College Course Evaluations

This was taken from MIT’s Course Evaluation Guide, Fall, 1991
The Best and Worst Comments Received:

• “Text is useless. I use it to kill roaches in my room.”
• “He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high.”
• “In class, the syllabus is more important that you are.”
• “Help! I’ve fallen asleep and I can’t wake up!”
• “Text makes a satisfying ‘thud’ when dropped on the floor.”
• “The class is worthwhile because I need it for the degree.”
• “His blackboard technique puts Rembrandt to shame”
• “Textbook is confusing… someone with a knowledge of English should proofread it.”
• “Have you ever fallen asleep in class and awoke in another? That’s the way I felt all term.”
• “This class was a religious experience for me… I had to take it all on faith.”
• “The recitation instructor would make a good parking lot attendant. Tries to tell you where to go, but you can never understand him.”
• “Problems sets are a decoy to lure you away from potential exam material.”
• “Recitation was great. It was so confusing that I forgot who I was, where I was, and what I was doing — It’s a great stress reliever.”
• “He is one of the best teachers I have had… He is well-organized, presents good lectures, and creates interest in the subject. I hope my comments don’t hurt his chances of getting tenure.”
• “I would sit in class and stare out the window at the squirrels. They’ve got a cool nest in the tree.”
• “The absolute value of the TA was less than epsilon.”
• “TA steadily improved throughout the course… I think he started drinking and it really loosened him up.”
• “Information was presented like a ruptured fire hose — spraying in all directions — no way to stop it.”
• “I never bought the text. My $60 was better spent on the Led Zeppelin tapes that I used while doing the problem sets”
• “What’s the quality of the text? ‘Text is printed on high quality paper.'”
• “The course was very thorough. What wasn’t covered in class was covered on the final exam.”