(At a regional public university) This is from a “teacher evalaution” (of me) by a tenured professor who regularly taught statistics. First, here is a little background about the class.  (Math now, then I will try to explain non-mathematically.)  I was talking to the class about the sample mean.  The previous day, I had showed them that […]

Ralph was another full professor (and Chair of the Dept for a while).  He seemed reasonable and intelligent in any dealing I had with him.  But here is what I was told (by a reliable source) about his background. (All of this was related to me by a colleague who had worked with Ralph for […]

(Another story from the same regional state school – the math is in color) Prof. Kevin was a full professor.  He was about 70, very nice and pleasant.  I was teaching a graduate course (Intro to Complex Variables).  He asked to sit in and he took notes.  Early in the course I wrote something on the board in a […]