It's the last column of the semester, and you know what that means: evaluation time. Pass them around and I'll just step out of the room for a moment while you fill them out.
Oh, you need No. 2 pencils? Fine, take one from this box and return them after you've finished the evaluation. Although you'll probably just keep them, won't you? The only reason college students have pencils at all is because they steal them after evaluations. We could cut your tuition by about $1,000 a year if we didn't have to spend so damn much on replacing these pencils every semester. You bastards.
Anyway. Before I leave the room, I'll put my name up on the board so you don't have to embarrass us both by asking me what my name is after 15 weeks of having class together. Can I get someone to take these forms up to the office when they're completed? You will? Thanks. I know by offering to do this little task you think it means I'll believe you're a hardworking, achieving student who really cares about this class, and I'll be very lenient on your final exam. Well, I resent your transparent ruse and I resent you; I'm thinking of giving you a 67 on your final sight-unseen.
Thanks for a wonderful semester, everybody!
ANSWER EACH QUESTION WITH A NUMBER 1-5 CORRESPONDING TO THIS SCALE: 1-POOR, 5-EXCELLENT.
1. Evaluate the difficulty level at which the course was taught. Apparently, we're under the impression that students would complain about a four-credit course giving out easy, grade point-lifting As.
2. Rate the instructor's ability to fool you by giving you a study guide to prepare for an exam and then testing you on different material entirely.
3. How well was the class organized? Actually, we're not quite sure what this question really means, either. 'Was it helpful to start at the beginning of the textbook and stop at the end of it, or would you have preferred to read all the chapters in random order as drawn out of a hat'? Jeez-a-loo. Just fill in the '4' bubble and move on to the next question, all right?
4. How helpful were the instructor's comments during office hours? Since you've never gone to office hours and wouldn't know, feel free to spend a minute or two deciding whether you should just leave this one blank or fill in some number at random.
5. Remember that $25 non-refundable readings packet you had to buy from Bob's Copy Shop? On a scale of 1-5, how hosed were you when you showed up on the first day of class and the instructor said s/he 'forgot' to mention on the syllabus that the packet was 'optional study material for your own enrichment'?
6. Please fill in your section number and TA's name. And fill out the comments on the back for a handwriting sample. If it's not too much trouble, put down your student ID number as well. These will all be totally anonymous, by the way. Anyway, these won't be read by your instructor until after the class is over. We're hoping you don't realize, of course, that it doesn't even really matter, because if this class is in your major's department, it's entirely possible you could have this same instructor as early as next semester.
PLEASE FILL OUT SHORT-RESPONSE QUESTIONS ON BACK OF PAGE:
Ah, don't bother. Nobody else will, anyway.
Course evaluations can be dropped off in the inbox at morrisonbass@yahoo.com.
