#Rate My Professors

[animentality]

[inkadink17]

*Ahem*

So uh….

[starcurtain]

One thing I wish I'd see more of among Ratio fans is some thought about how he views himself as a teacher.

Like yes, of course he refuses to compromise on the quality and rigor of the education he imparts, and he would find it unforgivably unethical to lower his standards in order to pass more students who had not genuinely learned the material. This is core to his character.

However, as someone who is a teacher IRL, I know the absolutely miserable feeling setting that kind of standard can cause. There's the obvious disheartening sense of disappointment ("Are students these days really not capable of doing the work correctly? Is our future in danger, if this is the highest level of understanding our current generation of students can achieve?"), but even worse than that is the self-doubt.

"Is this somehow my fault? Am I not teaching this material in the right ways for the students to learn? Is there something I could have done differently to get through to these students? Would a better teacher have a higher passing rate?"

We know that Ratio does (or at least did) struggle with feeling inferior to the Genius Society, so I think it is also likely, as much as he absolutely will not budge on his academic standards, that he has doubts about his teaching ability as well.

This is the man who wants to educate the entire world to cure the disease of ignorance, and yet only 3% of his actual students are able to get there. How can someone who gets so few of his direct students to a state of enlightenment hope to enlighten the whole universe? If so few students are successfully learning the material of a given class, doesn't that mean the teacher is doing something wrong?Would a better teacher--would a genius, maybe--not be able to impart their knowledge more efficiently and educate even the most challenging of students?

As someone constantly struggling with that balance between keeping academic standards high while also meeting the needs of today's students, I think the passing rates of his courses must affect Dr. Ratio much more deeply than I've seen fans discuss. I think he would question himself harshly over his class success rates, and I think he must be constantly trying to push himself to become the best teacher he possibly can be.

tl;dr: I hope one day the HSR fandom will stop sleeping on the fact that Ratio is an actual practicing professor who probably has astronomical levels of teacher angst. 😂

[white-weasel]

Saw College AU but it’s just the Fatal Five working on a group project for Professor Kramer’s introductory level philosophy course

[flyingfortress1]

Tidbits about Sledge from China Marine:

He had a horse- mentions it in a throwaway line

couldn't shoot a dangerous dog because he was a "sentimental dog-lover" in his words (honestly same)

loved Mozart and other classical music

Loved philosophy

Loved history- look this man's a nerd, he was more interested in the historical sites of Beijing like the Forbidden City than all the other guys who focused on women and drinking (good for him honestly lol- probably better that way tbh too)

Was not a party guy- getting those vibes, introvert maybe?

hated vodka

Was not a drinker- his dad schooled him early about the problems with that, so Sledge to his admission, only really had like a beer or two at most usually

Went to a party out of spite/to prove he was right

Got sepsis from the sores on his fingers- he got better tho, but did have to wear a sling

Kinda a prankster honestly on two occasions with some buds

learned a bit of Chinese from a guy called How (hope I'm spelling it right) who was a paid houseboy for the Marines- he was Sledge's age, and was better with learning English than Sledge learning Chinese- they became friends and How showed him all the cool historical spots

Loved Chinese food- like all the Marines, tried to eat at local restaurants instead of the sea rations/gallery/shitty cafeteria food they were given on barracks- honestly I'd do the same. They even recruited a guy who got leave to bring back like boxes of takeout just to avoid the food if they couldn't leave the garrison.

has some beef with rear echelon guys- not unique between combat vets and non-combat guys

Interested in learning about other cultures- he became good friends with Dr. Song- a chinese doctor who was head of a hospital in Beijing- and the Song family, plus their resident Catholic priest, Father Marcell.

Was apparently a really fun professor post-war, he took his students on birdwatching walks as part of his classes- would have loved to see him on Rate My Professor

Huge nature nerd- could always name birds, plants, insects etc he saw- ended up taking birdwatching after the war.

Got offered tea by a captured japanese officer- what a wild trip that must've been.

Got accidently reported missing at one point on Pelelui- nearly gave his parents a heart attack- they literally aged with worrying about their sons in combat

had beef about people complaining about 'minor' things compared to his time in combat- something shared by other of his buds

his dad called him Fritz- also had a pep talk about him not getting bitter like in point 20, avoiding alcohol

has beef w/jocks- gets respect from former bullies? due to combat experience.

