If there’s one thing that makes less sense than taking Gen Eds, it’s the professors that teach them. Everyone has had at least one professor who takes class way too seriously; they usually have ridiculous rules and their expectations are higher than a middle-aged woman’s expectations for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. Here’s a list of seven things we wish Gen Ed professors would just get.
1. I’m not taking your class because I have a secret desire to learn the history of underwater basket weaving. I’m taking it because my advisor said I have to.
2. Despite your belief that the world revolves around Philosophy 101, I regret to inform you that I actually have four other classes to keep me occupied.
3. If you want me to stop falling asleep during your lectures, pick a more enticing subject. Sorry, but the statistical probability of dice rolling is not that interesting.
4. Is my absence from a 300 person lecture class really going to be that noticeable? Let’s be real here.
5. Being stuck in my dorm room with a 102 degree fever is a legitimate excuse for missing class. Do you really want there to be another casualty in World War Flu? Didn’t think so.