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Tippy Top Ten: Summer Classes

Here are the Tippy Top Ten Reasons Professors Hate Teaching Summer Classes…

 

10. Outdoor lectures no longer effective punishment

9. No chance to do any extracurricular firefly catching

8. Have to work with only burnout, skateboarder TAs

7. Can’t have barbecues without inviting entire class

6. Had plans

5. Shakespeare can’t compare with the Spiderman movie

4. Students clearly thinking about MLB regular season instead of lectures

3. Struggling with air conditioner takes valuable time away from struggling with Powerpoint

2. Elbow patches look ridiculous without sleeves

1. Beach-bod going to waste on a bunch of nerds

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