Campus Myths

I was just in the elevator on my way to submit x-ray samples and a couple of students got on.  They asked me where in the basement the nuclear reactor was, as they were on their way to see it.  On most of the campuses I have been on there is a strongly held belief that there is a nuclear reactor in the basement of a science building.  This put me in mind of other strongly held beliefs of college students that I have never found any justification for.

The time scale for how long you have to wait if the instructor is late for class before you bail.  Non-PhD Lecturer vs. PhD Lecturer vs. Assistant Professor vs. Associate Professor vs. Professor.

The idea that even if the taxpayers of the state pay the lions share of the cost of a public college education the faculty work for the students.

That all that stuff faculty tell you about studying daily and practicing the skills of the course isn't really necessary to gain true mastery of the material.

That all organic faculty are extremely good looking and endowed with a superior intellectual skill and sense of humor.

OK, maybe there is some truth in some myths.

TS Hall