Throughout college, we all experience different teaching styles, syllabi structures and, of course, professors.
1. Heavy Workload Professor
This kind of professor is the one that immediately starts intense notetaking the very first day. Not only this, but they’ll start listing off all the homework assignments that are due the next class. The amount of homework this professor assigns will only get worse after time.
2. The ‘I’m Always Right’ Professor
This type of professor comes in two variations; the nice know-it-all and the rude know-it-all. Whichever one, this professor is extremely knowledgeable in their field. However, they are not always open to suggestions or new ideas students might have.
3. The Mom Professor
This type of professor is the one that will maintain your sanity. They will do insanely nice things like bring snacks for your class. If you have an early class they might even bring coffee to help you wake up. This professor will do anything in their power to make sure you succeed. Treasure this professor because they don’t come along too often.
4. The Ditzy Professor
This type of professor is really sweet and a little out there. This causes them to get taken advantage of by some students. Students will make excuses as to why they didn’t do the homework and convince the professor to give everyone A’s. This then causes people to feel bad that the professor is not recognizing they’re being pushed around.
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5. ‘One of the Students’ Professor
Besides the ‘Mom Professor’, this is the second best professor. This professor keeps it real and doesn’t overload you on homework because they remember what college was like. They do not grade you harshly because they knew you were probably busy doing other homework for harsher professors. Simply, they don’t care as long as you come on test day. Via Giphy
I’ve had at least one of each of these professors and I’m glad I did, even the crazy and mean ones. They forced me to be realistic for life out of college. Once you graduate, not every employer or coworker is going to be the ‘mom’, unfortunately. Whichever professor you come across, treat each one with the utmost respect and try your best because at the end of the day you’ll know you tried your best.