Quotes from Fall 1993

Instructor quotes

• What we're going to find here in a minute, or a few minutes, or a few days, if you count Monday's lecture ... 8-27-93

• I don't think I'm funny yet, but if I do this for a few years I'm hoping I'll get there. Maybe even have a side-career. 9-22-93

• I know I am a wreck today. 10-22-93

• The kids want to interrupt and tell their popsicle jokes. 10-22-93

• Okay we can't get too slap happy here. 10-22-93

• I left 011 off. Exceedingly frustrating. 10-27-93

• Watch this carefully so you see what's going on. 11-29-93

• There are a lot of orientals in this class and you all look alike. 9-10-93 [This professor looks oriental as well.]

• The point of this? It's just as stupid as what we are going to do next, but it will be on the test. 9-15-93

• In my opinion, this stuff is deathly dull. 9-17-93

• See if you can detect that I haven't prepared for lecture. 9-24-93

• I could talk about it, but you'll just get mad at me. 9-29-93

• I have a few minutes, but I don't have anything interesting to say. 11-8-93

• When answering this question, keep in mind that I don't really care what you think. 11-15-93

• Why did we do it that way at the beginning of the semester? Because you didn't know anything. 11-15-93

• There's a good problem in the homework on this. Make sure you do it... I don't recall where it is. 11-29-93

• There is one trend that seems to hold here at Purdue---I seem to care less and less the longer I'm up here. 12-6-93

• The analysis is simple, which is good since we only have negative three minutes left. 12-10-93

• Unless you have significant intuitive powers, this probably looks a little muddy to you. 9-8-93

• I ran off this morning without my hearing aid, so we may have to increase the gain on the transmitter side. 9-17-93

• Check your calendars, talk to your significant others to see if that time is okay. 9-17-93

• I will write S with a bar under it to denote a matrix because I'm not very good at writing in boldface with chalk. 9-17-93

• Here are some numbers so you'll have something to think about when you're walking around outside. 9-29-93

• People spend a lot of money to make sure their steak doesn't look yellow. 10-27-93

• Does anyone remember what we were talking about? 11-12-93

• Yes, yes, I love it! 11-29-93 [After someone caught an error he had made.]

• That's a very good question, and I don't know the answer to it. 12-6-93

• If you have a billard ball in your pocket, you may want to take it out and look at it now. 12-10-93

Things overheard while sitting in my office:

• Is there an advanced Sleep 101? 8-19-93

• Student 1: My EE TA's office was up here.
  Student 2: Mine was weird. 9-7-93

  I love this class. 9-13-93

  How do you get out of here. 9-16-93

  I watched reruns of ESPN boxing for two hours thinking "This would be a good time to study." 10-14-93