Martin Kurth

Sandals · 04-12-2005 10:57pm #1

the lecturere - what do you think?
I think Ledgend.
I like the mice>.
He has great hair and the Acapulco is brilliant, I hope he will come out with us at the end of teh year, who else has had him, knows of him, has flirted with him doen by the pav?

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/images/kurth.jpg

I like his stories also, and when he told us that this Q was so easy that his little brother could do it.
(his little brother is a theoretical Physicist)(clever guy)

Mystic Fibrosis · 04-12-2005 11:16pm

...what?

Sandals · 04-12-2005 11:18pm

Mystic Fibrosis wrote:

...what?

oh you must be new here.

ApeXaviour · 04-12-2005 11:55pm

Mystic Fibrosis wrote:

...what?

I'd like to support this sentiment.

And I'm not new here..

Crash · 05-12-2005 12:08am

...why did you put up his email?!

Pet · 05-12-2005 12:19am

Sandals, wtf? Make sense goddamnit.

whyamihere? · 05-12-2005 12:41am

he is a maths lecturer, he uses mice symbols when lecturing. ive only vaguely heard of him. you wouldnt have a clue who he is if you didnt do maths or maybe engineering\science etc.

didnt know people were flirting with him down by the pav though...

cuckoo · 05-12-2005 1:54am

...what?

John · 05-12-2005 2:40am

Sandals wrote:

the lecturere - what do you think?
I think Ledgend.
I like the mice>.
He has great hair and the Acapulco is brilliant, I hope he will come out with us at the end of teh year, who else has had him, knows of him, has flirted with him doen by the pav?

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/images/kurth.jpg

I like his stories also, and when he told us that this Q was so easy that his little brother could do it.
(his little brother is a theoretical Physicist)(clever guy)

Nietzschean · 05-12-2005 10:18am

Kurth is a legend alright, sound bloke.

Boston · 05-12-2005 10:46am

Kurth is brilliant, We had him in first year. DIdn't think much of him, untill it came to the exam and we realised he'd actually covered the matierial very well. Now we have him in third year, and it feels such a joy to have a decent lecturer

Hitchhiker's Guide to... · 05-12-2005 12:03pm

anyone else think he looks like Donal/EduMyth +10years ?!

05-12-2005 12:52pm

Agh!

ApeXaviour · 05-12-2005 12:55pm

He's got the same "I'm smiling even though the corners of my mouth are turned downwards" thing going on.

Pet · 05-12-2005 1:27pm

That's it exactly!

patzer117 · 05-12-2005 1:31pm

He's a bit of a legend and seems like a really nice guy. I saw him up in his office once sitting on one of those bouncy balls instead of a chair working on the computer.

He may be a good lecturer but i really wish everyone would shut up in his lecture. AGH it annoys me so much, i can't hear what he is saying and people are firing paper aeroplanes around or generally just chatting. He should just walk out.
Do people have this problem in other lectures? because for me it only happens in his lecture and it pi$$es me off to the extent that i don't want to go to his lecture...

So i think he is a nice guy, hilariously funny (acapulco... heehee), but needs to work on the ol' discipline front

patzer

ApeXaviour · 05-12-2005 1:36pm

patzer117 wrote:

Do people have this problem in other lectures?

Not for about three years, since JF chemistry when there was ~300 people all packed into the goldsmith hall. Even then I don't remember any paper aeroplanes. Any lectures I'm in nowadays people just tend to be riveted on every word the lecturer says even when there's ~60+ people in the class. Bleedin swats

patzer117 · 05-12-2005 1:46pm

ApeXaviour wrote:

Not for about three years, since JF chemistry when there was ~300 people all packed into the goldsmith hall. Even then I don't remember any paper aeroplanes. Any lectures I'm in nowadays people just tend to be riveted on every word the lecturer says even when there's ~60+ people in the class. Bleedin swats

Paper aeroplanes have hit him (his hand) and the board (plenty of times) during his lectures, it's a disgrace. I've complained to my rep but he's done nothing. I don't mind small chatter, but when his voice is inaudible over the rest of the lecture hall enough is enough.
Anyone know what can be done?

Crash · 05-12-2005 1:57pm

Course Director. email. etc.

Nietzschean · 05-12-2005 2:18pm

patzer117 wrote:

He's a bit of a legend and seems like a really nice guy. I saw him up in his office once sitting on one of those bouncy balls instead of a chair working on the computer.

He always sits on that ball instead of a chair, tis deadly...

Do people have this problem in other lectures? because for me it only happens in his lecture and it pi$$es me off to the extent that i don't want to go to his lecture...

i had it in 2E3, went to one lecture, it was such insanity i left after 10mins...better things to be doing if i ain't actually listening...(thankfully it was a shockingly easy course so didn't need to go).

Personally i'd talk to the lecturer and course cordinator...its possible you might get those people ejected/sent to junior dean etc...

Martin Kurth

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