So, the winner for World's Favourite Professor just upped the ante yesterday when he finally returned my term paper. I got 87%. If you know me, you will know this is cause for a full-blown panic attack. Yeh, you heard right. I'm the girl that almost cried because I got 102% on a Chemistry exam out of a possible 104%. Yes, I know.
Anyhoo, you know why I only received that grade? Because a bunch of my information was false. Where did I get this information, you ask? From a web-page perhaps? Au contraire, my friends. I found this wonderful information in my textbook. Yes, my professor not only told me that the information in the assigned text was COMPLETELY false, but that I should've known better. My heart rate is rising again just thinking about it.
And so here it is: Way #6 to FAIL as a Professor:
6. Sometimes textbooks print inaccurate information. Cool. Nothing new there. But if you're asking us to write a paper on a specific topic, it may help to mention that the text is inaccurate. Especially when it's inaccurate in such a way that it somehow still corresponded to the information I found in scholarly journals. I'm not a mind reader. I'm also not a PhD student that "should've known better." If you think a text is full of baloney, don't assign it. Seriously.
It's my sincere hope that my "Ways to FAIL as a Professor" end with this douche. For some reason, though, I have a feeling I may end up adding to it in the future. I also have a sneaking suspicion I may add to the list once I get my final exam and final grade back. Who knows? Maybe I'll make it into a series, or something. It's a good thing this was only a 100-level requirement and not some 400-level history class to take right before graduation, though. Because then this would REALLY suck.
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