Inappropriate Professor Behavior

Sometimes there is a limit to how far a professor should go in a classroom setting. Today I had to listen to a professor spend an hour screaming at students. He made a girl cry, then said he didn't want any cry babies in his class. Anyone someone said they didn't understand the assignment, he started yelling at them to stop insulting him. He said all back row sitters were the same, and implied that they were idiots and disrespectful. He then told several students to "watch your tone of voice when you speak to me." The assignment was confusing, but I don't feel like I learned anything in that whole class except sit quietly, don't say a thing, don't draw attention to yourself. He also sent a student out of the classroom for daring to show up 5 minutes late because his last class ran over.

I'm a bit at a loss of what to do. I think my only option as a student is to just put up with it. I have no rights when it comes to a senior professor insulting students. He's allowed to do what he wants within the university system. They protect professors who are horrible. I think he's already retired too. He fears nothing and it shows in his behavior.

And all of this horrible stuff eclipsed the more interesting things we learned in child development class today. :( We got to watch a video of some lady giving birth. It wasn't quite so scary because they did it as a really nice one. The dad was there and so was the older sister (at 3 she mostly just got scared when she didn't understand why mommy was yelling). I think the thing that stuck in my head the most during the video is how BIG that baby's head was! Just makes me want to shudder.

I wish David was here. When I come home from school after having a bad day I want someone to talk to. I guess we can't all have what we want though.