4/15/98

Course Evaluation

This was taken from MIT's Course Evaluation Guide, Fall 1991
The Best and Worst Comments Received:

*  Text is useless. I use it to kill roaches in my room.
*  He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high.
*  In class, the syllabus is more important than you are.
*  Help! I've fallen asleep and I can't wake up!
*  Text makes a satisfying 'thud' when dropped on the floor.
*  The class is worthwhile because I need it for the degree.
*  His blackboard technique puts Rembrandt to shame.
*  Textbook is confusing... someone with a knowledge of English
   should proofread it.
*  Have you ever fallen asleep in class and awoke in another?
   That's the way I felt all term.
*  This class was a religious experience for me... I had to take
   it all on faith.
*  The instructor would make a good parking lot attendant. Tries to
tell you where to go, but you can never understand him.
*  Problems sets are a decoy to lure you away from potential
   exam material.
*  The class was great. It was so confusing that I forgot who I was,
where I was, and what I was doing -- It's a great stress reliever.
*  He is one of the best teachers I have had...  He is well-organized,
presents good lectures, and creates interest in the subject. I hope my
comments don't hurt his chances of  getting tenure.
*  I would sit in class and stare out the window at the squirrels.
They've got a cool nest in the tree.
*  The absolute value of the TA was less than epsilon.
*  TA steadily improved throughout the course... I think he started
drinking and it really loosened him up.
*  Information was presented like a ruptured fire hose -- spraying
in all directions -- no way to stop it.
*  I never bought the text.  My $60 was better spent on the Led
Zeppelin tapes that I used while doing the problem sets.
*  What's the quality of the text? 'Text is printed on high quality
paper.'
*  The course was very thorough. What wasn't covered in class was
covered on the final exam.