UA Professors Read Their Own Reviews on Rate My Professor

University of Alabama professors read their own reviews from the website ratemyprofessors.com.
Filmed and edited by Holly Jackson, Video Editor.

[@shappuden6608]

She said "I know who this one is" that's my worst fear 😂

[@josephortega6080]

That person who wrote that must’ve get a chill down their spine when she said that no matter where they are 😰

[@madelynwintrick7577]

Shes lying lmao

[@ej9618]

Yeahhh I really doubt she knew who it was. Her response made me think she’s really unlikeable though!

[@radikaul]

Pretty sure she doesn’t 🤣

[@richardblackmore9351]

@@ej9618 a professor is t paid to like you. They are paid to challenge you to the best of your ability and to know what they are talking about.

[@singh13600]

This is like Celebrities Read Mean Tweets but so much more toxic. Love it.

[@dexterdedalo7577]

My man

[@singh13600]

@@dexterdedalo7577 gotta lay low bro we're garbage rn

[@ratyrat5]

because they dont get paid millions

[@thiagogregory1]

Yes!

[@dexterdedalo7577]

@@singh13600 Bruh, ikr

[@the2042]

I hate teachers who say "students rarely pass my class". Basically saying "I suck at my job"

[@zekicaneksi]

not always true. some classes are just hard and students can't take the fire and cry like bitches.

[@speedude0164]

@@zekicaneksi Not always true, but mostly

[@NickolaySheitanov]

@@zekicaneksi lol isn’t a teachers job to make sure the students know their info at all costs. Schools job being the same. Regardless of how hard a subject may be, you as a teacher having the rarely pass mentality means something is absolutely wrong with the way you teach or the student in any case should be the teachers responsibility to help the student figure the answer to that question. Hence their title teacher. So in fact he is right it just means you’re a trash teacher that cares for money and not who passes. Been there done that

[@zekicaneksi]

​@@NickolaySheitanov bullllllllshittttt some students are just pussies. that's all there is to it. in my university one class was hard. and by hard i mean you just need to learn the concepts and do a lot of practices basically so you can get your mind wrapped around the concept. and students were just fucking crying and quiting because they are too lazy. and most of the "you rarely pass from my class" mentality teachers also add the "but if you work regularly on time you'll have no problem" usually.

[@NickolaySheitanov]

@@zekicaneksi man im not gonna waste my time with idiots like you that don't know how to read. I said it could be the student's fault as well but when it comes to it fundamentally, you are the one paying for their service, and it's up to them to teach you. The schools not paying you you're paying them, if one oerson failed and you did their best that's fine, but having everyone fail means you are at fault and your curriculum set up. Do some students slack off? Sure, but you should still try to help as a teacher, you're the one being paid not them. Burden is on you. I hate talking about specific scenarios like yours, because if I did I have to demolish the school system as a whole and rebuild it. Teachers and schools care mostly about their paycheck and little else. Indoctrination is a staple in every classroom, and on top of it all you're paying for all of this. Has to be the scam of the century. School is the only business I know where you pay somebody to be the boss of you, where it is in fact the other way in real life. The person paying is always on top.

[@DeepSeas..]

“He puts his research far above his students” Based on his pause right after, I’d say there’s probably some truth to that

[@Ignasimp]

Taking into account most college professors are forced to teach so they are allowed to continue with their research it makes quite a lot of sense.

[@stanblank7579]

it looked to me he almost took it as a compliment lol

[@hengry2]

I mean hes not there because he wants to teach students, its more like required to teach because he wants to do research instead, so it makes sense to me.

[@rayiscoolandawesome]

They're not school teachers though

[@Blue71974]

@@rayiscoolandawesome so they shouldn't be teaching. Majoring in chemistry is an absolute nightmare when the teachers really don't care about anything other than their research and getting to have TAs they can use and abuse.

[@sophiel9533]

“I would not help underage students buy beer for instance” Something makes me think he’ll buy beer for his underage students idk....

[@jacobrobison7773]

That sounds like something you say because your Lawyer has advised you to repeat that during public statements or appearances

[@Elite_Biscuit_1]

2.7k likes and one comment

[@sophiel9533]

@@Elite_Biscuit_1 3 comments.

[@Elite_Biscuit_1]

@@sophiel9533 4 comments

[@eboyeman8457]

@@Elite_Biscuit_1 5 comments

[@Sabrina-wc7cp]

People use “u” in rate my professor because there is a character limit.

