I can take no credit what-so-ever for the
following list. I recieved it as an e-mail forward, thought it was
pretty funny, so I had to put it our on my web page. :-)
Signs Your Astronomy TA May Be Nuts -- by Lee Carkner
Version 1.1
- She keeps saying, "Let's put the T&A back in TA!!"
- When you go to his office hours he insists on taking your temperature.
- He makes the whole class call him "Mommy."
- Three words: pantsless planetarium shows.
- Always bragging about the size of his stipend.
- For some reason, every lab is about Jan Oort.
- Instead of lecturing, he just plays air guitar and mumbles the words to
"Cat Scratch Fever".
- Giggles uncontrollably whenever he says "sextant".
- He's speakin' some kind of moon-man language.
- Instead of grading your labs, he just writes "Bite Me"
on them.
- His so called "telescopes" are really just paper towel
rolls covered in aluminum foil.
- Pop quizzes are one thing, but is this "turn your head and
cough" exam really necessary?
- Instead of teaching the lab, just gives two-hour tirade about how the
new Charmin is not as "squeezable".
- Keeps muttering about "getting those bastards at NASA".
- For some reason, every lab involves him measuring your in-seam.
- To illustrate the vastness of the universe, he makes everybody walk to
Altoona.
- Thinks he's married to the overhead projector.
- If someone answers a question correctly, he leans over and gives the
student a gentle kiss on the forehead.
- Your grade is based entirely on how many ping-pong balls you can fit in
your mouth.
- Claims that his pants are filled with "space squirrels".
- His so called Drake Equation video is really just an old episode
of Alf.
- She leads each class off with the same rambling story about the time she
almost nailed Carl Sagan.
- He shows up for class wearing only a strategically placed copy of
"Protostars and Planets".
- About 30 minutes into every class he jumps up and yells, "It's
Macarena time!!"
- When giving planetarium shows, instead of the theme to "2001",
he plays the theme to "Green Acres".
- Whenever you ask him any kind of question he always replies, "What
do I look like? Einstein?"
- At the first class he announces that the grader for the course will be
his inflatable rubber woman.
- He makes everyone wear a soup pot on their head to protect the class
from "Klingon mind control lasers".
- He insists that chasing monkeys around with a broom is a valid
scientific experiment.
- About 90% of all classes involve the game "Twister" in
some way.
- The only observing advice he ever gives is, "Keep an eye out for the
mothership."
- Late policy? Hand in a lab late, spend a night locked in a dome.
- Instead of teaching the class about the moon, just moons the class.