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8. There are many different kinds of college professors, and they have a wide variety of outlooks

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 08:22 AM

Aug 2023

on what their role and mission are. Fortunately, most students are able to clock them to some extent in the first couple weeks.

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Dear New College Student: thoughts from a professor [View all] cab67 Aug 2023 OP

Nice that he thinks the world really works that way bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #1

+1 Celerity Aug 2023 #2

What are you suggesting isn't how the real world works? Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #4

Regarding the transposition - cab67 Aug 2023 #15

After the first exam in a semester, Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #17

Can you be more specific? cab67 Aug 2023 #5

I've been a college professor for 36 years. arkielib Aug 2023 #6

I don't disagree... cab67 Aug 2023 #12

What is objectionable? SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2023 #9

Is this a joke? ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #18

Read before. Should be an annual post. Important. cachukis Aug 2023 #3

And please, when you email me... stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #7

Or when you call/leave a voicemail, too ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #19

Meanwhile, at Yale..... brooklynite Aug 2023 #10

I've seen similar forms at other urban campuses. cab67 Aug 2023 #14

some skills are learned, not inherited. cab67 Aug 2023 #13

Morning v night person is not an age-related thing. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #16

And you know what? ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #20