Student Claims Professor is ‘Amazing’ After She Goes Through the Syllabus for 50 Minutes

First impressions are always important, especially if you are a 39 year old comparative literature professor without tenure. That’s why Dr. Ellis Dunham wants to make her class memorable. “The first class I try my best to go over the syllabus as painstakingly detailed as I can.” And it’s worked to win students over. It might only be the first week of classes but Callie Young (C ’20) already knows her COML210 professor will have a shining evaluation from her at the end of the semester.

“Even though she really just mentioned the dates of the midterm, I just know that she’s going to teach us political activism in the space of coastal literature like no one else before ever has.”

Students were on the edge of their seats, taking furious notes and copying everything down, from the regrade policy to the code of academic integrity. One College sophomore, however, stated that even though the professor’s discussion on the grade distribution was riveting, the actual class—not so much. “I wish every day was syllabus day,” he said, “it is much more interesting than all the other stuff about literature.”

A former student even stated that the first day of class was the only class he went to with the professor. “It’s the most exciting class,” he stated, "I can't wait to go home and watch the lecture slides the rest of the semester."

The next class, however, was not as well-received: the students were reportedly given a pop quiz. When asked to comment on the relatively early exam, Prof. Dunham replied, "Well, it was on the syllabus!"