Monday, October 1, 2012

Some days, you just need to get nude and call your students stupid.

As reported on Gawker, via reddit, the cesspit of the internet, MSU Math Prof loses his shit, rants and gets naked. Except for his socks. That's how you can tell it was a full-on breakdown and not pedagogy.

I am sure we've all been at the point where we wanted to scream at our classes about how stupid they are, and maybe even throw things. Although my underpants are not high on the list of things I would pick. Something with sharper corners, for preference.

Flava:
I was in Calc 1 at Michigan State University, and my teacher was always pretty eccentric, but today he went overboard. Half way through class he started screaming at us, swearing left and right. He then started slamming his hands on the window and pressing his face against it, still screaming. Eventually he walked out and down the hallway to the end, all while screaming. He then came back into the classroom and took off his clothes, except for his socks. You know someones crazy when they leave their socks on lmao. At this point everyone in class ran out. We were literally scared for his life. The police took about 15 minutes to get here, and during this time he continued walking around screaming.
Story on Gawker
Original reddit thread.

Little smelly early thirsty

Please let me know if this has been discussed already.  Give me a link.  I don't remember.

I have a student this semester who smells like homeless stinky body odor.  She looks normal if you stay at least six or seven feet away from her.  She speaks well.  She is polite to everybody.  She's smart.  She's curious.  She doesn't seem crazy.  She gets her work done on time.  She's never late for class.  She doesn't lie to me about her grandmother's funeral.  I like her.

But she smells like shit.

I first noticed the smell last week.  This morning, the student stayed after class to ask a question, and my nostrils received the full force of the aroma.

I do not know how other students can stand sitting near her for an entire class.

Help me on this.

Q.  How have you dealt with this?  Any ideas???

A.  _______________________ 
            [And please share ideas that definitely did not work.  No point in reinventing the square wheel.  Be honest, dammit.]