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COVxy
07/05/18 11:39:29 AM
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I don't necessarily think it was sexist to begin with. But it was probably inappropriate given the current climate on power dynamics and relationships lol.
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Timohtep
07/05/18 11:40:15 AM
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V-E-G-Y-
07/05/18 11:40:43 AM
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Utter bullshit, da attractiveness of a teacher really matters tbh
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scar the 1
07/05/18 11:40:57 AM
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I'm not particularly fond of ratemyprofessor to begin with
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SSJCAT
07/05/18 11:41:20 AM
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lol I didnt know that was a thing but that is so fuckin weird
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COVxy
07/05/18 11:42:28 AM
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ClunkerSlim posted...
Timohtep posted...
What


They used to have a system that allowed you to also rate the 'hotness' of the professor, and if a professor rated above some value, they got a red chili pepper. Recently removed after a female professor tweeted that it was problematic.
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CruelBuffalo
07/05/18 11:43:20 AM
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Did you have one?
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COVxy
07/05/18 11:44:16 AM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
Did you have one?


No, never taught my own course.
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MedeaLysistrata
07/05/18 11:44:20 AM
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holy fuck, they actually removed it? i was following one of those twitter threads when it came up but was unaware of the outcome.

the chilli was misleading and another image is better suited for what it's actual purpose was.

FYI for people unawares: there is a site, ratemyprofessor, which is exactly what it sounds like. one of the rating metrics was a chilli image that was supposed to express "dynamic, exciting class", or "hot" in the non-sexual sense. But a lot of people used it as a way of saying the professor is physically attractive.
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SpinKirby
07/05/18 11:45:11 AM
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It did not help at all.
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RebelElite791
07/05/18 11:45:23 AM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
holy fuck, they actually removed it? i was following one of those twitter threads when it came up but was unaware of the outcome.

the chilli was misleading and another image is better suited for what it's actual purpose was.

FYI for people unawares: there is a site, ratemyprofessor, which is exactly what it sounds like. one of the rating metrics was a chilli image that was supposed to express "dynamic, exciting class", or "hot" in the non-sexual sense. But a lot of people used it as a way of saying the professor is physically attractive.

Yeah it wasnt solely an attractiveness thing. God knows ive had profs with one who were not at any point in their life good looking
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COVxy
07/05/18 11:46:05 AM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
chilli image that was supposed to express "dynamic, exciting class", or "hot" in the non-sexual sense. But a lot of people used it as a way of saying the professor is physically attractive.


This was just some really silly backtracking on the company's side. They themselves have advertised in such a way to suggest the hotness was literal, or metaphorically literal. Well, you know what I mean.
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Howl
07/05/18 11:46:34 AM
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COVxy posted...
ClunkerSlim posted...
Timohtep posted...
What


They used to have a system that allowed you to also rate the 'hotness' of the professor, and if a professor rated above some value, they got a red chili pepper. Recently removed after a female professor tweeted that it was problematic.


I don't understand, was the hotness rating a measure of them being a good or bad professor or was it a reading of their looks solely?

Based on what you posted if they get rated above a certain amount they get a chili pepper, was that a measure of their rating based upon looks or the separate reading of their work as a professor and we're there even two different rating systems?

Also why the fuck would the rate my professor even site have a rating system based on the looks of the professor at all?
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Paragon21XX
07/05/18 11:46:59 AM
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COVxy posted...
ClunkerSlim posted...
Timohtep posted...
What


They used to have a system that allowed you to also rate the 'hotness' of the professor, and if a professor rated above some value, they got a red chili pepper. Recently removed after a female professor tweeted that it was problematic.

I bet she was buttmad that she never got a chili pepper on her rating.
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MedeaLysistrata
07/05/18 11:52:06 AM
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COVxy posted...
MedeaLysistrata posted...
chilli image that was supposed to express "dynamic, exciting class", or "hot" in the non-sexual sense. But a lot of people used it as a way of saying the professor is physically attractive.


This was just some really silly backtracking on the company's side. They themselves have advertised in such a way to suggest the hotness was literal, or metaphorically literal. Well, you know what I mean.

i saw some people on twitter explaining what the chilli was 'supposed' to mean and idk why they would defend it on that grounds if there was not something that led them to that conclusion, given that, it doesn't seem like the site decided it had that meaning /after/ the controversy, but yes i don't doubt there might have been some intentional misleading on their part.
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COVxy
07/05/18 11:54:31 AM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
COVxy posted...
MedeaLysistrata posted...
chilli image that was supposed to express "dynamic, exciting class", or "hot" in the non-sexual sense. But a lot of people used it as a way of saying the professor is physically attractive.


