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Stuck in an infinite loop?

while(1) {  printf("Yes\n");}

This was the most random, out of place e-mail that had absolutely no point other than to mind [censored] me. And I must say this is probably the sweetest school-related e-mail i'v ever received.

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^ We were told to enter this command in one assessment, near the end of a fairly long question.
Bastard.

That'll teach you to just copy-paste commands without understanding them.

Very cunning of him :nod:. I like!

my prof my freshmen year brought in an airhorn and yelled if your asleep youll be awake soon
and half the class was asleep,when he pressed the horn the class jumped up

Mine is the programmer for the nuclear plant, he also works for Apple, while also being a lecturer. Notice all of them are in present tense?

He's a jerk, but I'm impressed.

My teacher would play student battleships when he was supervising an exam with someone else - students in their seats are the squares, and you pick your ships at the beginning of the test. As the teacher walked down the aisles checking no one's cheating, he'd stop for longer than usual. The other teacher supervisor will make a small gesture if he's pegged a ship. Then it's the other one's turn.

I had a sub once in my computer programming course that was there for the entire first term of the semester - he would give us the day's work and then turn on his laptop and play Warcraft 3 all day.

He was a crappy programmer too. One of his class 'assignment' was to build the best computer you could within a set budget (just find and list the pieces/prices, not actually buy one ). To this day I am convinced he had us find and price the pieces for his own computer, and that that assignment had nothing to do with school.

When he was one of the people who helped design the language he is teaching you, as well as contributed to the theory behind it.

Then there is the fact that he had a superman T-Shirt but with a lambda symbol on it. When explaining lambda calculus, at then end after the summary he ripped open his jacket to reveal it (and said something, although I can't remember what) Epic doesn't come close.

My Psychology 101 professor in undergrad was teaching us about the various natural reactions that occur under different conditions (think fight / flight response). She then told us all (this being an introductory course, 300+ students) that we were going to do a pop quiz, right then and there. The GSIs came around and handed us all quizzes (just to confuse those who thought she might be bluffing).

Just as we were all about to put pencil to paper, she said "And that's how it feels."

Your sub professor was a genious at not doing any work :rofl:

My arts teacher on the 7th grade would give us the work in the beggining, and he would go out the entire class (1h30m) to smoke and sometimes go somewhere, and only came back at the end. We even used to see him, when we looked out of the window, going to his car and leaving :rofl:

Then I had another prof who would let us go like in the middle of the class, and most times she didn't even go to class. The most funny thing is that she wasn't even missing, she was on the school. Epic profs indeed...

You don't. If he was even halfway to awesome, he wouldn't be stuck lecturing.


I did once have a lecturer bring his guitar in and just play "guess the riff" all through a lecture. To demonstrate how amplifiers work, of course.

He used to write/illustrate Sonic the Comic :shrug:

Wow. That is awesome.

(No, really, it is! I <3 Sonic!)

My art teacher just talked on her cell phone the entire time.

Had a 12th grade English teacher who got fired to teach us English. She did an awesome job, I'd say I'm sick enough with my English that this sentence with the word sick is 100% correct. Actually, I use to often get into it with my superiors at work over my English, man.. did they get red faced when I told them "Your just old". :teehee: How I love stirring the pot, I really needa go to Law school. (This last sentence with needa is 100% correct )

Had a prof who wanted us to be as open as possible, to speak out and take action. Said that if any school administration ever said anything about it to come talk to him and he will have it sorted out (He taught something like 12 profs at our school and taught all over the country).

Had another prof who told us not to buy text books and to just download ones off the internet.

Had a prof who had us in the hospital working with human bodies in our second year, in which there were students doing Medical science and nursing degrees who would go through 4 years without ever going to a hospital for a class/lab.

When he lets the class confer with each other on tests, without actually giving the answers, because in the real world you would be working with others.

It's a bonus when at the beginning of class one student is picked to make a run to the local Dunkin Donuts.

(He taught chemistry and came from the field. I don't remember where or how)

No she didn't.

One of mine brought a cap pistol in to demonstrate how it was possible to kill without intending to, but still being culpable. He did this by firing the revolver repeatedly at the ceiling. In a city known for having a gun problem.

My first semester Database Programming prof used to go out for beers with us after classes on Fridays. One of the best profs I ever had.. Not because he'd have a drink or two with us but because he wasn't teaching to make money.. he actually enjoyed it!

I believe he's still the least paid prof at the college only because he didn't want much cash as he made a killing in the private sector.

Erm, how?

The prof invites you and some friends out to the bar for some real learnin'

or

The prof makes fart jokes :nod:

Cape and monocle?

In person response

I remember reading this news article about this crazy guy in some place called England who thought the English language was out of date and it needed some updating. I wish I remembered the name of the person, or the school this prof was associated with.

Back in high school my Gym teacher was a big fan of Rammstein and Medal of Honor Allied Assault and Soldier of Fortune 2.

During his classes, he'd play his Rammstein CDs while we'd practice sports. During that year and for 2 years later, we'd occasionaly play deathmatches at MoH and Soldier of Fortune. Good times. Awesome teacher.

I had an English professor that was married to a very renown person during the Civil Rights movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Groppi

She was the coolest professor I've had thus far.