Professor Doesn’t Pay Overtime to TA Writing Fake Rate My Professor Reviews

Earlier this week, teaching assistant (TA) Rosa Joyce blew the whistle on a large conspiracy surrounding the inflation of her boss’s Rate My Professor scores. Professor Jeffrey Cunningham, a tenured faculty member in the College of Engineering, as well as other prominent professors have denied accusations despite the majority of the reviews on their pages being sourced from the IP addresses of TAs, past and present.

“I have always prided myself on my completely genuine Rate My Professor score. It’s proven by the fact that, while covering dense material, I am met with the fixed stares and silence of a working mind. The lack of questions can only indicate that the students are comprehending the subject. While I understand why an underpaid TA might be angry, I find these baseless lies appalling,” said Professor Cunningham.

“The fraudulent reviews made students expect an easy A, and with Cunningham, this means they wind up Q-dropping the class,” said Joyce. She reports now being overrun with students attending office hours due to the professor’s break-neck paced, tangent-ridden lecture style. “I had to bring attention to this issue. Not only because of my conscience, but also for my sleep schedule.”

Mugdown correspondents viewing Cunningham’s Rate My Professor page said the reviews were extremely positive, and the difference between them and the experience of current students was stark. Some reviews read as follows:

“Wow! I love Professor Cunningham so much! He is handsome, funny, and really knows his stuff. Lectures were never boring.”

“The class is hard, but Professor Cunningham is great! It was the busiest class I had all semester, but he made it completely wonderful. The class is not easy, but the work is doable if you attend lectures. The prof is pretty chill, so I advise that you ask him questions before bothering the TA.”

“Dr. Cunningham’s expectations are clear, and he is really good at what he does. I agreed with everything he said because he makes many good points, and he is such an entertaining and dynamic lecturer. If I could give 10 stars, I would.”

Joyce told The Mugdown that she is very grateful to have been freed from this scheme to improve Professor Cunningham’s academic image. However, Mugdown sources report that soon after this scandal, flyers have been found in the bathrooms of buildings across campus advertising quick improvement in Rate My Professor scores for $15 per review.

 

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