Statement made by teacher at beginning of lecture last Wednesday....
"90% of the people remaining in this class should have dropped after the first lab exam".

Overheard in Anatomy wing hallway last week....
New adjunct professor (new to our school, has been teaching for years): "This class is far too detailed, it's being made much harder than necessary. It's not even taught this way in pre-med at the UC level".
Department head: "It's taught this way here, it will continue to be taught this way here. If you don't like it, you are perfectly free to leave; we'll drop your students and they can try again next semester".

Yeah...these are real confidence boosters.