"One of the best instructors I have ever had. I would take him again and again."
Thankfully he's a premature ejaculator so she only had to take him again and again and again. This girl got an A.
"ok, many like this teaher. i dont know why. i couldn't stand HIM and his BIG bag of B.S. he is good@ graphic arts but that doesn't nessesairly mean he's good at teaching. he's REALLY picky and hard to understand. and his projets were boring. And talks WAAY too much! i passed, but still. i wouldn't take him again.everyday was a drag."
This guy figured any dude teaching in the art department was gay and he'd be able to pass the way that first girl did, so he was understandably pissed come evaluation time. I like the way he can't spell and uses the @ to save himself one character, but includes periods after B and S. Because, you know, it's an abbreviation.
"the best graphic arts teacher at [the college]. more helpful and knowledgeable than all the other teachers combined. very passionate about his subject, he actually knows what he is doing. take him if you really want to learn. he should teach all graphic arts classes."
This is the one he wrote himself. Must be up for tenure.
"An amazing, inspirational instructor that will teach you everything he knows with passion. I learned more in his class than every other class combined. Will push you to your limits, not easy, but fair. The first professor at [the college] that actually teaches graphic design as it should be taught. Teaches afternoons only [sic], Typography and Digital Paint."
This girl had a boyfriend and wouldn't sleep with the prof. She thought this eval would serve as an acceptable substitute. When her F- proved otherwise, she dumped the boyfriend and next semester she'll pull her GPA back above 2.0 for sure.
"[The Prof] is a digital design god. (So what? I'm The God of Hell Fire, ask anyone, but Jennifer Anniston still won't return my calls.)he is an open book of knowledge. Accept any opportunity to talk with him. And he is hot too."
This girl didn't need to sleep with the prof to get an A but she did anyway. We need more like her.
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This guy is definitely worth getting out of bed for.
He started at the absolute BEGINNING-- setting up folders, creating objects, etc. Yeah, I already know this stuff, but I love the systematic, thorough approach. He does NOT mind being interrupted at any time with any question. He said, "It would be disrespectful for me to treat you as anything but professionals. That's why I'm a stickler for deadlines and arriving on time. Your clients will not want to hear your excuses for why something isn't done." This is brand new stuff for some of these kids. For me, it's a breath of fresh air.
He has a great nose. I'm a connoisseur of noses. I don't like perky little noses. (Jennifer Grey made a huge mistake, which she now acknowledges, when she had a nose job.) I especially like Leonard Bernstein-Danny Kaye sort of noses. However, Prof's nose is straight and slender, like a Roman statue.
I have a nose. I like my nose. A friend of mine once suddenly asked me if I'd had a nose job - like I'd sneaked off and had it done. I absolutely had not. I think the rest of me had grown into my nose.
One of the things that I have noticed about having crushes is that you get all tingly about the weird little things that would normally turn you off. I remember staring at the back of one of my crushes' hairy neck and just itching to touch it. Normally if I saw someone with a hairy neck I would think - yuk!
if we can be sufficient to ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs Erica Jong
No... it hasn't gotten to the crush level yet. I'm still hyper-alert for red flags. But it DOES give me some motivation to haul myself out at the "butt crack of dawn," as my bf's daughter says.
I do admire really, really competent people. Whether that admiration will morph into a crush has yet to be seen. Hairdog is watching me, so I have to be good.
ETA: I sit in the front row because the room is very dim because of the computer screens and I don't hear very well, especially if I can't see the person's face clearly. Whatthehe11... I'm not shy. We DO make a lot of eye contact during class. Having been a teacher VERY briefly myself in college, seeing an interested face somewhere in that mass of adolescent faces makes all the difference in the world. One tends to play to it. At least I did. And my face isn't adolescent... I get his jokes and references. babblebabblebabble
Speaking of BF, I got home this evening, and he was over at his place next door. I let the dogs out, and they went flying over there. A little while later, he walked over while I was putting together my din-din. I asked him if he wanted any. He said, no he just came over to get some charcoal because he was grilling a little steak. (I think he was going to ask me to join him, but changed direction when he saw that I was already cooking.) We chatted for a while, and he left. He's spending the night and the doggies are with him. THIS IS SO GREAT!!! I never dreamed in a million years that this sitch could be shifted and resolved this way-- nevernevernever. It's enough to make you believe in the power of prayer. (Thanks, RJ.) Which I already believe in anyway.
I do have some hearing loss because of the types of work I have done. Seeing a person speak helps tremendously.
I sat in the front row because I wanted to avoid the chatter in the back of the room. Also sitting in the front row some how motivated me to do all the reading ahead that helped me understand what was going on in the class.
seeing an interested face somewhere in that mass of adolescent faces makes all the difference in the world. One tends to play to it I didn't know that till one temp prof said it felt so good to have an adult the same age really pay attention, show up for every class, and see the dedication of the older students..
She didn't admit giving me points for paying attention but I think I got a few. Her grading system was based on class participation, class attendance, submitted writings, and of course test grades. (English 103)
It sounds like TS/BF is in his patch of clover. I was thinking he might stay with his mother more.
I think Lil's BF is nosing around, trying to decide if she's really serious about what she said to him the other night. It would be very typical. I look to see even more of him out there in the coming days/weeks.
And I hope very much for Lil that she DOES develop a full-blown crush on the prof. It'll put pep in her step, which I can only imagine will be good exercise for her ankle.
Corri I think Lil's BF is nosing around, trying to decide if she's really serious about what she said to him the other night. It would be very typical. I look to see even more of him out there in the coming days/weeks.
I thought that could be a possibility but if I was Lil's exact duplicate of her BF/TS, and had 50 acres, someone I liked but not loved sexually that much, someone that helped or influenced me to quit drinking, start singing, and all of the other good things that has happened, dogs included, I would be at the ranch/cabin all of the time I could.
I lived in a tent during the warm months when I was in the Army. That cabin on BF's property sounds like something I could live in for a while, till I built something better. Maybe the cabin is better than some houses I lived in from 1952 to 1958, you know, outhouse and hand pump in the yard for water, not to mention the cook stove that burned wood and the single Lat bulb hanging down from the ceiling in each room.
Yes, BF could be spying on Lil. To a degree that sounds normal. Most people don't miss someone till they are about to wave "moving on."
Re: the ankle. I hope she does what ever it takes to recover fully. I won't advise any form of therapy because my "Dr. Welby Club" membership expired.
I really don't think BF is nosing around. Our life together is exactly the same as it has been for the past couple of years with the exception of sleeping in the same bed and my expectations of boyfriend behavior. I do think he likes being around me as long as I don't have those expectations. We enjoy each other's company. He wants to keep me up to date on what he's doing at his property, because, well... that's the sort of thing you want to talk to somebody about and who else is there but me?
If and when I do get interested in another man, I wonder how he will react... I've never seen him act jealous. I think he prides himself on his detachment. Also when I look back over our time together, he really never asked much of me or expected much of me. We went along on parallel tracks.
Re the Prof. As I said, I'm hyper-alert to red flags. One thing is that he's self-consciously eccentric. It's something of a performance. Could be just because he's in front of a classroom. I don't mind the performing aspect... I just wonder if he's like that in private. Is he always in this "eccentric, perfectionistic professor" persona. Time will tell.
