- Canceling class and not sending an email
Making it a priority to get to class only to find a sign on the door saying “Professor so and so has canceled class today.” If I’m required to send you an email whenever I am absent, so it can be “excused”, where’s yours?
Alright, thats fine. I not only woke up early to get here and park my car but I also don’t have another class for two hours. #CommuterLifeÂ
- Red Pen Abuser
You ask students to type their homework and assignments because our handwriting could be sloppy. But, you aren’t asked to type your comments and corrections? Our precious paper’s get handed back to us with red tribal marking. Minus 10, minus 5, chicken scratch corrections. All we ask is that you write legibly and clearly. Otherwise, it’s heading to the trash.
- Last minute test announcement
It should be illegal to give students a review sheet two days before an exam and expect them to go home and study it. Hello, I’m taking 4 other classes.Â
- Off Topic Babbler
That professor who thinks it is necessary to share something about their life at the beginning of every class.
- Those professors who require the most updated version of a textbook.
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Forget about your summer job savings, it’s book season.
- Favoritism
You’re the newbie in the class and all your classmates have had this professor before.
- Test Watcher
​Standing over students while they take an exam is terrifying. We know you’re mentally grading our choices as we go one-by-one.Â
- Speedy Powerpoint Lecture
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“Can you explain that please?”
“What?”
“Can you go back for a second.”
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“It’s in the textbook. Give it a read.”
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