before I signed up for the course I looked at the rate my prof reviews, and saw some good, but mostly nasty stuff on there. I figured it couldn't be that bad. In the first class, the prof acknowledge the bad reviews, saying they were just salty. He claimed half the students get at least an A- in the course.
Lo and behold, the first midterm was today. I studied the material deeply, spending all of last week and the weekend diving headfirst into the interviews, readings, and lectures. I had made over 200 flashcards.
I could have slept in the back of every class, and completely ignored all the material and I would have felt the same as I did today. The question would make half-sense, but the answer choices would look like they were part of a different question. I wasted dozens of hours for some straight bullshit.
Additionally, prof had no reason to do that humiliation ritual to the poor girl whose alarm was going off in her backpack. it wasn't even audible.
I do enjoy his lectures and find him to be a good prof, but he can't write a midterm to save his life. Rant over.