Some professors actually did do some of these during the first week of class :lol:
- After turning on the overhead projector, clutch your chest and scream
"MY PACEMAKER!" - Gradually speak softer and softer and then suddenly point to a student
and scream "YOU! WHAT DID I JUST SAY?" - Deliver your lecture through a hand puppet. If a student asks you a
question directly, say in a high-pitched voice, "The Professor can't
hear you, you'll have to ask *me*, Winky Willy". - If someone asks a question, walk silently over to their seat, hand them
your piece of chalk, and ask, "Would YOU like to give the lecture, Mr.
Smartypants?" - Pick out random students, ask them questions, and time their responses
with a stop watch. Record their times in your grade book while muttering
"tsk, tsk". - Ask students to call you "Tinkerbell" or "Surfin' Bird".
- Stop in mid-lecture, frown for a moment, and then ask the cl*ss whether
your butt looks fat. - Show a video on medieval torture implements to your calculus cl*ss Giggle throughout it.
- Start the lecture by dancing and lip-syncing to James Brown's
"Sex Machine." - Have one of your graduate students sprinkle flower petals ahead
of you as you pace back and forth. - Address students as "worm".
- Announce to students that their entire grades will be based on a
single-question oral final exam. Imply that this could happen at any
moment. - Point the overhead projector at the cl*ss. Demand each student's
name, rank, and serial number. - Every so often, freeze in mid sentence and stare off into space
for several minutes. After a long, awkward silence, resume your
sentence and proceed normally. - Mention in passing that you're wearing rubber underwear.