The syllabus will be yours when you tell him the code phrase: “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”
Do people refer to him as The Doctor?
I bet his name is either Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, or Staff.
If this is all true it sounds like there might be a mental issue with the professor.
In the part of America where I teach, all this would be grounds for terminating a non-tenure-track instructor at the end of his contract period, if not the semester break. A tenure-track professor would almost certainly be put on notice that repeat this behavior would lead to dismissal hearings.
If this were *me/i, as soon as a student reported any one of these behaviors, I could expect a one-on-one meeting with one or more of my superiors. As for reporting grievances anonymously, that happens all the time. The more plausible complaints get a follow up. Always.
Professors can do whatever they want. I have a day off today, but I saw him on campus grounds this morning. He says that there is no moral, political and economic grounds to assist students. He works for his borough, not the students.
@Buttergreen, what school is this? It is NOT normal. Please go to your college advisor tomorrow and report this.
Something is not right. If it’s not mental then is this professor trying to get fired?
It’s a community college. He works at 3 colleges.
I’ll try to talk to him tomorrow, because I have him Wednesday and Friday. I hope that he does not get upset. He gets upset and irritated whenever he speaks with his students.
I think you should take someone with you. I would not meet with this person alone.
@Buttergreen this situation seems too weird to be true.
If what you’re saying is true, I suggest you read and see if your professor is violating any university policies regarding a syllabus, grading, etc. If so, bring it up to the administration.
For example, MIT requires classes to indicate near the beginning of the semester (idr exactly when) if the class has a final. So the example that CheddarCheeseMN gave would be a no-no.
DO NOT go to meet with this professor on your own. And you may not want to go at all. He is holding all the cards right now. If he really is as crazy as you say, he could make changes to your grades and fail you. Don’t risk it until AFTER you have finished his course and have the final grade reported to you from the college administration.
Then, you can report him and ask that he not be allowed to teach at your school again. The reporting will be more likely to be taken seriously if you can gather some of your fellow classmates to register their complaints also.
I would suggest the entire class meet with the dean and petition to have this class dropped and expunged from your records. I would not want to deal with a lunatic and be at his mercy for my course grade. Good luck.
This seems like a prank post in all honesty. The original poster could have just met with the department head as some other users previously suggested but did not do so.
If this is a real post: Immediately go to your dean or head of dept. Don’t talk to the prof.
An update: I brought my classmate with me on Friday to speak with him after class. We politely asked him what his name was and he refused, saying that he has to tell us his name by the end of the week-last day of classes-Friday. He is obviously crazy, but it is just the way he does it. As for the syllabus, he says that he is sorry-but he had no other choice but to not to provide a syllabus. He says that it is not in his jurisdictional right to do so.
Huh? !
I would imagine that at most (if not all) colleges a syllabus is a requirement…I suspect he not only had a right, he had an obligation.
Seeing as it’s the end of the semester, it’s probably too late for you, but you should really report him. His behavior is very odd.
Why have you not spoken with the the department head or dean? I don’t understand why you continue to ask your professor for something he’s already told you he won’t provide.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”
-Albert Einstein