Professor Life Advice Lectures

[Entice]

I have this class: Mathematical Analysis I.
It's easy enough. We have to do stuff like basic statistics, figure out interest, and do "real world" problems. Most of the math is algebra.

The problem is: the classes are an hour and a half long, and the teacher gets sidetracked and starts giving life advice. Only two absences are allowed and she'll mark us absent if we leave early or arrive late. She talks so much each day that we only get about 4 or 5 examples done in class. Not about math either. A couple of days ago we were doing quick examples of how some interest shit works and she started telling us a story about picking out a house with her husband, and then goes on how to talk about how important it is to talk about financial issues with potential spouses etc. etc. etc... recently she's been doing it so much that I just stop paying attention.

What do I do?

[Zhon]

---Solution A: the high road----
Write a short outline of every point you want to make and request to meet with her during office hours. Explain your concern to her and make sure to cover every point.

---Solution B: the medium road---
Write an e-mail instead of meeting her face to face to talk about it. Effective, but not as much. Takes less bawlz.

---Solution C: the low road---
Bring a book to class and use Khan Academy to learn anything you are unsure about due to your professor's ineptitude. If you are into fantasy novels, I recommend Luthiel's Song - just started reading it recently, it's pretty good.

[DarkMatter]

pay someone to say "here" when she calls your name.

[Entice]

At 3/7/14 01:08 AM, DarkMatter wrote: pay someone to say "here" when she calls your name.

No
Why would I do that
That's a waste of money
I'm already paying for this class (or the gov't is)

[DarkMatter]

At 3/7/14 01:16 AM, Entice wrote:

At 3/7/14 01:08 AM, DarkMatter wrote: pay someone to say "here" when she calls your name.

No
Why would I do that
That's a waste of money
I'm already paying for this class (or the gov't is)

bribe the teacher to not tell a life story in front of the class like a boss.

[Piggler]

stand up during her rambling and shout: "shut the fuck up and tell me about math"