Why “Professors” is being discussed
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If we're talking about "the way the world operates", then because of how society values college degrees, any path that gets you the piece of paper is a worthwhile and valuable o…
by margalabargala · Oct 25, 2026
Some of my engineering professors had a policy that you couldn't get a lower grade in the class than your grade on the final. You could and they said some students did turn in n…
by Gibbon1 · Oct 25, 2026
Academia is just a bunch of egotistical people forcing kids to work on their particular hobbies and if the kids don't enjoy it, the professors have the potential to signal a bad…
by radialstub · Oct 25, 2026
Many professors there didn't use homework as part of your grades when I attended. I think the reasoning at the time was students would just copy each other's work anyway or look…
by jasonjmcghee · Oct 25, 2026
Grading homework is still less degrading then the other shenanigans that professors use students for- as in ghost writting books, having them program apps as unpaid labour or do…
by asanineassasin · Oct 25, 2026
Back when I was a student, 25+ years ago, many professors were a bit lazy. They just re-used problem sets which they had made earlier. No single year would be alike, but the pro…
by TrackerFF · Oct 25, 2026
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Professor is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. Read more on Wikipedia