What the Professor says. |
What the Professor means. |
| Tell me what you like to be called. |
Who are you? |
| How do you spell your name? |
Who are you? |
| Please follow these guidelines and you’ll do fine in this class. |
Don’t cross me you maggots. |
| We will be using one of the leading textbooks in the field. |
We will be using my textbook. |
| The gist of the theoretical framework is what’s most important. |
I don’t understand the details either. |
| Most scholars believe that . . . |
I believe that . . . |
| Ask me that question in another way. |
Try being coherent this time. |
| There are no stupid questions. |
But there are stupid students. |
| You’ll have to see me during office hours for analysis of that issue. |
I don’t have a clue. |
| That issue is beyond the scope of this class. |
I really don’t have a clue. |
| Today we are going to discuss a critical research topic. |
Today we are going to discuss one of my articles. |
| Unfortunately, we don’t have the time to study all the scholars who have made contributions in this area. |
We will not be covering the work of people whose ideas differ from mine. |
| We can continue this discussion at another time. |
This has nothing to do with anything you moron. |
| We can continue this discussion at another time. |
Ok, you win. |
| We can continue this discussion at another time. |
I have nothing else to say about this topic. |
| Today we’ll let a member of the class lead the discussion. |
I was busy revising an article and didn’t prepare for class. |
| What did Piaget say on this point? |
Did anyone do the assigned reading? |
| That’s an interesting point of view. |
What incredible nonsense. |
| You think so? |
I don’t. |
| The implications of this study are clear |
I don’t know what it means either, but there’ll be a question about it on the test. |
| The test will be primarily multiple choice questions. |
The test will be 60 multiple choice questions, 30 true-false items, 15 fill-in-the blanks, 10 short-answer, and three essays. |
| Keep in mind that this was a challenging exam |
No one scored above a C-. |
| The test scores were a little below my expectations. |
No one is going to accuse me of grade inflation this term. |
| I’ll certainly give that some consideration. |
Not a chance. |
| I’m sorry about your grandmother. |
Wait till you see the make-up exam. |
| Any further questions? |
I’m ready to go. |
| It’s been very rewarding to teach this class. |
I hope they find someone else to teach it next term. |
| You should probably get a reference letter from someone who’s had you in more than one class. |
Who are you? |