Professors Strike Back With Ratings Website
Posted on January 18th, 2006
It was bound to happen: after seven years of being rated online, professors are turning the tables on their students.
'Rate Your Students,' a website created by a tenured Humanities professor, is becoming quite popular.
Like the original site it mirrors, Rate Your Students has professors give candid opinions about their students, including comments such as:
This one wants to leave in the middle of the 75 minute class, and doesn't realize that it is a disruption every time. I'm sure you "had to" go on vacation
in Florida with your "family" Thanksgiving week — which must not include your own SISTER, who is also in my class and was in class that week.What do you think? Is turnabout fair play, or is this just a case of sour grapes? Would you feel bad if you saw something about yourself written there? Are these 'ratings' websites helpful, or do they widen the gaps of communication between professors and students?
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