Everybody in academia has a story about the worst teaching evaluations they've ever received. None of them will ever be able to top James Marchbanks of UC Davis, though:
Two documents obtained by The Bee on Wednesday illustrate vastly different interpretations of what happened in a UC Davis acting class last week that led campus police to arrest an instructor and have him jailed for four days.
A University of California, Davis, police declaration supporting the arrest of James Marchbanks describes the fear three students reportedly felt when he presented an envelope holding end-of-course evaluations by saying, "I have a bomb."
Sadly, the article does not say how he did on the evaluations...
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Well.
I've written some harsh evaluations in my time, but I've never had a professor thrown in jail.
Posted by: John Novak | December 11, 2009 11:43 AM
Three students out of 150 did not get a poor joke told by a drama TA. Obviously he isn't a polished lecturer as those three were unable to comprehend the intent. But noooooooo, campus security and the Davis police didn't over-react...
Such a shame this country has degraded to a nation of idiots, looking to fools for guidance and now apparently afraid of their own shadow.
Posted by: Onkel Bob | December 11, 2009 12:31 PM
Well, that tops the evaluation I filled out in human blood....
Posted by: abb3w | December 11, 2009 2:21 PM