Had Neff for an F for Calc I. I read in the alumni magazine a few years ago where he had passed away.
He liked to use rhymes to help us memorize rules for derivatives. Ho d hi minus hi d ho over ho ho.
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Had Neff for an F for Calc I. I read in the alumni magazine a few years ago where he had passed away.
He liked to use rhymes to help us memorize rules for derivatives. Ho d hi minus hi d ho over ho ho.
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Had US History when the prof walked in and promptly told the class that his name was "Bastard White" and he deserves his name. Sadly, I had to agree with him by the middle of the quarter.
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The US history I had was a breeze....took it m last quarter.....3 test and a final.....the prof allowed everyone to drop the lowest grade. As a graduating senior I was exempt from the final......had a B+ after the first two tests.....4 weeks into the quarter......never went back.....had by terminal Arch. project to finish. One of the easiest classes I took (after intro to ceramics and the Drama Tech/English classes)
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Sad to hear that, he was a nice guy, but a ball buster. Cain was even worse.
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I kept dropping E-Mag until I got Tanner. I don't know how I would have passed if not for him.
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Mass transfer anyone?
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Was that Prof. Chen ... Had him for Statics... "statics is easy... if it is moving... it not static..." He's when I learned that open note /open book tests were NOT easy!
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The worst I had was structures......Arch structures that was taught by an AE prof.....and he hated architects.......needless to say, that class was a 5 hr. repeat.
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If Open Book/Open Note testing was mentioned on the first day of class, I was headed back to O'Keefe for Drop/Add. Profs usually made tests wicked difficult in those situations. I hated registering for "Dr. Shaft", it was like a box of chocolates - you never knew what you were going to get.
The rigors of the Institute (even on the M Train), being an athlete and how dumb 18 year olds can be - it is amazing that so many can go the distance. There appears to be so many more non-engineering majors now (Applied Languages & Intercultural Studies, Global Economics and Modern Languages, History - Technology and Society, International Affairs, Public Policy, Science - Technology and Culture (Really??!!??)) but I am sure that each one has its own GT twist on things.
Best of luck to Mr. Akins. D1 football is certainly not an automatic NFL contract. In today's economy he will need a degree in something, and as the NCAA says he will probably go "pro" in something other than football. Look out for #1 son, because no one else will.
Agreed @ClydeBrick. Also, check the Lounge. I started a thread for GT (or other) academic horror stories in the Lounge. These stories bring back painful memories and are actually pretty entertaining.
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I had Forney for Mass Transfer I and Agrawal for Mass Transfer II.
Difficult classes, but for two separate reasons.
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Reminds me of a Business Law final I witnessed wherein a certain high profile b'ball player who went on to NBA and some TV fame pull out some "help" from under his chair.
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Dr. Skellon was our Mass transfer professor. The average on the first test was a 30 and he said if you had a 15 to drop the class.
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You guys bring back lots of memories!
In 65 for calc I had Cain who was tough but a good teacher. My buddies across hall in Howell had "steamboat Fulton" who was famous for capital F at end of quarter. They were in state guys who had weaker math background so they lagged at first. I helped for the first 6 weeks and they busted *** ( after freshman football practice) and we all got A's. They both went on to do well at tech and later- one started oil company and one was nuclear sub commander. After tech everything is easy!
Not sure with all the foreign students (who really are foreign engr grads who come to tech to get a real degree) I could repeat that feat.
In 65 for calc I had Cain who was tough but a good teacher. My buddies across hall in Howell had "steamboat Fulton" who was famous for capital F at end of quarter. They were in state guys who had weaker math background so they lagged at first. I helped for the first 6 weeks and they busted *** ( after freshman football practice) and we all got A's. They both went on to do well at tech and later- one started oil company and one was nuclear sub commander. After tech everything is easy!
Not sure with all the foreign students (who really are foreign engr grads who come to tech to get a real degree) I could repeat that feat.
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pretty amazing--even 45 yrs later I remember "steamboat" Fulton,Dr Min as in DrNo, etcI guess my profs must not have been so bad because danged if I can remember a single name.
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Was that with Dr. Craig? I remember making a combined average of something like a 28 going into the final exam. Didn't do any better on it, but somehow ended up with a B.... That guy was crazy. He had written his own book that we had to use for the class. It was the worst piece of crap textbook I had ever seen. I kept telling people, "No way in hell this ever gets published." Then it did...The worst I had was structures......Arch structures that was taught by an AE prof.....and he hated architects.......needless to say, that class was a 5 hr. repeat.
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I cannot remember the AE prof's name - I do remember the final - 4 problems - took me 2 hrs to get through the first one, and another 1/2 to check - didn't check - walked out at that point. I took it "out of sequence" the following quarter - had a arch prof, didn't learn a thing more and got a B.
Had a couple of arch prof's that wrote their own books and we were forced to buy them for their classes. Not quite the scam that the prof in the news was running
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One of my best friends at Tech had a FB player for a roommate - He would talk about how copies of tests got slid under the door the night before it was given.
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There was a prominent piece of graffiti that said "yoganathan sucks". Wish I could remember where it was. Passed it every day. Never had that ***** but my roommate did.