<p>Well, I can see why that would be annoying. I’ve never had a grad student prof cancel classes due to his own workload, and I would be really ticked off if he did. After all, he’s being paid to be a professorial stand-in, so he owes it to Smith and his students to behave like a fully PhD’d prof even if he isn’t one. It is a little odd to have a grad student in a 300 level course as well. I’ve had them in 100 level courses or in low 200 level courses (you don’t need be a professor to teach supply and demand to intro econ students). </p>
<p>Sometimes it just takes a while to find good professors, especially because of the salary freeze and the fact that no one is getting considered for tenure right now until we see how the economy will shake out.</p>