Cranky. Old. Man?

So, funny thing today: Prof Cock (I am just going to shorten the nickname even further there) went on a rant today about not wanting to "support mediocrity" and such because apparently people are missing class and asking him for the homework (hey, I did that once, since he emailed me FIRST, but after that I find it on my own, I'm not wholly without a sense of survival). He went on and on about how he wants engineers from this university to go on and being actual designers instead of bolt counters--blah blah ad nauseum. What cracked me up though is he totally pulled my Sidekick out as an example (without using his name) of this "mediocrity".

The same Sidekick who is waiting on his security paperwork so he can go work as a NERD SPY (there's a reason they call it Intelligence, not just to be ironic), basically. Oh Prof Cock, no wonder you hate us. I'll bet you he's really jealous of those people that start businesses without going to college in the first place.

It never fails to completely and utterly bemuse me when he gets off on rants like this, because not only does he tend to like, suddenly waste 20 mins of class (which he should be teaching) but he gets high and mighty over really stupid shit like someone asking to take lab with another section because they're not going to be there for theirs (hell, in Sidekick's case, he gave him a month's notice and offered to turn in the lab report the exact same time it's usually due which actually gave him less time to do it, not more). Or missing a couple of homeworks due to showing up, say, five minutes late to class (I keep having to ask questions after class in thermo, it's why I'm late, having ten minutes between my two really fucking annoying classes does not make me happy!).

Honestly, check your patronizing at the door and just teach already. If I weren't like, seven classes from graduating I might be inclined to offer more resistence to this guy. Since he's basically ranting about how people shouldn't come to see him. Seriously, why does he have such a bug up his ass about someone missing a class. I think it comes down to ego; the only professors I've known that are really that fucking obsessed with attendance are the ones that think VERY highly of themselves (as in; you miss my class you miss my fantastic insights on the universe!)

At least Prof Dragster is super cool. Due to me being a dumbshit, I missed class yesterday, and he spent that period explaining the equations for the next Simulation of Doom, and well, I kind of NEED THOSE. First he suggested that I get the notes off someone, but I basically told him I really wanted to start this weekend (I DO. I AM NOT PULLING WHAT I DID LAST WEEKEND AGAIN.) and he went through his own personal notes and photocopied what I needed and elaborated on a few things.

I mean, it's my bad that I missed class (Vehicle Dynamics, though, really NEEDS you to be there, as the text doesn't explain as well as he does) but he at least tried to work with me, and considering I have been on and off majorly sick, I don't feel so bad about it.

Good prof vs. bad prof; see the difference? I don't even mind a prof that refers me to the TA, if it's a large class. I get that. But I pay them. I don't give a fuck what research they'd rather be doing, their priorety should be to TEACH STUDENTS. And I think it's not too much to ask for, well, that!

Alright, time to turn in my Composites homework and make sure I don't have a conflict with the exam!