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What is the most insulting comment a professor has ever written on your work?

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supersheep:
Not exactly on a paper or insulting, but relevantish?

I'd just handed in an assignment in English class - we were preparing for the Leaving Cert, and the teacher had given us the task of writing a magazine feature article. I'd decided to go a bit wild, and write a bit of 'gonzo' journalism. Something about a travel writer getting drunk with some Irish sterotypes. It turned out fine, I got an A- I think, but the teacher wasn't all that happy with it. He came up to my room in the evening (I was in boarding school), and called me out for writing something that I knew he'd like, and that I wouldn't write anything like it for the real exam. When I told him that I'd write exactly the same thing, he was impressed. Told me I was an idiot for risking running into a teacher who might hate it in such an important exam, but impressed.

Also, I think I've only ever started one paper more than three days in advance of the due date - in fact I don't think I turned in a philosophy essay on time in second or third year.

JD:
This one I got from a soccer coach:

"You did better than I thought you would."

I just glared at him.

ruyi:

--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 11 Nov 2008, 13:21 ---
--- Quote from: ThePQ4 on 11 Nov 2008, 11:59 ---And this was Freshman -Honors- English...meaning we were supposed to be too good to be in a 101 English course. ...Right.

--- End quote ---

American High School honors courses have long since been a joke.

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I am pretty sure she was talking about college? She used the terms 'professor' and '101'.

ThePQ4:
Yes, I was.
But I think the statement that Honors classes are kind of a joke are is still valid.
I knew quite a few people that just tested well and got into the class, but they obviously didn't belong there when it came time to write a paper or read the literature.

...Mind you, I aced every paper and didn't read a damn thing for class --and all of her comments were flowery about my interesting ideas towards the literature and how well I understood certain passages... Mind you, I got all of that class discussion and Spark Notes summaries. Nice.

tania:
my first year university english class completely lost their shit when they found out 10% of our final mark would be based on a ten-question grammar quiz. i'm pretty sure i was the only person silently rejoicing about my free 10%.
students in university still don't know the difference between your and you're? seriously?

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