Dealing With A Difficult Professor
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Dealing With Difficult Professors

It may be a burden we don't want to carry, but we will all face it eventually.

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Within your four years and eight semesters of college, we will one day be faced with the dreaded deed: dealing with difficult, stubborn, annoying professors. Unfortunately, there are people like that in the real world too, maybe your future boss, and we won't be able to do anything about it so we might as well learn how to properly deal with it now!

It is good practice to be civil with difficult people for the real world. After all, these professors control our grade and with one mistake, we are done for! Don't let these people dim your day with their crabby attitude. Instead, be the bigger man or woman and let it go. It is only for an hour or so of our day, so why let it ruin everything?

I can speak firsthand about having a horrible professor. Every Wednesday and Friday at 8 A.M., yes 8 A.M., my professor rips me apart. The one day she put my work on the board as an example of what "bad work" was for the class to see. Fortunately, it did not have my name on it, but knowing that is was mine was embarrassing and hurtful. I choose to believe she did it for motivation to get me to realize my mistakes and be a better writer, but was it necessary for the whole class to get a glimpse?

Additionally, I went to see her after class for extra help. Naturally, I believed that I would get on her good side and show that I truly cared about the class and my grade, but contrary to popular belief, I was still failing the assignments. She even provided feedback that my work was good, but I still managed to fail me. I became extremely insecure about my work, but am finding other things to do to regain the confidence. I am, however, still at a crossroad confused on what my next move should be, but that is to be determined.

The best thing you can do in situations like this is to stay calm and not fight the teacher. As much as I want to stand up in the middle of the class and scream at the top of my lungs, I won't. As long as I know that I am doing everything I can, that is all that matters— besides the grades of course!

Go to office hours. It may be dreadful to spend extra time with your nemesis, but it will show you care about your grades, not necessarily the professor!

Also, kill them with kindness. Whatever is making them so uptight might be able to change with kindness! We never truly know what is going on so we should not take everything to heart.

Determination is key and when you're persistent you can achieve anything, even dealing with the worst of the worst. Annoying or not, they are still in charge and we need to respect that.

We are only with these people for a semester, so just tough it out! The light at the end of the tunnel is slowly shining. The next time your teacher puts your work on the board as a bad example, don't cry— just laugh about it! If they have to take out their unhappiness on you, that is their problem. Keep working hard and don't let the professor get you down. Don't let them kill your confidence, and definitely, don't let them degrade you! You'll be done with the class before you know it!

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