I read that article, and I'm having trouble understanding what the professors did that was so all-fired horrible. Let's remember, too, that this is a newspaper article written by a reporter who was by his own admission bored and lost. He contradicted himself on the time the first class was dismissed, for one thing.

I have stopped lecturing early in order to let people work in groups or work with me. Some people chose to leave instead, and usually paid the price down the road. I don't understand the uproar over this article.

I do understand that Mr. Maddox seems like a dedicated, hard-working student of whom USM should be proud.