In addition to all the stupid things Mr. Joyce does, there is his utter lack of enthusiasm for his job, which projects into the classroom. You see, it does not matter the personality of a teacher, as long as he is good at conveying information. Perhaps we could forgive all these things if only Mr. Joyce was smart. But he isn't. He really, really, isn't.
Some teachers are very difficult.
The one who taught the Humanities class before Mr. Joyce, Mr. Krinsky, was. Mr. Joyce, on the other hand, is the stupidest, laziest, ugliest motherfucker this side of the Mason-Dixon line. Except when a teacher is so sluggish, he uses another teachers homework assignments and tests. In this case, Krinsky's. He does not read our homeworks, just makes check marks if they are long.