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paleotn

(21,694 posts)
7. Whoa! Didn't think they could do that anymore and remain employed, tenured or not.
Fri May 23, 2025, 03:13 PM
May 2025

Why in my day! Seriously we didn't have student satisfaction surveys. Profs would have rolled on the floor over that one. My Physics 111 course was full of young engineering and science majors. Mostly engineering in their sophomore year. Our professor said right from the start, "Some of you will survive this course. Some of you will not. I really don't care who does or doesn't. That's entirely up to you." He was a tough old guy. Tough but fair. You either got it or you didn't. If you didn't, you were off to the business quad or some major where the 101, 102 series of science courses would suffice.

Our exam grades were posted outside the professor's office, in order by our SS numbers (student numbers). Identity theft wasn't a thing yet. God I'm old.

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