For part of my general liberal studies I had to take a literature class. I put it off until my senior year and eventually decided to take Intro to Shakespeare. This is designed to be an INTRO class (as the title implies) for all majors. I had heard great things from people who had taken it. However, I managed to get this PSYCHO professor and she was the only one teaching it that semester
She had obvious favorites in the class and would belittle anyone who made a comment that wasn't one of her pets. Then she spends all of this time in discussion talking about "we as English majors need to do blah blah blah" She also seriously embarrassed anyone who walked into class even like 10 seconds late. She would stop, stare at you and talk about how rude it is to disrupt the education of those who care about learning. One time I was like a minute late and there was another guy waiting outside to go in. She had a policy that you had to get all materials out before you entered the classroom if you were late, so there we were like dumbasses unpacking our backpacks in the middle of the hallway. On another occasion my pen died in the middle of the lecture and I was QUIETLY trying to reach for any other writing utensil I might have (I really wasn't making ANY noise) and she stopped the lecture and stared at me (thus causing the rest of the class to stare) until I found my pen and then commented on how rude I was. And one last thing...her tests were ridiculous. They were in class essays that were nearly impossible to complete. She would pick RANDOM quotes out of the plays we had read from that unit and we would have to give character, play, act and scene number, where it was in relation to the plot and then discuss the symbolism/significance of this passage. We had to pick 10 out of 15 in a 50 minute class and each essay (to get decent credit) needed to be almost a page. Gosh, if you missed one tiny detail you would get seriously docked for it too. (The final essay was pyscho too but I'm not getting into that) I ended up with an A- and I have to say it was one of the hardest A's I had to work for in my life (and I graduted summa cum laude so this is saying a lot). This class---a FREAKIN LIBERAL STUDIES CLASS---took more effort than all of my other senior classes that semester (and they weren't cakewalk classes). And she never passed out that teacher evaluation form either...I was specifically looking forward to ripping her to shreds (even though she's tenured).
So to anyone who's from FSU----don't take Intro to Shakespeare with Paula Barbour.
OK, I feel better now
