Top 10 Phrases to Sound Both Professional and Scathing in Course Evals

Tessa Ramsden
May 2
2 min read

SPOT Evaluations opened up this week, which means it is finally time for you to tear that one professor to shreds for all the shit they’ve put you through this semester. And while it would just be so satisfying to write “FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU” in the comment boxes, you want your feedback to be taken seriously. Because the best way to truly devastate your professor is by showing just how intelligent you are, while still letting them know their class sucked and you hate them.

So we here at the Doily Allergen have come up with our favorite phrases that are a combination of professionally cool and absolutely scathing. We hope you are able to use these phrases to deliver the finishing blow to your least favorite professor’s chances at tenure this year!

Complete ineptitude

All the “p” and “t” sounds in this phrase imply that if you said this in person, you would be spitting on them, which is no less than they deserve.

Blatant negligence

Legalese is always an effective intimidation tactic.

Questionable and concerning

These words together ensure that your professor knows that not only did you want to ask “why,” the “why” was always, always full of judgement.

Frustratingly disappointing

Because you’re not mad, you’re just disappointed. (You are mad as hell)

Noticeable deficit

They were missing something, and that something was very obvious. Was that something empathy, coherence, or just straight up a few brain cells? Who’s to say.

Prideful ignorance

For those professors who just can’t acknowledge the possibility that they are wrong and one of their students is right. This also makes them sound like a tragic Greek figure whose downfall will be remembered for centuries.

Repeated and consistent failures

The problem didn’t happen once. It happened a lot. A LOT.

Harmful to my learning experience

The shit they pulled made going to class worse. This one is easy to swap around with different keywords like “emotional well-being,” “educational journey,” or you can go for the hard hitter and use “mental health” so that they know just how badly they fucked up your semester.

Desperate need for reconsideration

This one is great for those professors who clearly haven’t updated their slides/syllabi in like 5 years, and didn’t know what they were talking about then, let alone now.