Marx as a Student In University, Karl Marx's Political Economics professor noted that every day, the young man would get up halfway through class and walk out, which caused a good deal of disruption. The professor quickly grew tired of the daily distraction, and so one day, as Marx stood up and prepared to leave, the professor stopped lecturing and turned to him. ""I am curious, Mr. Marx, what it is about my teaching you find so intolerable that you cannot sit through more than half of any given lecture."" Karl looked surprised for a moment, but quickly understood what the problem was, and said, ""Oh, no, sir, it's nothing like that. See, I have a class on ""Proletariat ideology"" that starts in five minutes, and I'll be dropped from the course if I'm late."" The professor was confused. ""You mean to tell me that the University registered you for two courses during the same time?"" ""Yes, sir,"" Marx responded. ""So it's nothing personal. Just a class conflict.""