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I have NEVER, over 3 and a half years of college life, encountered a professor like Dr. Kacer. Over the course of this semester, I have tried to come up with a list of words that could possibly describe her. Here's what I have so far:
condescending
rude
mean
evil
unhelpful
moody
psychotic
and crazy.
Over the course of this semester, she has struck me TWICE in the shoulder with a stack of papers and told more than one student that, in a few years, they would be "in a home" (I guess the common curriculum now involves physical AND emotional harassment). She excels at giving complicated assignments, then changing the titles of the same assignments in subsequent class periods, so that it appears that you have about 10 different assignments to work on when, in actuality, you probalby have about 3. But hey, who knows with this woman? You may actually have five assignments given to you on a Tuesday, and then be expected to turn them all in on the next class meeting day. Don't bother asking any questions about clarifying the assignment (I'll get to that a little later)--just try your best to read her mind, and you'll do just fine. And also, while my sarcasm is showing, don't bother having a penis in her class--she can tell, and that's why she hates you.
Don't talk, don't make a facial expression, don't think about anything, and ABOVE ALL ELSE, DO NOT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RAISE YOUR HAND IN HER CLASS. She'll berate you about how she doesn't like to see hands raised, and then wonder why people don't ask more questions in her class. Oh yeah, the questions! If you actually have a question to ask her, you better hope she draws your name AT RANDOM from a stack of cards, because otherwise, she won't answer you. And even if you are lucky enough to be chosen from her little deck of cards, you probably won't get a straight answer. You'll get, "Did you write it in your notes? No? Will someone else enlighten poor dumb (insert your name here) on when the assignment is due?"
When the class is making too much noise, she'll ring a freaking bell to quiet you down and put her finger over her mouth like she's a kindergarten aide. Gee, last time I checked, I was 21 years old. How about, "Excuse me? May I have your attention?" Because, after all, NORMAL human beings treat each other with respect and courtesy.
This, however, is where Barbara Kacer fails. She is not normal. She is not a good teacher. I must admit, I'm a pretty easy-going guy, and I don't get riled up very easily. But, on more than one occasion, when faced with her constant degrading tone and lack of teaching ability, I have dreamed of pulling my hairs out one by one. How in God's name someone else (maybe even a sentient human being) handed her a diploma and said, "Congratulations, you've graduated," is light-years beyond me. The only credit I can give her is, much like other people on here have mentioned, that you learn the most from her class--in order to be a good teacher, you must perform the exact opposite of every action performed by Dr. Barbara Kacer.
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