He spent easily 45 minutes talking about how we don’t appreciate our “democracy” and how China was le evil communist dictatorship in which people are at the mercy of the see see pee and you could get disappeared if you weren’t friendly to them. Also mentioned how “Hitler was elected democratically” and the CPSU had the record for killing their own citizens.
I stg CS degrees are fash primers and petty bourgeoisie incubators
In a better world I would’ve had the confidence to speak up against his nonsense, but I got some serious anxiety and no one to back me up
Worst part is I have to attend classes or I automatically fail the subject, as if we were still in elementary school
You need to be smart about this, but there’s plenty you could do with a simple complaint that your professor wastes class time to talk about irrelevant things.
If you are in the US or UK, you should remember to include that class time is paid at a premium rate by you or your parents.
Also tell them you do not feel that the material being delivered adequately prepares you for exams. Or the time spent on these comments could have been utilized for revision or new knowledge instead.
And that these kinds of rants create a hostile learning environment. Especially to people from countries targeted by your prof’s rants (i.e. Chinese students). Also mention that your prof’s empassioned attitude during these speeches makes you feel unsure about discussing the issue with him directly, since he might perceive you as an ideological enemy and make achieving your academic goals difficult for you (and then stress that you make your complaint anonymously for this reason).
Use a couple examples to demonstrate how his rant was irrelevant to the curicullum supposingly being delivered, and emphasize the time spent on these things.
I’ll probably end up making a complaint just like that to uni or on the anonymous survey after exams