What did the economics professor say she had never failed?

“An economics professor at a local college made a statement that she had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.”

Is seeing new professors every semester like winning the lottery?

Seeing new professors every semester is becoming the norm at certain schools. “These days it seems like getting a full-time tenure track position is akin to winning the lottery,” says Professor R. “PhDs will move all over the country or even the world for an opportunity at a full-time position.

When is a professor not a good professor?

The professor never involves the students. If a professor attends only to his or her notes and never even looks at the students—or never pauses to invite or accept questions—it’s not a good thing. A good class is a dynamic class, and a good professor engages with the students. © Copyright 2010 Professors’ Guide LLC.

Did a professor fail an entire class for not turning cameras on?

You might believe a story about a fed-up professor who failed all her students after they all refused to turn on their cameras during a Zoom class. However, a Facebook post claiming an economics professor failed an entire class as part of an experiment in socialist grading sounds a little less realistic.

Why would a teacher humiliate a student?

Teachers choose to humiliate students for several reasons: to gain control over them, because the teacher is desperate; to frighten other students; or because they’re over-compensating for their own lack of confidence. Some teachers actually think they have a right to humiliate a student because the student deserves it.

How do you deal with students who feel humiliated in class?

Frequently check with your students that the message they are receiving is the same one that you are sending. Avoid sarcasm, even if your students might laugh at it. Students often save face by hiding how humiliated they really feel. Pay close attention to body language. Sometimes what a student is saying is not what he is feeling.