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21 Reasons Why Being A Professor Is Better Than Being A Teacher

A professor has fewer problems than a teacher.

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1. A professor has fewer problems than a teacher.

2. A professor gets more money than a teacher

3. A professor does not need a substitute teaching license to do student teaching

4. A professor gets more mature students than a teacher

5. A professor teaches at a college while a teacher teaches at a school

6. A professor will work with a better administrator at college while teachers will work with a bad administration at a school

7. A professor can teach for one or two days a week while a teacher needs to teach for five days a week

8. A professor can teach for one to three hours while a teacher needs to teach for six to eight hours

9. A professor may not need to take teaching exams while teachers need to take them

10. A professor may get better benefits than a teacher

11. A professor gets students that are interested in the subject that he or she teaches. A teacher gets students that are not interested in the subject that he or she teaches.

12. A professor can get more diverse students while teachers can get less diverse students

13. A professor needs to worry about paying for their education. Teachers need to worry about paying for their education, exams, substitute teaching license, and fingerprinting/criminal background check.

14. A professor gets to buy food from a restaurant at a college. A teacher needs to bring food, buy food from the school, or drive out of the school to get lunch. College food is better than school lunches.

15. A professor can give less homework and assessments to students. A teacher needs to give more homework and assessments to students.

16. Students like professors more than teachers

17. A professor does not need to care if a student is failing in his or her class. The student will always get blamed unless there is an emergency or problem that proves that the professor is bad. A teacher needs to care if a student is failing in his or her class. The teacher will always get blamed.

18. Professors do not need to worry about students taking standardized tests while teachers need to

19. Professors do not need to deal with students' parents while a teacher needs to

20. Colleges allow professors to teach during the summer. Most schools do not allow teachers to teach during the summer.

21. Professors can create their curriculum while teachers have to follow the school's curriculum.

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