<p>How often does this happen to you? And if so, do you ever tell the prof that you've changed your plans? (what if the prof was just a prof who you didn't know outside of telling him/her that you'll take the class). </p>
<p>This often happens to me (since I change plans), but then I feel like I'm lying. I do need to change my language a little though, from "i'll take x" to "i'm thinking of taking x"). </p>
<p>And do professors ever react negatively to this?</p>
<p>yes. they come to your house late at night and poop on your windowsill.</p>
<p>No. No one cares if you drop a class.</p>
<p>I told my Russian teacher last semester I was taking Russian this semester when I had no intention of doing it so he would leave me alone about it.</p>
<p>If it’s a normal class then it doesn’t matter. But if I told one of my teachers (who is really a PhD student) now that I would be taking her class to continue helping her with her research in the summer and then I didn’t show up she would probably hunt me down and murder me. =]</p>
<p>Actually, I had this one extremely irritating professor (who everyone in the department dislikes – I’m talking about other professors and the secretary who dislike this guy and will run the other way if he approaches) who kept badgering me, over and over and over and over, day after day about taking his damn class.</p>
<p>OMG.
I was ready to rip my hair out. Sometimes you might get an irritatingly aggressive and persistent professor like the above. It didn’t matter if I said (repeatedly) that I wasn’t interested in his class, he kept pestering me about it until I finally agreed to take it.</p>
<p>Dude is still a pain in the ass. </p>
<p>Sometimes they don’t care; sometimes they care. A lot.
It’s a toss up, just like with any other person and any other situation. It varies.</p>
<p>But generally, if you’re not into taking the class, be upfront instead of lying. You risk putting yourself in an awkward situation should you run into this professor again and he’s one of the those people who have a great memory and really care.</p>
<p>I think I saw this one on Seinfeld.</p>