Ahhhhh...the eloquence of youth.
Curt Rosengren | Homepage | 09.28.04 - 9:47 pm | #

Oh, definitely a compliment. A major one.
cindy | Homepage | 09.28.04 - 10:49 pm | #

Oh god, I get that all the time. What are they thinking when they write/say those things?
bitchphd | Homepage | 09.28.04 - 10:56 pm | #

What are they saying? "Me! MeMeMeMeMe!!!"

-Cynically yours,
Jill Smith | Homepage | 09.29.04 - 6:17 am | #

And you know this is the sort of feedback you'll treasure as opposed to the grunts and the "Hi, Professor. . . errr. . . Whatsit" as you pass them in the hallway.
Ancarett | Homepage | 09.29.04 - 8:57 am | #

I think that this is a sincere compliment and one that should be valued. You've apparently converted an apathetic student into one with some glimmerings of enthusiasm just beginning to surface--and that is a major conversion!
What Now? | Homepage | 09.29.04 - 11:59 am | #

congratulations! you've turned that kid's light bulb on.
meanregression | Homepage | 09.29.04 - 12:36 pm | #

One of my grad students told me that she really, really adored the Victorian fiction course I taught last year--it's just that she hated everything in the course. When I asked, with some bemusement, if that was a compliment, she assured me that it was.

Apparently, she's still suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome from Bleak House...
Miriam | Homepage | 09.29.04 - 10:51 pm | #

Ah, students. I do miss this sort of thing. Bemusement is a good emotion to experience regularly.

Rana
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I'm sure the inarticulate way your student expressed it is probably just a sign of their excitement about the class, and the nervousness of talking to a prof Definately a compliment!
Kris73 | Homepage | 10.01.04 - 8:12 pm | #

It's obviously a compliment but I'm sorry, I rather hate Victorian as well.
Michelle | Homepage | 10.03.04 - 11:40 pm | #