Corndog U fires teacher, raises test scores

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Oh for God's sake, people.....any "teacher" who would give a test full of multiple choice questions and load each question with TEN (10) choices is an ASSHOLE!!!


HD

O'Boyle in Econ gave the same type tests at TECH in the '80's.

[TechDynamic]

O'Boyle in Econ gave the same type tests at TECH in the '80's.

O'Boyle gave the same type Econ test in 2005....

[AustinDawg]

O'Boyle in Econ gave the same type tests at TECH in the '80's.

Only class in 6 years of college that I ever dropped.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

O'Boyle gave the same type Econ test in 2005....

Did he ever learn to weart undershirts with those white dress shirts? The dude was very hairy.

[westdawg]

Originally Posted by HogDawg
Oh for God's sake, people.....any "teacher" who would give a test full of multiple choice questions and load each question with TEN (10) choices is an ASSHOLE!!!


HD

O'Boyle in Econ gave the same type tests at TECH in the '80's.

Point Proven

[olddog75]

Oh for God's sake, people.....any "teacher" who would give a test full of multiple choice questions and load each question with TEN (10) choices is an ASSHOLE!!! Pure and simple. She was an ASSHOLE, so they removed her.


HD

Any of you older generation folks remember Dr. Price in political science. We would have loved a 10 answer multiple choice question. Sometimes I picked answer "M" cause I hadn't pick it yet.

[LATechBanjo]

Asshole or not, they violated her academic freedom.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

I wouldn't classify O'Boyle as an a-hole. Just a teacher with confusing tests.

[tigtoo30]

Any of you older generation folks remember Dr. Price in political science. We would have loved a 10 answer multiple choice question. Sometimes I picked answer "M" cause I hadn't pick it yet.

Yes, and chewed me out for not paying attention (Spring Fever I guess) one day. Our paths crossed again when I was in grad school, and I reminded him of that moment. He just laughed and laughed, and said "Well you should have been paying attention! By the way, what did you get in the class?" I told him an A, and he said, "Well I should have lowered it" with a wink. Ass in class, but a funny and classy guy out of it.

Only had one teacher that I hated (don't remember the name), and he taught Accounting 202. Would give a test at the beginning of every class before he taught you the lesson. What was second knowledge to him was not to me.

[Lone Star Dawg]

Yes, and chewed me out for not paying attention (Spring Fever I guess) one day. Our paths crossed again when I was in grad school, and I reminded him of that moment. He just laughed and laughed, and said "Well you should have been paying attention! By the way, what did you get in the class?" I told him an A, and he said, "Well I should have lowered it" with a wink. Ass in class, but a funny and classy guy out of it.

One of the funniest moments I ever had in a class was going from Price's class straight to Stokely's and hearing both of them give their version of going to the doctor together for prostate exams.

[Cal&Ken]

Any of you older generation folks remember Dr. Price in political science. We would have loved a 10 answer multiple choice question. Sometimes I picked answer "M" cause I hadn't pick it yet.

I guess I hadn't considered myself in the "older generaltion" - but, yes I endured that class.

[Lilfido]

Dirtydawg ..you are right about the name of the professor. I don't lose sleep over it. The whole "fail" thing got my butt in gear which was something I needed. It was only later that I realized I was hosed in that class.

Being my first quarter I thought all professors were nuts and that there was something I wasn't "getting" about the college experience.

I felt the same way after taking Abraham Attrep's History 101 class. Only difference is that I enjoyed the class but still made a D.

[Lilfido]

Well...I see it from the other side enough that I tend to lean to supporting this instructor. Okay, maybe....a big MAYBE...she went a little over the top, but if students know their stuff what difference does it make how many incorrect choices are listed on a MC question?

Try this:

Which school is a joke and should drop athletics?

a. Univ of Georgia
b. Univ of Texas
c. Southern California
d. South Florida
e. Ohio State
f. Southern Miss
g. Brigham Young
h. Louisiana-Monroe
i. Miami (Ohio)
j. TCU
k. East Carolina

The answer is I. Got any harder questions?

[Dirtydawg]

Yes, and chewed me out for not paying attention (Spring Fever I guess) one day. Our paths crossed again when I was in grad school, and I reminded him of that moment. He just laughed and laughed, and said "Well you should have been paying attention! By the way, what did you get in the class?" I told him an A, and he said, "Well I should have lowered it" with a wink. Ass in class, but a funny and classy guy out of it.

Only had one teacher that I hated (don't remember the name), and he taught Accounting 202. Would give a test at the beginning of every class before he taught you the lesson. What was second knowledge to him was not to me.

Dr. Price was great. One of my favorites, ever. I guess it's because our personalities were so similar which usually doesn't make for a good mix, but I understood his thinking, I guess, which enabled me to be able to handle his tirades and such. I use to laugh at him (not in his face, of course. I wanted to pass) because he would complain about how some students would complain about him and didn't like him because he was so "mean". He would talk about them coming to him in his office hours and talking to him about their grades and inevitibly, he would end up caving in and giving them a better grade, but that would leave his office with their feelings hurt meanwhile, they would go to Dr. Toburen and complain to him about their grades in his (Dr. Toburen's) class, but Dr. Toburen wouldn't change their grades but was so nice about it that they would leave with the same grade but still loved Dr. Toburen. That would frustrate him to no end.

[girldawg]

I felt the same way after taking Abraham Attrep's History 101 class. Only difference is that I enjoyed the class but still made a D.

Worse teacher I ever had!! I always loved history, and usually made A's, but could only manage a D in his world history class. Many, many years later I heard someone complaining about their history prof at Tech. Sure enough, it was Abraham. I couldn't believe he was still teaching at Tech -- I sure hope he improved.