Worst Economics Progressor EVER

ThatPoshGirl · Jun 25, 2008

Ugh. Obviously that should read professor.

llg, PhD, RN · Jun 25, 2008

While I am very sorry to read of your lousy economics class ... I am happy that you shared it with this group. Sometimes it seems as if people think that only nursing has a few bad instructors. Every field suffers from its "duds."

Good luck with your final grade.

supafly · Jun 25, 2008

I have a macroeconomics final this morning and I'm totally stressed out. I'm a straight A student and there is no way I will get an A in this class.
I got an A on the midterm but only because the first half of the class was microeconomics, which I aced last semester. The second half of the class he lectured only three times. He didn't lecture on most of the material that will be on the test. He only told us what would even be on the test yesterday. He gave us a practice exam and most of the stuff is not in our books and he says it is "common sense." No calculating worker supply and demand is NOT common sense.
This guy has been awful all semester. This summer session is only five weeks long. The class is supposed to be Mon - Thur but he doesn't teach on Thursdays, so we only come in three days a week. Then we spend the whole class listening to individual and group presentations that may or may not relate to what is on the final.
The few times he has lectured (three times) he has done things like set up economics scenarios about going to whore houses and strip clubs. He has asked female students to tell him how much they spend on shoes and makeup and crap like that. He talks about his girlfriend most of the class.
Yesterday he emailed us power point presentations that are supposed to help with the material from the final. The presentations don't even cover the stuff that is on the test that isn't in the book.
The worst part is that when I decided to go to nursing school I realized I don't even need this class, but by then it was too late to drop.
:banghead:

I seriously don't get this.

It sounds like this is a lower div class. I dont see why you'd have to calculate anything in there since it's just overview.

If it's an upper div econ class, you have the math tools to calculate this. Supply and demand curves can be determined the same way you'd determine any other lines (or curves) or maxes and mins by using algebra or calculus. Good luck.

Supafly

B.A. Economics

ThatPoshGirl · Jun 25, 2008

I seriously don't get this.
It sounds like this is a lower div class. I dont see why you'd have to calculate anything in there since it's just overview.
If it's an upper div econ class, you have the math tools to calculate this. Supply and demand curves can be determined the same way you'd determine any other lines (or curves) or maxes and mins by using algebra or calculus. Good luck.
Supafly
B.A. Economics

It's lower div, Principles of Macroeconomics. Here is an example of a question.

Assume that the share of population employed in all countries is 50 percent. Based on the information below, which country has the highest real GDP per capita?

country......Pop (millions)........Average labor productivity

A...............100......................2000

B...............150......................10000

C...............75.......................25000

D...............250.....................50000

E...............95.......................60000

supafly · Jun 26, 2008

It's lower div, Principles of Macroeconomics. Here is an example of a question.
Assume that the share of population employed in all countries is 50 percent. Based on the information below, which country has the highest real GDP per capita?
country......Pop (millions)........Average labor productivity
A...............100......................2000
B...............150......................10000
C...............75.......................25000
D...............250.....................50000
E...............95.......................60000

Simplified problem, but I think it's really cool they're making you analyze the data like that in the intro class.

First things first. "Just in case."

Q1: What is GDP?

A: It's a measure of how much the economy is producing.

Q2: What is GDP per capita?

A2: It's GDP per person. Or mathematically, (GDP)/Population

So...first find out how much that country is producing.

GDP of A = 0.5*100mill*2000

(because half the population is employed and each laborer is producing 2000 units)

But we need per capita GDP of A which is that above expression divided by the population of A.

ie, (0.5*100mill*2000)/100mill

which happens to be 1000.

That's the general idea. You can go down the list and calculate B thruough E and then pick the highest one.

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Or if you're one of those shrewd, analytical-with-numbers types, you'll notice that in this particular example that:

GDP per capita = 1/2 * productivity

Again, just pick the highest one. (It's E, btw).

Hope that helps.

AtomicWoman · Jun 28, 2008

Unfortunately, all you can do right now is suck it up and do your best on the final. Once you have your final grade, I would suggest putting your complaints IN WRITING to the dean and/or head of the department. Teachers this awful need to be ferreted out. He is ripping off the students and the school by not teaching. If nothing else, you can nail him for his strip club and whorehouse examples. Gad, just thinking about that makes me *CRINGE*. I have a BA in economics and I adored it. I shudder to think what a jackass professor like this one might have done to my college career.

I am really sorry you have to go through this! :icon_hug: