Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Re: Any news about the reputed bomb explosion in the UCB CS Dept? Message-ID: <11263@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 18:14:36 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11263 Posted: Sun Jun 9 18:14:36 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 01:01:35 EDT References: <1457@utah-gr.UUCP> <8@ucbcad.UUCP> <157@jendeh.UUCP> <43@avsdS.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 24 > I too am an engineering instructor... (evening classes), and have been > for over 6 years. It has been my experience that anyone who can pass > a class without coming is either: > 1. wasting everyone elses time by even > enrolling since they've had the class before > --or-- > 2. Cheating they're asses off. > My experience has been with inner city students, out of city students, > outer country students, outer space students. I may be a bit biased > but it has been noted that students that do not have complete command > of our language tend to fall in category 2! > Take it up the street! > > Foo, there are a lot of classes that you can get through without attending the lecture. There are some proffesors who you get noth from listening to. Following the reading assignments and showing up for the exams is often sufficient to excell in these classes. Damn conceited of an instructor who believes that they only way anyone can learn is to listen to him cast out his pearls. The only course you can't pass without comming is Sex ed. -Ron