He met his wife at a friend's wedding (she was a bridesmaid) and they so infatuated by each other they could barely concentrate on wedding duties- funny but sweet.

became a good shot at dove hunting because he didn't want to make the dove suffer, just one clean kill or nothing pre-war

got his bachelors in business and sold insurance for a bit before realizing bio/nature was his thing lol

got his phd in zoology in 62- go you sledge

[ducktracy]

i am a chronic "i need to watch that"-er, and i'm very lucky but also cursed to be surounded by excellent friends always recommending me excellent things. and i finally want to get off my keyster and actually WATCH them, but i have so many different serieseseseses i'm in the middle of that it's really hard to commit to one. so i made a watchlist of every series i'm either watching, beginning to watch, or wanting to watch. and then i decided to do the same with movies. and books i'm reading/want to read. and decided i should keep track of my art ideas and projects too. and this is great because with the shows especially, i've made a system where i watch one (or more if i have the time) episode of a show a day, and then make my way down and alternate between shows every day. and so far this has been working out great for me. but standing back and looking at my list is just making me say Oh, god. if you're wondering what's Eliza watching/reading/needing to work on, i have excellent news for you:

i'd also like to add that this is all on top of a continuation of last year's resolution in which i have thousands of golden age cartoons listed in a google doc, i roll a random number generator, and let it dictate the GAC i watch for the day. i am drowning

[redbootsindoriath]

Apparently in my absence this post had its 1000-notes-iversary.

This time we get to see the culprit responsible for ruining our heroes' lives as well.

I've really missed you guys, by the way. I know I've said that already, but I'm serious. Once or twice this year I've been right on the brink of coming back but schedule stuff always keeps me from letting myself commit to that again, and that in turn has kept me from posting anything at all. But I've been in an unexpected drawing mood lately and so if I can get enough stuff to set up a queue we might pretend I'm back for a month or so sometime this year. Maybe. Hopefully. We'll see. No promises though. That's why I'm hiding this paragraph under the cut.

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[Beren:] "Uhhh...barkeep...I think he's had enough now..." [Tolkien:] "No, I don't think he has...!"

[nowimabeliever]

just imagine. professor dougdoug

You show up to Professor Wreden's class with a sinking feeling in your gut. Your advisor told you last term that every student in your major should take a programming class at one point- sure, it's not in the degree requirements, but she said it's very relevant to the field.

She even told you the registration number to put in- it's really on you that you didn't realize she gave you the wrong one.

Because you didn't register for CS 110, Fluency with Information Technology, the intro to computer science class for people like you whose programming experience extends to underlining text in HTML.

Instead, you registered for CS 210, Computer Science I, a class whose description clearly reads Prior programming experience expected.

Maybe it won't be so bad, you thought, until your roommate's friend showed you the syllabus from last term. Last night. And yeah, you're fucked.

You'll have to go to the advising office right after class, get this figured out. Surely there's spots left in the 110 class.

As you take your seat, all the way to the side and halfway back in the lecture hall, you pull out your phone to search Rate My Professor. If nothing else, maybe he's not a harsh grader? That's your only hope of passing, really. C's get degrees- if you can even manage that.

Thankfully, his initial rating is pretty good, but that's all you have time to look at before a voice at the front of the room stops all the conversations around you.

"All right everyone, welcome to CS 210, Computer Science I," the voice says, and oh, you must be dreaming.

Tall, brown hair, glasses, facial hair- and those shoulders. Compared to the guys sitting in the seats around you, Professor Wreden (Just call me Doug, he insists) is a Greek god. You barely hear the rest of his introduction as his TA passes out the syllabus, instead staring at his arms and chest. He's wearing a V-neck sweater with the sleeves pushed up to his elbows, revealing copious chest hair and arm hair.

You kick yourself a little bit for sitting further back in the lecture hall- everybody in the front rows is getting an excellent view of the way his sweater and jeans hug his muscles as he paces the front of the room, gesticulating broadly.

Goddamn is the only thought in your brain as he finishes explaining the syllabus and jumps into talking about Python. Even from back here, you can see his eyes get a little brighter when he starts talking about programming.

Gorgeous and passionate- it's hard enough to find a professor that has just one of those qualities, let alone both. And in the computer science department, no less.

How has nobody told you about this guy before?

As you leave class that day, you make sure to take note of his office hours. You'll be going to every single one.

[lesiasmadness]

Professor I love and respect you but stfu about the puzzles this one time thERE IS A CAT

[a-list-of-dumbass-quotes]

"Number C....C is not a number..."

-my marine ecology professor

[jadewithaj]

Uhmmmm, sooooo…i did a thing (wrote a part two to the rate my prof au, except it’s just more reviews)＿|￣|○

These words are my own (from my heart flow)

[btswtwoutofcontext]

If you have to compare what you're going through to... anything remotely related to the holocaust? You're wrong. You're not in the right here. You should not be doing that.

[luna-the-cretar]

Cos Spoilers

Old man: *hands everyone other than Victoria a letter*

Old man: *grabs Victoria’s hand* congratulations

Me: oh shit it’s a wedding invitation

Nikkie: “You are cordially invited to the wedding between Strahdanya von Zorovich and Victoria Issacs”

Me: I FUCKING KNEW IT

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

Was recently informed that Amethio's actually 16 or so in comparison to Friede and that just made their dynamic Way Funnier™️ in hindsight

[puddle-wants-to-live]

LAYTON IS TRENDING ON TUMBLR RN OMG OMG IS THIS THE START OF THE LAYTON RENAISSANCE?!?!?

[sailforvalinor]

Idk if this is controversial, but studying for a English/writing degree at university shouldn’t make you NOT want to engage with writing or literature. Just a thought.