Some years ago, I took a course in the nature of continuing education. At my own -- not inconsiderable -- expense, at a well-regarded university (not a for-pro

Some years ago, I took a course in the nature of continuing education. At my own -- not inconsiderable -- expense, at a well-regarded university (not a for-profit venture or the like). The professor was, IIRC, a member of the tenured, full-time faculty. A considerable portion of each class was devoted to his lamenting the difficulties of an ongoing move in residence he was undergoing. He seemed quite preoccupied with this. The course text was in C. He admitted to cribbing lecture notes from another faculty member -- I no longer recall whether these used C or C++. As a result, he often didn't seem to understand the lecture notes he was using. He "decided" that the two languages were "close enough" that we should do our work in C++. Needless to say, for many of the students, this was more than a bit confusing. I left that class partway through, as a thorough waste of time. And, as it turned out, of money. Never again... I am quite sympathetic to grievances with the position in which universities are putting younger, untenured -- nor even full-time nor insured -- faculty and instructors. It's downright abusive. The other side, for all that there are many good faculty and administrators, is a level of arrogance and ignorance that... at a minimum, does not deserve the financial remuneration it is receiving. The system is rotten, from both sides -- entitlement, and exploitation. ---- P.S. I'll add that, previously, I'd taken a maths course from that same university and campus that was taught by a part-time instructor / lecturer / I-forget-the-title-they-used. Despite the instructor's... "lesser rating", he was first rate and was really engaged in and with the class. It was excellent.