Most frustrating of all
is when you have a college professor trying to teach you differential equations with such a strong accent that you can't understand a word he's saying.

Just because the university in Delhi gave him his degree and he's fucking brilliant at math doesn't mean that he's a good fit at a US university.

(Actually I liked Dr. Raychowdhury, but the first week was intensely frustrating.)
( Wanderer, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 22:47, 1 reply)

God forbid that you should actually have to listen to a lecturer.

( rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 0:41, closed)

I think you miss the point.
I wanted to listen to him and learn from him. The problem was that I could barely understand him for the first couple of weeks until I worked out his version of English.

Once we got past the language barrier I was okay with him, but it was a lot of work that should not have been necessary.
( Wanderer, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:07, closed)

First couple of weeks?
Fucking hell. And you got to uni?
( rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:10, closed)

It's clearly not a very challenging degree.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:19, closed)

It's not even a challenging university, being in the US.

( rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:46, closed)

Isn't that just a bit lazy?
I can understand that a lecturer with a strong accent might require more work on behalf of the listeners but if he is excellent at Maths, a qualified, good and likable teacher then he sounds fit for a lectureship at a US university to me.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:42, closed)

Math, TFD, math.
Not maths. Math.
( rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:46, closed)

I just couldn't bring myself to write it.
I apologise.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:47, closed)

Apologize, TFD.

( rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:47, closed)

I don't care for that sort of talk Nucky and if you persist I'm going to have to become prejudiced against you and get so angry I'll jolly well post about it on an internet message board.
Take that you utter scoundrel.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:52, closed)

Do you know what, I will take it.
I WILL TAKE IT.
( rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:56, closed)

Oh do calm down.
You're rather unsightly when you're excited.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 2:02, closed)

Sums!!!
(Benzyl, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 3:56, closed)