The Best and Worst Comments Received
Taken From the MIT Course Evaluation Guide, Fall, 1991
- "This class was a religious experience for me.
I had to take it all on faith."
- "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 fell asleep in class and awoke in another?
That's the way I felt all term."
- "In class I learn I can fudge answers and get away with it."
- "Keep lecturer or tenure board will be shot."
- "The recitation instructor would make a good parking lot attendant.
Tries to tell you where to go, but you can never understand him."
- "Text is useless. I use it to kill roaches in my room."
- "In class the syllabus is more important than you are."
- "I am convinced that you can learn by osmosis by just sitting in his class."
- "Help! I've fallen asleep and I can't wake up!"
- "Problem sets are a decoy to lure you away from potential exam material."
- "Recitation 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."
- "He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high."
- "This course kept me out of trouble from 2-4:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays."
- "Most of us spent the 1st 3 weeks terrified of the class.
Then solidarity kicked in."
- "Bogus number crunching. My HP is exhausted."
- "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 more while doing the problem
sets that I would have used the text."
- "What's the quality of the text? 'Text is printed on high quality paper'."