Astrocloud

I remember there was one teacher I had in community college he taught an entry level Philosophy course. He was a former catholic priest and was well known for grading based on who he liked.

The grading was based on open book, open note essay test. We also had an informative question and answer session before our major tests.

This one female who was in my class actually asked a question that was on the final. She recorded his answer on a portable tape recorder. She wrote down his exact answer and answered it on the final exam.

Apparantly he didn't like her because he gave her partial credit on this and other questions. She answered with exactly his answer and he objected to some idea which he originally answered.

She challenged her grade on this final exam using this and other evidence. HE LOST the challenge but the result:

NEXT SEMESTER NO RECORDING DEVICES WERE ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM.

Luckily my experiences with this guy didn't forever spoil my interest in philosophy.


Oh and how this relates... Perhaps your "anal retentive" nutty psychology teacher has similar experiences with not allowing notes to be shared... Or perhaps he wants to check everyone's background and monitor their behavior in the class to make sure they are not Alien imposters.