In any school a person attends there will always be groupings of students, but along with those groups there are also groupings of the different types of professors. These groups are widely different and their popularity is shown by how fast their classes are closed after the first few days of registration. The professors, both good and bad, are classified just as they would classify their students which attend their classes year after year.
Starting with the first classification of educators it is called the “Go Forth and Teach” group. This group of professors are the ones every student strives to get if they are truly looking to get more than just a grade out of their courses. These professors strive to teach, instead of entertain, their students and prepare them for the wide world to come after they swiftly walk across the stage in their cap and gown to receive their diploma. They are the encouraging staff which names are known across campuses and ring through the walls of high schools. These are the professors which truly make a difference.
The second of the groups of educators are known as “Easy A” professors. These professors engage themselves in semesters full of happy students waltzing into their classes with big smiles on their faces. The students are presented with absolutely no sense of challenge to prepare them for the world other than showing up and taking the tests. These professors usually are very knowledgeable on the subject they teach, but would rather have the students love them than overload them with homework. They usually don’t take attendance and collect what little homework which is assigned and award them with “completion” points. They are very well liked among the student body and classes also fill up quickly.
Group three of the educators includes the “Overthinkers”. These groups of professors are less popular among the students and their classes usually don’t fill up quickly. They value education for their students and are highly concerned with their futures after high school and college. Their expectations for homework assignments are above and beyond expecting nothing less than excellence. They force students to think in new ways they are not accustomed to thinking. It offers students the chance to formulate new opinions instead of following deep in the shadows of past published thinkers. They are great teachers and sometimes like to lead their lectures based on student opinions over assigned readings. This helps them assess which students have read and which ones are serious about their futures.
The fourth group of educators includes the “Legends”. This group includes some of the best teachers employed at high schools and colleges. The educators teach the subject by the book offering private tutoring sessions within their offices or sometime after school. They never stop teaching until every student has proved a satisfactory level of knowledge for the subject. Sometimes they go around the room calling on students to either express their opinions on the subject in discussion or to answer a pending question from their class period before. These professors’ names also ring through the halls of high schools and colleges. They have usually been at the same campus for their entire education career (attending and teaching) and are very dedicated in the work they do. Their classes fill up quickly and with ease and sometimes extensions are allotted for lucky students to enter their classes after closing. They are teachers every student looks forward to having even though they present a lot of work, they know they will benefit in more ways than education after taking their course.
“Avoiders” are the next group of educators. This group is composed of professors which are legends in the sense every student says to avoid. They are usually awkward in nature and students often are baffled at the university’s decision to employ them. When forced to take the class the unlucky students often only do well if the assignments are easy, or the professor awards a significant amount of bonus points. Little value exceeds from the material and the students are thrilled when the class is over. They also usually never receive a rewarding evaluation from students at the end of the year.
The last category includes the “Sport Junkies”. This category includes teachers which care specifically about the students involved in sporting events. It is usually more prominent in high school teachers and is involved with the academic programs at the school. They usually are insensitive to the students which are not involved in sports and are overly compassionate to the students which are involved. Most of them are very popular with the “jock” student classification and tend to become close. These teachers make little impact towards the uninvolved students and often make them feel small. They are teachers to avoid at all costs unless involved in some kind of sport.
The classifications of professors and high school teachers are not limited to those listed above. They can come in many different classifications depending on the type of class you take as well as your particular learning style. I have had my fair share of effective teachers who I have kept in touch with and rewarded with a wonderful evaluation. It is difficult to understand why a professor who didn’t leave any impact on their students would be considered worthy of holding onto their job. I can only hope after assessing the evaluations the students display when the class is over serious consideration is applied to each and every individual educator.
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