I'm tempted to look up my Probability & Stats prof, to see if he still tucks his shirts inside his underwear.

At my old school, everyone was so nice! Except to one of my favorite English Professors.

My history professor, who I was just reading about in the alumni newsletter because he was going to be on tv, got the HOT rating.

Looking at the site makes me glad I don't teach (any more). A remarkable number of the comments are accurate and fair, even when not entirely nice. If I were teaching I would feel so naked. I like to imagine that nobody thinks about me ever (no please do not diabuse me of this notion no no laa laa laaaaaa I can't heeear you.)

I looked at his dad and smiled and said, "Imagine if you said to your boss, 'I'm sorry. I'm not going to do any of that work anymore. It's boring.'"

And this is why you're an awesome teacher.

Looking at the site makes me glad I don't teach

This, above all else.

Okay, and one last -- there were more high quality ratings for people rated difficult than I sometimes give the current looniversity's students credit for. Also, 3 hotness points out of 3 total ratings for the prettiest dude I know, which proves that they ain't blind, yo.

How 'bout that?

Reuters is reporting that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings Friday morning that his investigation into the Plame leak will require proceedings before a new grand jury.

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Given Fitzgerald's tight lips and ponderous pace, we're not likely to get many answers soon. But we do know one thing -- a new grand jury means more subpoenas, more rumors and more heat on the Bush administration.

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I hadn't looked up my ratings. which means I should. But for my old school. Gulp.

I actually probably shouldn't. It's beest not to know.

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Told Entirely in Emoticons

These are some comments for my favourite prof ever:

She is slightly scatterbrained but funny. She really seems to love the material and it shows. She sort of makes the students want to love it as much as she does which is nice. (And that was only a so-so rating.)

By a long shot, the single most understanding prof I've ever come across. She cares about students more than any I've ever seen. That is her best quality--worth taking on that account.

Spring 2K5: What a wonderful professor! Found the syllabus was lacking - a little scattered, but overall she makes the course adventurous and exciting, and she is so knowledgeable that in the end you are really glad you took Chaucer, Beowulf, etc. from her!

Man, I miss her.

I just looked up my professors from my current program. All the ones I like were graded badly because they were too hard or not clear. All the ones I hated were graded well because they were easy and helpful (I didn't find them helpful).

So, current teachers, please do not take what is being said on there as something you should pay much, if any, attention to.

Also, this confirms my belief that most of my co-students are lazy and expect things to be handed to them.