Stupid Professor Tricks

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From: lin... Peter van der Linden
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1990 06:01

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There are two fundamental problems with being a professor of a subject
like computer science.  Firstly, any field of study containing the noun
"science" is almost guaranteed not to be one (e.g.  social science,
political science, computer science).  Secondly, in any field that
evolves as rapidly as computer science, the students may very well know
more than the pedagogue -- an intolerable situation for a professor.

Thus it is with a mixture of both pleasurable anticipation and
trepidation that I throw open an invitation to readers to recount
"stupid professor tricks." 

One of my favorite's is a quote from Professor Black that "these
micro's are alright, but they will never be of any significance" (circa
1979).    The good professor retired into obscurity soon after, while I
went on to earn a fat living as a microcomputer consultant -- and they
say there's no justice!


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Peter "proactive" van der Linden   lin...@eng.SuN.cOm  (415) 336-6206

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