I've had almost 40 lecturers in the past year and a half. This guy is the worst, hands down. I'm not doing this for vengeance or for self interest. I've already taken his course and with any luck will never have to take another course with the man again. I'm doing this because this man is not suitable to be a university lecturer, and if they retain him on staff, students will suffer every single semester he remains here.

Almost 40% of the class failed the midterm. He gives a different course next semester. Within 3 weeks of the beginning of this semester, whoever had taken the course as an elective and could drop it, did. The rest, the ones that have to take the course, have pushed it off to next year, hoping by then someone else will be teaching the course.

There's a world of difference between a hard grader or a lecturer that gives loads of material. This guy just plain can't teach.

True story:

**Doktor** · 10 Feb 12,, 12:53

See... you passed. So he is not über-jerk, after all.

BTW. Nice logo for the Uni. They put the students on fire?

**bigross86** · 10 Feb 12,, 13:09

I haven't passed yet. The final was yesterday, I'll get grades in 3 weeks or so. This is honestly one course where I'm willing to get a 60 and pass on bare minimums, as long as I never have to see this guy's face again

**bonehead** · 10 Feb 12,, 14:42

By all means go in and complain to his superiors. Do it in writing so it will stick. If possible get as many other students as possible to do the same. Too often teachers like this are retained simply because students are too lazy or afraid to say anything.

**bigross86** · 10 Feb 12,, 16:27

Like I said, we already met with the Dean of English Lit. If she doesn't do anything, we'll go to the Dean of Humanities (her husband. Coincidence?). If that doesn't work, we'll go the Dean of the University

**astralis** · 10 Feb 12,, 20:01

AR,

Don't complain. To quote Emil Faber:

"Knowledge Is Good"

way to tell me to quit my belly-achin'!

well, to give it some credit, i have to say there was a bit of humor involved.

the last exercise of the course was to build Air Tasking Orders for a Operation Instant Thunder-like scenario, and then fight out the war to test the strength of your build.

as a tutorial, the first ATO you built involved Navy assets flying out of a Carrier Strike Group, to bomb an enemy base as a "show of force". turns out this was a Kobayashi Maru scenario-- your first build will ALWAYS involve most of your build getting shot down, with the target intact. the nation on the receiving end is pissed off and goes into full scale war mode.

then it is ridiculously easy for you, the glorious Joint Force Air Component Commander, to create ATOs that proceed to take apart the enemy nation in 5 days with minimal losses. in the whole scenario, 75% of my loss came from the initial Navy strike.

score 1 for nerdy USAF punkin' on the USN.

**Doktor** · 14 Feb 12,, 19:30

Has anyone seen Yello?

My guesses are:
a) Col finally got him;
b) Julie gave him that sammich;
c) He hit opened one of the spoilers - speaking of which gunnut and rick are still MIA; and
d) They finally met with tankie on skype. Now both feel awkward

**Albany Rifles** · 14 Feb 12,, 19:46

Originally Posted by astralis

score 1 for nerdy USAF punkin' on the USN.

Back in the day when I did CGSC it was just post Desert Storm.....like about 18 months after.

So you had to do the Corps in the attack against the Iraqi Republican Guard on the way to Baghad with the RG in full super power mode despite what we had just seen.

Glad to see things don't change too much.

SIDE NOTE: Less than a year before Desert Shield kicked off at CAS3 is was all about setting up an establishing a base in Honduras. Interesting how the focus shifted.

**astralis** · 14 Feb 12,, 19:55

AR,

SIDE NOTE: Less than a year before Desert Shield kicked off at CAS3 is was all about setting up an establishing a base in Honduras. Interesting how the focus shifted.

right, the scenario was a not-very-subtle mix of desert shield and an iran WMD strike.

of course, literally 75% of the course was joint-joint-joint, rapidly descending into acronym hell. i was a bit surprised; it was really more about understanding command relationships than it was about strategy or logistics or whatnot.

**bigross86** · 15 Feb 12,, 08:07

I don't know what's worse: Waking up early to take a test that lasted a full 31 minutes, or the fact that I will be spending the next 2 days studying for something that makes Seppuku look attractive