This was just some really silly backtracking on the company's side. They themselves have advertised in such a way to suggest the hotness was literal, or metaphorically literal. Well, you know what I mean.

i saw some people on twitter explaining what the chilli was 'supposed' to mean and idk why they would defend it on that grounds if there was not something that led them to that conclusion, given that, it doesn't seem like the site decided it had that meaning /after/ the controversy, but yes i don't doubt there might have been some intentional misleading on their part.


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Sephiroth1288
07/05/18 11:56:12 AM
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The chili pepper is useless. People will tag professors they like as attractive regardless of whether they actually are
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MedeaLysistrata
07/05/18 11:57:04 AM
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COVxy posted...
MedeaLysistrata posted...
COVxy posted...
MedeaLysistrata posted...
chilli image that was supposed to express "dynamic, exciting class", or "hot" in the non-sexual sense. But a lot of people used it as a way of saying the professor is physically attractive.


This was just some really silly backtracking on the company's side. They themselves have advertised in such a way to suggest the hotness was literal, or metaphorically literal. Well, you know what I mean.

i saw some people on twitter explaining what the chilli was 'supposed' to mean and idk why they would defend it on that grounds if there was not something that led them to that conclusion, given that, it doesn't seem like the site decided it had that meaning /after/ the controversy, but yes i don't doubt there might have been some intentional misleading on their part.


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knuxnole
07/05/18 11:57:48 AM
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Horrible.

You wont know whos hot now :(
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knuxnole
07/05/18 11:59:05 AM
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Howl posted...
COVxy posted...
ClunkerSlim posted...
Timohtep posted...
What


They used to have a system that allowed you to also rate the 'hotness' of the professor, and if a professor rated above some value, they got a red chili pepper. Recently removed after a female professor tweeted that it was problematic.


I don't understand, was the hotness rating a measure of them being a good or bad professor or was it a reading of their looks solely?

Based on what you posted if they get rated above a certain amount they get a chili pepper, was that a measure of their rating based upon looks or the separate reading of their work as a professor and we're there even two different rating systems?

Also why the fuck would the rate my professor even site have a rating system based on the looks of the professor at all?


For fun?

Only people who didnt like it are uprights. Its college people go there for fun
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iHuman
07/05/18 12:00:22 PM
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Never going to college again

And won't allow my kids in those fascist hell holes
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COVxy
07/05/18 12:05:25 PM
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scar the 1 posted...
I'm not particularly fond of ratemyprofessor to begin with


Same. It kills me a little on the inside every time I look at it, because it just shows how many people are enrolled in college but have absolutely no desire to learn.
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Flockaveli
07/05/18 12:05:56 PM
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Wait seriously the chili pepper was supposed to rate their attractiveness?
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iHuman
07/05/18 12:07:27 PM
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COVxy posted...
scar the 1 posted...
I'm not particularly fond of ratemyprofessor to begin with


Same. It kills me a little on the inside every time I look at it, because it just shows how many people are enrolled in college but have absolutely no desire to learn.

Bad professors exists

Like you'd make a terrible one, it's go is you'll never get that chance
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COVxy
07/05/18 12:09:28 PM
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iHuman posted...
Bad professors exists


Certainly, but not on the scale of:
"this professor is waaay too hard, just take it with [other professor], their tests don't even require you to read the text!"
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Shut_TheF---Up
07/05/18 12:14:20 PM
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I wouldn't give them that rating unless they've got connections with Anthony Kiedis
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iHuman
07/05/18 12:15:02 PM
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I bet I can find anecdotes that support my argument too
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mario2000
07/05/18 12:15:15 PM
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COVxy posted...
ClunkerSlim posted...
Timohtep posted...
What


They used to have a system that allowed you to also rate the 'hotness' of the professor, and if a professor rated above some value, they got a red chili pepper. Recently removed after a female professor tweeted that it was problematic.

wtf, this was seriously a thing?

jesus christ
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Flockaveli
07/05/18 12:15:29 PM
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COVxy posted...
iHuman posted...
Bad professors exists


Certainly, but not on the scale of:
"this professor is waaay too hard, just take it with [other professor], their tests don't even require you to read the text!"

