Yep.. CC's get two sorts of students. The wise ones that want to get their basic core classes done cheaply, filling in missing information due to bad choices or classes in HS, or that want to explore some different subjects at a low cost before heading off to a 4 year college. And then there are the students that goofed around so damn much in HS and cheated so much that they are absolutely remedial in a lot of basics and can't cut the first semester at a 4 year school, nor do they really have any intention of changing. And they're all mixed together in one classroom :P For some, it's like the 8th time they've been in 8th grade. Good news is, all the first group of students just wants to slap those idiots silly when the professors do!

I wasn't aware that 18 and 19 year olds were considered pretty young. He probably expected mature students who would behave themselves because they chose to be there and are paying to be there.

Or with students who don't respect you and take every bad grade as a personal affront to their character because they thought you were friends. If you've got to choose between being a students teacher and being their friend, be their teacher.

Have had some fun/relaxed professors in college, but there are quite a few students that take advantage of that. Either they try to derail the class or they forget that just because he or she is nice that they can get away with not doing the work. I've had some that were very strict it can be difficult once you are known "as the fun" professor you had a lot of students that don't care.

Grades, heck. He's in charge of EVERYTHING. I personally think that every question on the next test ought to include a reference to pink. "What color does bromothymol blue turn in the presence of an acid" A. bright blue B. sunburn pink C. emerald green D. lemon yellow What was Truman's reaction to the dropping of the atomic bomb? A. tickled him pink B. fear of what this meant for the future C. celebration of the end of the war D. not known or not recorded