[@layneireland8222]

that's what I was thinking

[@WoahhTeamJacob]

Right.

[@vanessabirrueta6972]

Exactly

[@koalasaw]

I wish they would expand character limit

[@drewroan952]

A character limit on a reviewing app XD

[@Thefare1234]

In my experience, ratemyprofessor is accurate 90% of the time.

[@flibbettyjibbetts6766]

Yeah, no doubt. I think people always like to pull out the card of “oh the people making these comments are just butt hurt that they couldn’t do the work so they blame the teacher”, but most of the time, I find that the professors actually end up being bad or good in accordance with what is said on RMP. Kids are more honest than the public thinks lol.

[@skateraptor12]

Because 90 percent of professors suck and 100 percent of ratemyproffessor is negative

[@abhiprikhanra5830]

@@skateraptor12 lmao

[@aidanman8562]

Not really. It's just a bunch of angry retards on there most of the time.

[@karstynmcdaniel]

Yeah it's been accurate in my experience. Positive or negative or neutral.

[@abdel4455]

"He's an awesome guy, " (I like hearing that) "but just a really bad teacher" They had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@jeanettejmp]

😆😆

[@mihailwarsavski8849]

Cringe. Go back to reddit

[@abdel4455]

@@mihailwarsavski8849 Wow you're above memes. You must be really cool.

[@mihailwarsavski8849]

@@abdel4455 You’re a 12 year old redditor….🤢🤢 and you think you’re really funny… haha….?

[@abdel4455]

@@mihailwarsavski8849 First of all I'm 21, second I'm not on reddit, and third I never claimed to be funny. I just quoted a meme in case people would think it funny, and people did. The way that you're talking is very indicative of someone who thinks they're better than others for not liking a meme tho, so you must be either really young or really immature. If you don't like the joke then move on and do something else with your time other than going to random people and call them 12 year old redditors.

[@quinnlevy8996]

"'He's an awesome guy' now I like hearing that, 'just a really bad teacher'" *video immediately cuts to someone else*

[@rayhughes4803]

Absolutely, couldn't agree more

[@kiarareed5702]

I know that was hilarious! made me actually LOL

[@kaitlynkirk7234]

@@kiarareed5702 same here 😂😂

[@jinkstacks4830]

*cuts back to him wiping tears from his eyes*

[@darthbanana2110]

And in that split second you could see the light in his eyes just completely go out

[@RedSlime]

**gets triggered** insults grammar

[@wacksonjittemore4013]

***** Should have been "(And it's not the teacher.)"

[@wacksonjittemore4013]

***** Are you trolling? Rule 1 and 2a proves the point. "(and it's not the teacher)" is a separate sentence. You even excluded it from the first sentence by putting it after the period.

[@spidercranston9766]

It is okay to start an independent clause with a coordinating conjunction!

[@nme.00104]

lmao! weak done *dead*

[@blehblehblehdracula]

David Motherfucking Bowie, it’s rule 2a that supports your use of parenthetical phrasing... that said, you did still do it incorrectly, since the phrase still acts as a formal sentence, just within parenthesis. But, aside from that, I agree. (Bonus tip, don’t correct someone’s grammar if you don’t have a decent handling of it, yourself.) 😉

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

"Homework is awful and takes hours." Welcome to engineering, hoss.

[@connorcoultas9629]

For real when the engineering reviews said the class was hard…… Uh duh….

[@dh3913]

Worst part of Engineering, least in my case, was “puts his research far above his students” was true for like at least half the professors🙃

[@alejandrohernandez-pq4wu]

engineering is so easy ???

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

@@dh3913 You got that right. When you're an undergrad at a research school, you're nothing but a Ph.D. professor's waste of time. At least they had an army of grad students that could be used as a resource but they were a mixed bag, too.

[@poop101752]

Really unfortunate that not one prof was able to say “This is important feedback, i’m going to look into this and see how i can change so my students don’t feel like this”. They could be all talk, but not one of them even tried to lie and act like they cared about negative feedback.

[@Fairygoblet]

Could be because these clips are so brief. Maybe they said something like that and it didn't make it in. I agree that professors are not always good at taking feedback though.

[@gargantuangouda605]

Really unfortunate that you’re basing their attitudes on their first reactions to completely anonymous feedback that could be completely bogus, in a setting that is literally about entertainment and interviews that have been chopped down to bare snippets. You even assume they would need to lie to say they cared about the feedback. Maybe unfortunate isn’t the word I’m looking for… Dumb is probably closer to the mark.

