… would have to include this post from ’04, a typology of bearded professors.
Some of its descriptions jibe pretty well with this latest professor-typology, written by college students and not bad at all.
If you skim Rate My Professors, as UD occasionally does, you’ll find students all over America encountering and describing The 7 Professors You’ll Have in College.
Highlights:
At first, you might think it’s funny that Prof. Leung pronounces the number seven “ceiling” or that Dr. Kolodjzieg wrote “Operation for to having a midterm” on the syllabus …
He pronounces “Darfur” with an “African” accent and is repulsed by the current lack of student activism. You’re repulsed by the fact that he is bald on top, but still insists on harnessing his last few strands of hair into a ponytail…
[T]he fake laugh [is] the major tool that [will] get you through his lectures. Each class session brings you another lesson in faking laughter …
[S]he wants you to know that she is most definitely the best source of knowledge in her particular field and many adjacent fields … [Enjoy her] hilarious anecdote about going to a dinner party at Gore Vidal’s house …
UD thanks Dave for the link.