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Oct. 21st, 2008
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karenthecroccy
Back on the subject of my current math professor, apparently my office mate stayed after class last Friday to talk to him. When she asked him if he could give more concrete example problems in the lecture, this was his response:
The subject of PDEs is very theoretical, so there aren't too many examples. It's a lot of theory.
ORLY? Then where do problems like those in the homework originate? WTF?
Unfortunately, according to his bio on the math department faculty page, he's a full professor. Which means tenure. Which means the end-of-semester course evaluations may be a good way for me and my classmates to vent our frustration, but they won't do a damn bit of good.
The subject of PDEs is very theoretical, so there aren't too many examples. It's a lot of theory.
ORLY? Then where do problems like those in the homework originate? WTF?
Unfortunately, according to his bio on the math department faculty page, he's a full professor. Which means tenure. Which means the end-of-semester course evaluations may be a good way for me and my classmates to vent our frustration, but they won't do a damn bit of good.
