<p>The student wrote to the NYU business professor after he walked in an hour late to class, and the professor responded to him and the entire class:
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<p>Based on the responses to the letter in the link you provided, most were siding with the professor.</p>
<p>i’m siding with the professor as well. you would not believe how many college students walk into class late every single day. students who are registered and are fully aware of the schedule–and walking in late doesn’t even phase them.</p>
<p>I am definitely on the prof’s side on this one.</p>
<p>The description about this particular professor (“hard ball”) didn’t generate much sympathy. But, I loved his response. How true! I only wish all college kids learn this message, sooner-rather-than-later. “Get your <em></em> together” reminds them they need to grow up. </p>
<p>Sounds so New York too.</p>
<p>Good for the professor. </p>
<p>And the letter is hysterical.</p>
<p>I was tickled by a comment that was posted:</p>
<p>“I had a teacher just like that at my community collidge.”</p>
<p>Personally, I loved the professor’s response.</p>
<p>The professor is a jerk. Plenty of schools have an official or unofficial shopping period for students deciding which class to take. Shopping for classes is neither rude nor unheard-of.</p>
<p>I got my undergrad at the UW-Seattle in '78 so the concept of a “shopping period” was a new one to me when we toured some of the Ivy campuses. I believe this system may be used on other campuses as well and may be more pervasive than I know. In fact, when during a scholarship interview, my S asked a Berkeley faculty member about his concerns of enrolling in needed classes. Even there, the prof indicated the students “test” the classes and sometimes up to 1/3 drop in the first two weeks, making spaces available (note the professor was in Earth Sciences so this might not be the case outside the sciences.)</p>
<p>But we don’t know if this was a shopping period. Also, in shopping period, wouldn’t you still attend the whole class and not walk in half way through?</p>
<p>I agree with the Prof. If you need to shop then you should get invited to attend the class by the prof. Showing up and hour after class has started IS disruptive. Particularly if your not even registered for the class. I though everyone know if you’re not registered your need to meet the professor and get permission. You may find it’s the wrong class just by talking with the professor first.</p>
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<p>I don’t think it’s the “shopping” the professor objected to so much as that the student walked into his class 1 hour late and then had the audacity to complain that the professor asked him to leave. If there was a time issue involved with his “shopping,” he should have had the courtesy to speak to the professor about it in advance. Coming into the classroom an hour late was rude IMO.</p>
<p>Normally, I would agree that you shouldn’t be late, but I do agree that if it was the first day of class, in some schools, it would be shopping period. I don’t know if that’s the case in Stern, but in the school I attended, it was standard practice for people to go for a part of each class they were considering. Many professors were aware of that and even said that you should feel free to leave at any point if you are trying to get to another class. If that is the case in Stern and that professor is just not aware of it, I would definitely side with the student.</p>
<p>Also, in my opinion, it is never OK to swear in a professional email (and in poor taste to do so in a non-professional one).</p>
<p>^^^^Don’t know a thing about Stern, but it seems that if “shopping,” including coming and going at will, was common practice there, this would never have been an issue.</p>
<p>At the schools where a shopping period is the norm, during the first week of classes students <em>do</em> sample a number of classes, including ones they are not registered to attend. That’s what shopping means.</p>
<p>^^^^Right, but based on the professor’s reaction (seems totally unfamiliar with the concept), it doesn’t seem likely that shopping is done at this school, at least in the way the student practiced it.</p>
<p>If it is indeed “the norm,” then I would have to think differently about the situation.</p>
<p>There is no chance—none, zero—that the “shopping” policy allows students to walk freely in and out of classes at any time they choose. Not at Sloane, not at any other institution of higher learning. The student who did this and anyone who thinks it should be permissible are rude, ignorant idiots.</p>
<p>Cardinal Fang, I am familiar with shopping period. I have a kid who went to Brown which has an official shopping period and so they were allowed to sample classes. Still, I don’t think they would walk in half way through a class. </p>
<p>I also have a kid who attended NYU. I do not recall a shopping period there. However, I would imagine if you wanted to sample a class for which you had not registered, you would ask the professor in advance. At the very least, you would not walk in half way through.</p>
<p>It doesn’t mean you should walk in late or leave early. That is just rude and disruptive. Would you think of leaving early or show up late for a meeting without prior notification? I thought the email was hysterical.</p>
<p>If the kid’s parent(s) had taught him any manners at home then he would have known better.</p>