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Teacher Evaluations

thislooksfamiliar — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:10:37 +0000

after each semester, my university asks students to participate in an anonymous review of the teacher and the course. i had particular difficulty with a certain teacher last semster. the following is my review:

The strongest features of this course were:
the strongest feature of this course was the inexcusably terrible and incomplete teaching of the instructor. [teacher] clearly did not understand the material comprehensively enough to help us understand it. it is a wonder that he was considered competent to teach this course.

The best way to increase learning in this course would be to:
the best way to increase learning in this course would be to replace [teacher] with a youtube video tutorial. this is how i learned everything i did in this class. the only thing i learned from [teacher] is that sometimes life gives you shitty teachers and you need to make the best of it because no one is going to fix it for you.

Please describe the strengths of the instructor:
capable of tying his own shoes.

Please describe areas in which this instructor could improve as a teacher:
the area in which this instructor could improve as a teacher is the writing of his letter of resignation.

Please offer additional comments on the relationship of the instructor and the student.:
[teacher] did a poor job of explaining basic concepts and ideas. students had questions. [teacher] usually became irritated that students were not understanding the material and continued to repeat his previous, incomplete, explanation ad nauseum until students became aware that he had only a limited understanding of the concepts himself, and thus could not explain it to us. eventually students stopped asking questions.

inhalers

thislooksfamiliar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:50:38 +0000

this is a text i got out of the blue one day:

hey no big deal but if you happen to find an inhaler please let me know. in the mean time, i’ll be passed out on my steering wheel with the horn blaring. no rush, enjoy your weekend if i don’t hear from you.

had no idea who it was from. turns out it was one of my coworkers. man was that funny.

canada

thislooksfamiliar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:18:31 +0000

Canada has always been like the hand claps in house music: they aren’t always what you remember, but you can tell if they aren’t where they belong.

facebook in real life

thislooksfamiliar — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:09:36 +0000

my new asian haircut

thislooksfamiliar — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:06:12 +0000

my new haircut is a well known and even somewhat old having been on youtube for over five months. in case you’ve never seen it, here it is:

that’s just damn funny. every college kid in america has seen that clip and walks around yelling Jägerbomb! but this parody of it is pretty good too. presenting my new haircut, asian edition:

peace

the quest for three squishy balls

thislooksfamiliar — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:44:51 +0000

i like to post things that i don’t have any use for in the free section of craigslist. i figure this way someone else may be able to use what i don’t want and we can avoid throwing it away. so last week i posted an ad for three squishy balls that i didn’t want or need. the text went like this:

i have three squishy foam balls from various promos that i’ve come across. two globes and one apple. would be good for small kids to play with or maybe dogs that wouldn’t tear them apart to eat them. contact me via email to arrange a pickup.

and i attached a picture so everyone would know exactly what i’m talking about.

i got a reply almost immediately from someone who wanted them for their kids physical therapist or something. about ten minutes after i sent that email out i got this one:

Oh my good lord jesus please tell me those three squishy balls are still available?! I have just returned from a 4 continent search for squishy balls and the three fine specimen you display in your ad are clearly the cream of the crop! I must have them! Now, don’t even bother responding if you no longer have the whole set. Really, what kind of simpleton, what kind of rogue, keeps two squishy balls, that’s rubbish! So, sir, if you do indeed still possess all three squishy balls, do not even think of sending them to the garbage heap, I will come and pick them up. Day or night! Rain or shine! I just need 24 hours notice so that I may secure proper transport. I hastily await your reply!

Sir Stephen Of the Balls

needless to say, i was laughing pretty hard after reading that. it was just so damn unexpected. so i felt as if i had to reply to poor steven and let him down gently:

my dearest sir steven,

the three squishy ball holy grail may, for the time being, have escaped your grasp once again. while they are clever in their deception and trickeries, they found themselves a suitor mere moments before your unearthing of this criagslist ad. should the tyrant who now has ownership control over what should rightfully be your squishy balls fall wayward and discard the notion of desire, to you i shall call.

my deepest sympathies

i haven’t heard back from him, but the first responder flaked so i just emailed him back to let him know that his grail is attainable once again. i hope it makes his day.

peace

leaning tower of pisa

thislooksfamiliar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:16:36 +0000

saw this while browsing the internet the other day:

well now this explains everything!

peace

well placed google ad

thislooksfamiliar — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:38:52 +0000

this morning i am reading a reuters article about a 95 year old woman who is a blogging sensation in spain. so i go to check out her blog. shockingly enough, it’s in spanish, which i don’t speak. but i did notice a post that she put up talking about how her blog has made international news. i also noticed the screen shot that she took of the article about her on reuters that i had been reading:

click on the image for a bigger version.

notice the ad choice?

peace

tech center help line

thislooksfamiliar — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:47:30 +0000

Operator: “Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I help you?”
Caller: “Yes, well, I’m having trouble with WordPerfect.”
Operator: “What sort of trouble??”
Caller: “Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.”
Operator: “Went away?”
Caller: “They disappeared.”
Operator: “Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?”
Caller: “Nothing.”
Operator: “Nothing??”
Caller: “It’s blank; it won’t accept anything when I type.”
Operator: “Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out??”
Caller: “How do I tell?”
Operator: “Can you see the ‘C: prompt’ on the screen??”
Caller: “What’s a sea-prompt?”
Operator: “Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?”
Caller: “There isn’t any cursor; I told you, it won’t accept anything I type.”
Operator: “Does your monitor have a power indicator??”
Caller: “What’s a monitor?”
Operator: “It’s the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it’s on??”
Caller: “I don’t know.”
Operator: “Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that??”
Caller: “Yes, I think so.”
Operator: “Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it’s plugged into the wall.
Caller: “Yes, it is.”
Operator: “When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one??”
Caller: “No.”
Operator: “Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable.”
Caller: “Okay, here it is.”
Operator: “Follow it for me, and tell me if it’s plugged securely into the back of your computer.”
Caller: “I can’t reach.”
Operator: “OK. Well, can you see if it is??”
Caller: “No.”
Operator: “Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over??”
Caller: “Well, it’s not because I don’t have the right angle — it’s because it’s dark.”
Operator: “Dark??”
Caller: “Yes – the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.”
Operator: “Well, turn on the office light then.”
Caller: “I can’t.”
Operator: “No? Why not??”
Caller: “Because there’s a power failure.”
Operator: “A power …. A power failure? Aha. Okay, we’ve got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff that your computer came in??”
Caller: “Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.”
Operator: “Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from.”
Caller: “Really? Is it that bad?”
Operator: “Yes, I’m afraid it is.”
Caller: “Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them??”
Operator: “Tell them you’re too stupid to own a computer!!!”

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thislooksfamiliar — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:35:00 +0000