lameness personified

"Good afternoon, I'll be your torturer-erm... I mean, lecturer for today." So began the lecturer for my sociology module today. (That's supposed to be a joke.) If you think that's as lame as you can get, the next 80 minutes were full other phrases that topped that. And the worst thing was, the lecturer took his jokes so seriously, keeping that obviously deadpan expression, pausing after each delivery to wait for the laughter, and treating all of us like some audience at a talkshow.

I appreciate his efforts, but I think the jokes were one too many and basically his humour was mostly superfluous. Come on, we're not secondary school kids who need 1 joke per sentence (he was close to that) in order to pay attention. Neither are we expecting to laugh our way through a sociology module. And I wonder whether he was doing this because the cohort comprised largely engineering students. If engineering students really need such patronising in order for them to learn, then they shouldnt be trying this module at all. And the lecturer doesn't need to talk as if we can't even understand simple concepts without a great deal of effort.

Well, to give him the benefit of the doubt, I shall assume his efforts are well-intentioned and not arisen from some self-constructed picture of his alter-ego as a stand-up comedian. To be fair, some of the examples he used to bring out a point were funny and made a point. So all i hope for is, please cut out all the unrelated jokes. And for goodness sake, give a break in the middle of the lecture...