Professors Definition and 118 Threads

Ok, not all professors are grumpy, and those that are are not so all the time. But I mean give me a break! Today I asked my prof. for my dynamics course about a certain question in the tutorial, and he replied "Do you go over your notes aat the end of the day?" To which I said no, as I usually...

Hey ya'll, could I by chance get sites of Professors websites that post their old exams online? Courses for Calculus, Organic Chemistry, University Physics! I love to take the practice quizzes that are available online from the textbook itself, and I really like to feel prepared so taking...

Did anyone here make it to professorship despite failing a class?

Hi folks, It seems like time has come for me to hunt a master's director and I wish to understand what the correct social dynamics is for approaching a professor before I go in a screw it up. Tell me if this makes sense. I look at the professors' profiles and eliminate those who are working...

Do students usually give gifts to professors after the professor wrote a recommendations or helped the students out? If so what kind of gifts? for physics professors? and for math professors?

So, my question is how do I go about talking/asking about research opportunities? For professors at my school, it isn't a problem. I can just walk up to them and ask, since they pretty much know me. The real question is, how to you go about this for professors in other schools? I'd like...

I am just curious, but must they teach at all? Is it not that research are their primary focus? I know some professor that won the fields medal in mathematics, and they still had to teach. My question is "why"? How many nobel prize or fields metals you need to win to not have to teach at all...

An excellent puzzle for you all - not overly hard, but a good tester : We have a ball made of pure gold. 2 Oxford Professor had obtained it in illicit fashion during an archaeological dig in Peru. The 2 accomplices being born complexifiers, fell into a dispute about how they should divide up...

Why is a vector product not generally defined pointwise? My professor simply gave a mysterious "you'll see why later". What's the worst that can happen?

I have had two professors over the course of my academic career take a picture of each student to get know each of us, match a face to a name I guess. But both of these professors were kind of odd to begin with and both were male and math teachers. The whole prospect kind of creeps me out...

Have any of you filed any grievances against professors or have requested a change of grade onto the administration? Have any of you had a first year professor...personality not so bad...but was unprofessional with grading, racking off points here and there as he pleased without taking into...

I always want to talk some with my profs about things beyond the scope of the course, but I am shy, and worry they will feel I'm wasting their time. Do you guys tend to do this very often?

Have any of you, during anytime of your experience in a college/university, had a professor whom you thought repeatedly came to lecture, a bit "buzzed" up (not completely drunk of course). During my first few years in college, I have come across several professors whom I thought came to...

I've heard a rumor from my dad that Einstein was a boring professor. Is there any truth to this? In my experience, my most brilliant professors tend to be boring lecturers. In my last philosophy class my professor was this very smart, analytical man who puts the entire class to sleep. He...

Can anyone solve this? I've asked 3 professors! I'm having trouble trying to understand this problem. The R-L-C series circuit is driven with a AC source with EMF=Vo*sin(wt) where Vo=110.0V and f=60.0 Hz. If R = 20.0 Ohms, L=5.0 * 10^-2 H, and C=50.0uF, find the potential drops across the...

Hi i am currently about to write a literary essay on the novel The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence. For my English class we have to research essays written by others, namely proffesors or people with degrees, which we have same agreements to quote. I am having a problem in finding essays on the...

I've never met a "normal" math professor before. They're all wierdos. Can anyone tell me why?

Using only three 9's along with elementary math symbols like + or -, see if you can arrange them to represent the number 20. Remeber that 99/9=11.