Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Professors we know or have known

I saw this list the other day whilst in the Blogosphere and thought that since we have been and will be dealing with various profs for the foreseeable future, that a quick reference guide would serve useful. It's a fun read. See if you can find your professors!

This is not the full version, I edited it for clarity and eliminated the various jokes about inappropriate professor-student relations.

Irritating Assistant Professors:
  1. Professor Knows-He's-A-Fraud-And-Hopes-That-No-One-Will-Figure-It-Out,
  2. Professor I'm-Above-This-Place-And-Should-Be-At-Harvard,
  3. Professor Rebel-Without-A-Clue,
  4. Professor Only-Teaches-His- Dissertation,
  5. Professor Promising-Young-Man,
  6. Professor Could-Teach-Well-But-Forced-To-Do-Submental-Things-To-Raise-Student-Evaluations.

Irritating Full Professors:

  1. Professor Happy-Pills-And-Shock-Treatment-Improved-My-Personality
  2. Professor Couldabeena-contenda,
  3. Professor Exploits-Grad-Students-as-Cheap-Labor-in-his-Consulting-Business,
  4. Professor I-Have-Five-Stories/Jokes-So-Get-Used-To-Hearing-Them-All-The-Time,
  5. Professor I-Have-A-PhD-So-I-Shouldn't-Have-To-Learn-Anything-New-Ever-Again.
  6. Professor I'm-THIS-Close-To-Retirement-So-I'm-Not-Even-Going-To-Try-Anymore
  7. Professor Leave-Me-Alone-I'm-In-The-Middle-Of-A-Bitter-Divorce
  8. Professor Midlife-Crisis
  9. Professor Refuses-To-Retire-Due-To-Some-Combination-Of-Dementia-And-Never-Ending-Scheme- To-Maximize-Lucrative-Baby-Boomer-Retirement-Plan-No-Longer-Available-To-Younger-Faculty
  10. Professor Tenure-Caused-My-Divorce,
  11. Professor Twenty-Graduate-Students-Do-All-My-Research,
  12. Professor Used-To-Be-Cool
  13. Professor Uses-Tenure-To-Pursue-Hobbies-Or-Job-On-The-Side-Full-Time,

Irritating Professors That Could be Assistant or Full-

  1. Professor Complains-About-Working-Conditions,
  2. Professor Doesn't-Read
  3. Professor European-Accent
  4. Professor Everyone-Is-Out-To-Get-Me
  5. Professor I-Could-and-Sometimes-Do-Recite-This-Lecture-in-my-Sleep,
  6. Professor I-Have-Family-Drama
  7. Professor I-Want-All-The-Students-To-Like-Me,-So-I'm-Going-To-Give-Easy-Tests
  8. Professor Laughs-At-His-Own-Jokes,
  9. Professor My-Jokes-Aren't-Funny-But-They're-All-I-Have,
  10. Professor Only-Person-At-Tiny-College-To-Have-Ever-Published-A-Book-In-A-Printing-Of-More-Than-200,
  11. Professor Oops-I-Lit-My-Hand-On-Fire
  12. Professor Seriously-Tardy-With-Grading-Papers
  13. Professor Stared-Into-The-Void-And-The-Void-Stared-Back!
  14. Professor Your-Life-Means-Less-Than-My-Research
  15. Professor Your-Work-Will-Never-Be-As-Important-As-Mine,
  16. Professor Wears-The-Same-Ratty-Clothes-All-The-Time
  17. Professor Who-Cares-What-The-Subject-Is?-Let's-Discuss-My-Politics

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