Know-it-all Professor

zoeyzoe · Dec 11, 2008

I meant the fact that students think that they know more than their teachers. I hated being in class with people like that, because they always argued with the teacher and completly wasted my precious time in the class by always questiong the teacher about STUPID things.

I have always been taught that no reasonable question is STUPID. :no:

Medic09, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Dec 11, 2008

I have always been taught that no reasonable question is STUPID.

Ditto.

In the process of asking, the facts can come out.

Now, I'll agree that it would be nice sometimes if the students would have read the material before taking up class time with questions whose answers are found in the material assigned. :icon_roll But I know I've been guilty of that one.

Here, we thought the instructor was just blowing smoke. In the process, we learned some significant info about CNS injury. What if the objection hadn't been raised, even mistakenly? How many of us learned something new, significant, and all by reading someone's objection and the answers to it?

L&DWannabe · Dec 11, 2008

Oh my gosh, you're one of those students that drive me nuts! Your teacher is not a "know-it-all" he is a TEACHER. Everything about his description gives him the right and responsibility to throw fact after fact at the students. As a student, your job is to take it in. If you don't AGREE with what is said, go home, look it up, then pull your teacher to the side AFTER class to discuss the issue. It is waisting everyone else's time to sit there and argue with the teacher about everything! If you REALLY had so much knowledge, you would not be taking basic classes like A&P and English! Get all of your "laundry lists" of degrees and THEN argue your knowledge in a classroom- until then, sit down and shut it!

(sorry to be so harsh- but this drives me batty. And whether you realize it or not, everyone else in class is probably rolling their eyes at you while you talk. Honestly, it's not a likable trait to argue with the teacher.)

ktwlpn, LPN · Dec 11, 2008

Oh my gosh, you're one of those students that drive me nuts! Your teacher is not a "know-it-all" he is a TEACHER. Everything about his description gives him the right and responsibility to throw fact after fact at the students. As a student, your job is to take it in. If you don't AGREE with what is said, go home, look it up, then pull your teacher to the side AFTER class to discuss the issue. It is waisting everyone else's time to sit there and argue with the teacher about everything! If you REALLY had so much knowledge, you would not be taking basic classes like A&P and English! Get all of your "laundry lists" of degrees and THEN argue your knowledge in a classroom- until then, sit down and shut it!
(sorry to be so harsh- but this drives me batty. And whether you realize it or not, everyone else in class is probably rolling their eyes at you while you talk. Honestly, it's not a likable trait to argue with the teacher.)

Good post-it looks like the OP doesn't know as much as she thinks she does.......

loriangel14, RN · Dec 11, 2008

I went to school with a person that was constantly challenging the teachers (and all the clinical instructors). She knew it all and wasted everyone's time. She did graduate but after going through 4 jobs in a year(surprise, surprise, she fought with every boss she had) she is now not employed in the nursing field.

sunray12 · Dec 12, 2008

The title of this thread is odd. It sounds like OP thinks that a professor who knows stuff is a bad thing. Granted professors are only human so they don't know everything but in most cases they know more than their students and ultimately we do want our professors to be highly knowledgeable about whatever it is that they teach. It's what they're getting paid for.

rngolfer53 · Dec 12, 2008

I've decided to take a detour on my path to becoming an RN and going for an AA in Pharmacy Technology (the RN Diploma school I want to go to in Ohio offers automatic admission for anyone who is an LPN or holds an AA degree in any discipline). I currently am taking English and Strategies for success and the guy who teaches it thinks he knows everything there is to know about everything. He teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology, Microbiology and is currently holds a laundry list of degrees. Too bad he doesn't know much about any of these subjects, and actually told the class i am in (yes this is english class we're talking about!) that hemoglobin is toxic to the body when it is outside the red blood cells, and that the major cause of paralysis in most people when they experience a traumatic injury to the spinal cord is the outleaking of hemoglobin into the spinal cord. Gee, could it be because the spinal cord was cut? This guy is a total jerk, and always trys to challenge my knowllege of medicine and anatomy because he wants to see what i know and is quick to tell me that I'm wrong about everything.....never mind the fact i spend the last 2 years studying the subject. GAHHHH the things we have to put up with to achieve in life. :angryfire:angryfire

Well, he hasn't had much success in teaching you written English.

Jo Dirt · Dec 12, 2008

I have always been taught that no reasonable question is STUPID.

Key word: reasonable.

loriangel14, RN · Dec 12, 2008

The title of this thread is odd. It sounds like OP thinks that a professor who knows stuff is a bad thing. Granted professors are only human so they don't know everything but in most cases they know more than their students and ultimately we do want our professors to be highly knowledgeable about whatever it is that they teach. It's what they're getting paid for.

:yeahthat:

rhondaa83 · Dec 12, 2008

I have always been taught that no reasonable question is STUPID.

I agree completely, I meant to question what the teacher is talking about and challenging them. I am the first person in every group to ask the stupid questions and everyone who is afraid to speak up can get the answer, along with me.

Magsulfate, BSN, RN · Dec 12, 2008

Maybe because the op already has a view of the prof being a 'know it all' or jerk, he came across wrong or didn't explain the points in class. When I first read her post, I was thinking,, "HUH?" But, I learn something new everyday.

HEY darn it! I had to think twice and read the replies before I realized the prof was right. By the way the op was written,,, I was agreeing with her! lol

Now, I know something new. Blood can be toxic to the neuro system.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Dec 12, 2008

. . .the guy who teaches it thinks he knows everything there is to know about everything. he teaches anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, microbiology and is currently holds a laundry list of degrees. too bad he doesn't know much about any of these subjects. . .this guy is a total jerk, and always trys to challenge my knowllege of medicine and anatomy because he wants to see what i know and is quick to tell me that i'm wrong about everything.....never mind the fact i spend the last 2 years studying the subject.

you are wrong about the quotation on your signature. "it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog," was actually made by mark twain and eisenhower should have given credit to him, but didn't. your post sounds like you are either terribly jealous of this instructor or you wish you were just like him.