Who was your most memorable college professors (best and worst) and why?

Answer 1

Most memorable (good) - A blind psychology prof who knew the textbook by heart and knew everything that was happening in the huge lecture hall at all times. He knew if someone was sitting in the aisle or slipping out early. We were all very impressed by his abilities.
Also most memorable (good) - A broadcasting prof who had been a hugely popular children's TV program host in my childhood. The students and myself were in awe the whole semester.
Most memorable (bad) - A statistics prof from Czechoslovakia who barely spoke English and was utterly incomprehensible. The class would get together before class began to discuss the last week's lesson and homework. I was very proud of the "C" I got because I basically had to teach the subject to myself.

Answer 2

I just finished taking the last possible class for my AA degree with who must be the best teacher I've ever had! Richard Nelson, who teaches history/world civ/world relg, is crazy excited and very knowledgable. He brings in many different views, films, and papers so that it's not just a lecture based on his opinions. (He is a prof at IHCC in MN) Nelson only assigns papers, which is neat--I love writing papers!, but your grade is based on your argument and how well you argue it. Never based on what he thinks you should say/think! He's just an incredible instructor and will be greatly missed when I transfer.

Worst one--Prof. Sharp (same school), "teaches" English. What a joke! I had him for the sophmore writing course (college level, not remedial) and I learned NOTHING. The first few weeks, all we did was come in and do a GRAMMAR SHEET! I think I spent perhaps all of 3 minutes on it each class day--nouns, captilazations, etc. He assigned 2 papers that term--1 a critique of a poorly written paper and 1 research paper--so the rest of the time could be used as a study hall. I took the second option--turn in the worksheet and leave! What a wast of time and money. I tried to get out of that course (with a refund), but profs have "academic freedom" to teach as they see fit.

Answer 3

My best professor was my European history professor Dr. Ulrich. I ended up changing my minor to European history from philosophy because he was so wonderful. I took three classes from him and was always amazed by how much he knew about his subject. He also had a wonderful sense of humor, and even though the classes were large, he took the time to get to know us. Great guy!

My worst professor was probably Dr. Petty. He was my humanities professor and he was absolutely terrifying! He never wasted a moment telling us how dumb he thought we all were, and how brilliant he thought he was. I was so thankful when that semester was over!

Answer 4

One of my instructors in the Education department. She was also my advisor. Man, she piled on the work, but she tried to help you succeed. Sometimes it felt as if she thought her class was the only one you were taking that semester. What a workload. However, she was compassionate, understanding, and funny. She definitely has a great sense of humor. I still drop by and see her occassionally. And you know what, she still makes me feel like she is concerned for my success in life.
Now, the worst instructor I had was also in the ed department. All he did was read out of the text, and then give like 300 question tests that required a lot of memorization. He absolutely contradicted everything the rest of the department taught about how to teach. I hated it. However, I aced all of their classes anyway.

Answer 5

I had one for a psychology class called "Learning and Memory" and in addition to laboratory work we had lecture twice a week in a big lecture hall. In the middle of his lecture he would start talking very rapidly and switch to astronomy instead of psychology, or to world history. Then on the exam there would be questions from history or astronomy as well as psychology on the test. Nobody got an A because all through the semester he said he would grade on a curve, but after it was too late to drop the class he announced he would not grade on a curve for A's and you had to have 92% or higher for an A. The class average was 60% LOL

Answer 6

I loved Professor Joseph David Starr. He was such an interesting lecturer. I took him for 6 classes because I loved him.

I can't remember the name of the worst. However he read the textbook to us and would not look anyone in the face.

Answer 7

Best instructor ever J. Samson. She made all of us WANT to learn. Something about the way she delivered lectures and information, made us crave more!!!!

The worst was B. Steele. She literally read to us out of the marketing book. We learned nothing from her at all. It was almost as if she was exploring the book for the first time with us--this was not the case as she's used the same book for three years. UGH!

Answer 8

Jon Shoemaker professor of Zoology was well-organized in class and made it easy to follow his lectures. He knew his subject quite well and took me under his wing when he saw I had done much outside research, for I love the subject. Arthur S. Carpenter in Art did not know his subject very well and he was hateful to his students. He nearly made me hate painting. Luckily, I had better teachers in that subject.

Answer 9

Bob Rigelout was my fave he really brought European history to life. My least fave was Father Lantz for philosophy. The class was dull enough and unless you wrote about St Thomas Aquainis or St Augustine and how great they were you werent getting a good grade.