[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Yeah, you're right. But EDUCATION people say that student evaluations have no relationship to grades. Those of us who teach bonified academic subjects know otherwise, but it's still almost impossible to get another professor or an administrator to come sit in on one's class to directly evaluate one's teaching.

[twigs]

At my husband's college, other teachers and administrators are required to sit in all faculty's classes at least once a year. But, their evaluation does not count toward promotions and raises. My husband has been department chair for 20 years and is not yet a full professor, one reason being that he has just never taken the time to pull it all together for the academic committee. He says that now he will have to step down from his chairmanship and spend all his time on his classes to get the evaluations he needs (basically all excellents) to become full professor.