Quotes from Fall 1993
Instructor quotes
Noteworthy things that my professors said this semester:
- What we're going to find here in a minute, or a few minutes, or a
few days, if you count Monday's lecture ... 8-27-93
- I don't think I'm funny yet, but if I do this for a few years I'm
hoping I'll get there. Maybe even have a side-career. 9-22-93
- I know I am a wreck today. 10-22-93
- The kids want to interrupt and tell their popsicle jokes. 10-22-93
- Okay we can't get too slap happy here. 10-22-93
- I left 011 off. Exceedingly frustrating. 10-27-93
- Watch this carefully so you see what's going on. 11-29-93
- There are a lot of orientals in this class and you all look alike. 9-10-93
[This professor looks oriental as well.]
- The point of this? It's just as stupid as what we are going to do
next, but it will be on the test. 9-15-93
- In my opinion, this stuff is deathly dull. 9-17-93
- See if you can detect that I haven't prepared for lecture. 9-24-93
- I could talk about it, but you'll just get mad at me. 9-29-93
- I have a few minutes, but I don't have anything interesting to say.
11-8-93
- When answering this question, keep in mind that I don't really care
what you think. 11-15-93
- Why did we do it that way at the beginning of the semester? Because you
didn't know anything. 11-15-93
- There's a good problem in the homework on this. Make sure you do it...
I don't recall where it is. 11-29-93
- There is one trend that seems to hold here at Purdue---I seem to care
less and less the longer I'm up here. 12-6-93
- The analysis is simple, which is good since we only have negative three
minutes left. 12-10-93
- Unless you have significant intuitive powers, this probably looks
a little muddy to you. 9-8-93
- I ran off this morning without my hearing aid, so we may have to
increase the gain on the transmitter side. 9-17-93
- Check your calendars, talk to your significant others to see if that
time is okay. 9-17-93
- I will write S with a bar under it to denote a matrix because I'm not
very good at writing in boldface with chalk. 9-17-93
- Here are some numbers so you'll have something to think about when
you're walking around outside. 9-29-93
- People spend a lot of money to make sure their steak doesn't
look yellow. 10-27-93
- Does anyone remember what we were talking about? 11-12-93
- Yes, yes, I love it! 11-29-93
[After someone caught an error he had made.]
- That's a very good question, and I don't know the answer to it. 12-6-93
- If you have a billard ball in your pocket, you may want to take it out
and look at it now. 12-10-93
Things overheard while sitting in my office:
- Is there an advanced Sleep 101? 8-19-93
- Student 1: My EE TA's office was up here.
- Student 2: Mine was weird. 9-7-93
- I love this class. 9-13-93
- How do you get out of here. 9-16-93
- I watched reruns of ESPN boxing for two hours thinking "This would
be a good time to study." 10-14-93
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