Thats why level of difficulty is its own separate thing.
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COVxy
07/05/18 12:20:10 PM
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Flockaveli posted...
COVxy posted...
iHuman posted...
Bad professors exists


Certainly, but not on the scale of:
"this professor is waaay too hard, just take it with [other professor], their tests don't even require you to read the text!"

Thats why level of difficulty is its own separate thing.


But to pretend like these aren't all correlated in the subjective sense is silly. If you have a professor teaching a class at a high level and you don't follow because you don't put in enough time (because you usually don't have to), you are going to perceive your grade as dependent on the professor, not yourself. Since other classes didn't require that time, and yet when you did the same thing for this class you got a bad grade! The professor must have just been bad at teaching.

ratemyprofessor ratings are almost all guiding other students how to have the easiest time to pass their required courses, in my experience.
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Sada_Pop
07/05/18 12:21:00 PM
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Never new about this. Seems pointless as a "feature" imo.
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iHuman
07/05/18 12:23:28 PM
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Tc is just an uppity cynic, unimpressed
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Capn Circus
07/05/18 12:24:45 PM
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Just more PC nonsense
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mario2000
07/05/18 12:45:05 PM
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Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet
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teepan95
07/05/18 12:48:44 PM
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Never used the site

I didn't think it covered professors in my country
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Paragon21XX
07/05/18 1:06:07 PM
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mario2000 posted...
Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet

One study has identified that students may tend to learn more from an attractive professor than they would from an uggo.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/08/23/students-may-learn-better-from-attractive-lecturers/
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UaStankAssMofo
07/05/18 1:08:00 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
mario2000 posted...
Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet

One study has identified that students may tend to learn more from an attractive professor than they would from an uggo.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/08/23/students-may-learn-better-from-attractive-lecturers/


That reflects very poorly on the students if true
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Paragon21XX
07/05/18 1:15:53 PM
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UaStankAssMofo posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
mario2000 posted...
Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet

One study has identified that students may tend to learn more from an attractive professor than they would from an uggo.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/08/23/students-may-learn-better-from-attractive-lecturers/


That reflects very poorly on the students if true

It's human nature to treat attractive people better than those that are unattractive. Nothing about being a bad person for doing so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
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UaStankAssMofo
07/05/18 1:19:30 PM
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I didn't come to college to ogle over my professors though

I'd be more inclined to believe that attractive professors are more inclined to engage with their class more easily and that's what results in the better learning.
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mario2000
07/05/18 1:49:07 PM
#43:


Paragon21XX posted...
mario2000 posted...
Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet

One study has identified that students may tend to learn more from an attractive professor than they would from an uggo.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/08/23/students-may-learn-better-from-attractive-lecturers/

>may tend to

well i guess that settles it!
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NeonOctopus
07/05/18 1:50:10 PM
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There are definitely professors and TAs (moreso TAs >_>) I would've slammed my dick inside and it's important to tell other people that. This is bullshit!
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Paragon21XX
07/05/18 1:53:26 PM
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mario2000 posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
mario2000 posted...
Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet

One study has identified that students may tend to learn more from an attractive professor than they would from an uggo.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/08/23/students-may-learn-better-from-attractive-lecturers/

>may tend to

well i guess that settles it!

I only found one study that studied the halo effect as it pertains to students learning from teachers of varying attractiveness. If future studies performed on the topic corroborate this study's findings, "may" will be dropped and will become a definite "students learn better from attractive teachers." That's how science works.
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mario2000
07/05/18 1:54:04 PM
#46:


Paragon21XX posted...
mario2000 posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
mario2000 posted...
Capn Circus posted...
Just more PC nonsense

can't believe a site based on rating professors on their teaching ability removed a feature based on how hot they are

this country is truly going down the toilet

One study has identified that students may tend to learn more from an attractive professor than they would from an uggo.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/08/23/students-may-learn-better-from-attractive-lecturers/

>may tend to

well i guess that settles it!

I only found one study that studied the halo effect as it pertains to students learning from teachers of varying attractiveness. If future studies performed on the topic corroborate this study's findings, "may" will be dropped and will become a definite "students learn better from attractive teachers." That's how science works.

wow you don't say
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mario2000
07/05/18 1:54:55 PM
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also you're missing the point entirely of why having a "hotness" rating on ratemyprofessor is skeevy as fuck
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scar the 1
07/05/18 2:11:24 PM
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If students are actually concerned with the quality of the education, they are free to seek a dialogue with the department through their local student body.
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