Comment Re:Fast track (Score 1, Insightful) 355
I get the feeling that the Professor is the one with the issues. Not the students.
From my experience, it sounds like it is his first time with undergrads.
I have found professors who are fresh out of the trenches often fail to comprehend, the following.
1. These students are taking more than just His class.
2. Chances are the class is required. Meaning most of the students don't have too much interest in the class.
3. The students are filled with other concerns then just that class. Finding a girl/boy friend, trying to keep on on what he should socially be.
4. Because he specialized in that topic for so long, there isn't any empathy on the fact that people just don't get it, the first time.
When students are in such a class, they will collaborate with each other so they can piece together all the stuff they learned, this is often done with homework assignments, this can be considered cheating. Being that these are student, who are paying for an education, if they feel like they are being bullied by the professor they will talk back, to defend themselves.