LOL Me too. And a sorta similar story. My first year Economics professor taught virtually from the textbook. was so boring a few of us decided we could learn more in an hour without his reading. I never checked but heard once he had arrived from a position in an American embassy somewhere.
S America rings a bell. I just remember he was a timid looking fella with glasses. Had a look that could be cast as an American spy in an embassy in Brazil. At that level as you felt it was one of the easiest courses. At that level. An old saying is put 100 economists in a room and you'll get 100 ideas of where economies are headed. At that level still didn't get an A, don't think.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”