Martel

So I'm taking a 200-level psychology course this semester as one of my two final courses in my psych degree... My professor is new at the school, having transferred from William and Mary I believe. Now I've been to four different universities in my life, and I've never had a professor that acted like this one.

On the first day of class, he read us the syllabus and emphasized certain things we have to do, such as: email him with proof that we have satisfied the prerequisite courses (course title, instructor, school if taken somewhere else, date, and final grade), not ever share lecture notes or handouts with students not taking the class, email him if we are ever absent (to let him know after the fact), etc. Now I thought it was a bit weird, but I figured everyone's a bit weird, right?

A couple of weeks ago I missed turning in a minor assignment (our class meets once a week, at night). Beyond that I have attended every class and did well on the only test we've had so far. I haven't heard anything about it, nor did I expect to.

Yesterday, I get a call on my cell phone while I'm at work. I didn't answer it, because I didn't recognize the caller ID (it was some fake ID like 000-012-3456 which usually means telemarketers or something). I got another call while Sage and I were at dinner, another call while we were watching a movie, and another call at 10pm when we were both at home. I picked it up just so that I could tell the marketer to leave me alone, and it was my professor!

Now I have never gotten a phone call from any of my professors ever, and I don't think that any of them would have assumed it was okay to call me, especially not repeatedly or at 10pm. He never left a voicemail and never sent me any email or anything (which he obviously is capable of). I told him that I couldn't take his call right then and that I would call him back the next day. He said he would email me with his phone number. Today I have an email instructing me to call him at so-and-so number between 10 and 3. I work from 9 to 4, and I'm not about to take break time just to call this guy for whatever it is he wants but can't be bothered to email me about. I replied to his email saying I could call him after 4pm, or just talk to him tonight at class (tonight is our weekly meeting).

So basically my question is: have any of you ever had professors act like this? It seems highly bizarre and abnormal to me, and I'm considering complaining to the department chair, who is my advisor. I'm on fairly buddy-buddy terms with him. I just want to make sure I'm not overreacting.

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