For all you not literate in French my name is Dumas, not Dumbass!

This is really third grade calculus.

It's taken longer than I expected to get through this material. I don't think it's my fault.

If you're bored someday, just try to stand at the blackboard and harangue 40 students. Trust me, it's an interesting experience.

I could bad mouth people endlessly; there are so many people.

How many of you are now prepared to drop this class?

I tend to ramble. And you should feel free to ramble too. Until I say, 'Stop rambling.' Then you have to stop. But if you say 'Stop rambling' to me, I don't have to stop. That's called academic freedom.