Hillary Clinton’s fall class at Columbia University felt more like being in a “late-night talk show” audience than a college course, one of many complaints from underwhelmed students, according to a Huffington Post op-ed published Sunday.

Clinton did not read students’ assignments, attend discussion sessions, or hold office hours, and students complained that their questions about controversial topics were avoided, according to the piece.

The column by student Cate Twining-Ward was headlined: “I Thought Taking A Class Taught By Hillary Clinton Would Be Empowering. I Was Wrong.” Twining-Ward expressed her disappointment about the class and interviewed a few of her peers, one of whom said, “I could have learned everything just from reading her memoir.”

[Okay, this is a fun episode to highlight, but really … what did they expect? Hillary has never been a ‘professor’ or teacher, and has no investment in Columbia except as a platform to use for her own agenda. Did they expect to learn in a pedagogical sense, or did students assess this as a chance to hear from someone who helped shape American policy while earning a few easy credits? If it’s the former, well … they learned something about life instead. — Ed]