[@qwertyman9560]

Most negative feedback is mediocre students taking out their frustrations on the instructors. There is always going to be some feedback which is genuine and valid, and others which are complete BS.

[@jadapinkett1656]

@@gargantuangouda605 Boomer trash

[@101Reykjavik]

Often teachers get very contradictory comments from students so it's hard to take them into account. One semester I had one student say the class was far too advanced and that I assumed my students had knowledge they didn't have and another saying the class was far too basic and the students already knew everything I was teaching. I try to point out extra material for more advanced students and another set for those who lack some background but I obviously can't teach two or more separate classes on the same subject to fit all students' needs, I'm already spending more time than I get payed for just to teach the one class properly.

[@vado4003]

"homework is awful" - engineering student BRAH WHAT DID U EXPECT

[@dsanzo]

Vado If you simply copy answers you don't learn. Who knew!

[@blueballedtech]

Seriously. If you don't work at what you're pursuing in college you're done.

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

Well, homework that would have to be self taught and never talked about in class before or after until a test.

[@tubervine1259]

@@vagabondwastrel2361 What many college students do not fully digest is that unlike their high school and grade school experiences, the college experience requires heavy independent reading as a means to prepare for a classroom discussion that MAY seem irrelevant unless one's preparation for the class is deep. Your professors' jobs include facilitation, coaching, enlightening, and taking students beyond the rote learning for which students are responsible.

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

@tubervine no clue why you put my name in the reply but you will be shocked to know how much useless things you are forced to learn. This is more of a practical answer of if you want legal advice ask a practicing lawyer not a phd in law. Supplemental information is just that. Supplemental.

[@unbunzz2350]

“She’s really nice, she just talks quick” She really does

[@eliteecho9383]

Notice how she ends up slowing down.

[@sanjanarohera]

She did that on purpose because there was no period in the sentences. She was just pointing out how badly it’s written. She talks about that in the beginning, takes a deep breath because she knows it’s going to run on and on and then deep breath again and mentions the lack of periods.

[@wydmark]

@@sanjanarohera ratio

[@sharp9150]

@@wydmark ???

[@rahulr1305]

@@sanjanarohera Yea...which makes it seem like her reaction to feedback is immature at best.

[@PeachyKeena_]

“He’s an awesome guy, just a really bad teacher.” I’ve said this about so many teachers. In 5 years of college I’ve only had one or two professors who I’ve actually enjoyed as teachers.

[@whatcanidooo]

The only reviews I take with a grain of salt are “the class is really hard.” Some classes are hard, that doesn’t necessarily mean the professor is bad. But things like “if you miss one class she will decide she hates you and treat you like shit for the rest of the term” are very much worth listening to, and I learned that the hard way lmao

[@winterapparel7540]

Y’all ever had a prof that takes PRIDE in failing their students

[@ruthtamasan579]

Me. He told us that half the class fails the first exam and people drop his class as a result. I wonder why people keep failing.

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

Me and my friend had this professor known for being an abhorrent bitch for different classes. My friend told me she came into the class first day and proudly said no one has gotten in A in her classes. It was a community college so no one else to switch to. I started earlier on a project because I knew she was hard. Spent a lot of money on supplies (fine arts student) I showed her and she told me I had to completely do it over because of a technical reason in the outline of the project. I had 5o leave the class to cry in the bathroom and pull myself together to figure out how to start a new project in a week.

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

Yess it's the saddest thing ever. Like why would you treat something like that as if it's an accomplishment?

[@fatimamagana2686]

My stats professor told us most students fail. I dropped the second week.

[@fatimamagana2686]

@@user-us1yu8gx9s awe idek why profs make life so hard like damn you were a student once

[@bobbob3649]

Some teachers are kind and passionate about teaching, and some are egos who like being in charge.

[@Bladings]

@@mr.stauffersnaturechannel4016 And? Why does thst make him a "dummy"?

[@donutsueme5937]

@@Bladings exactly! lol, Bob Bob’s right

[@imhere1303]

@@mr.stauffersnaturechannel4016 so?

[@frommarstosirius]

@@mr.stauffersnaturechannel4016 You agreed with him then called him dumb. I don’t think he’s the dumb one...

[@mattatron1629]

@@Bladings I think he has an ego, and likes being in charge

[@bia.M]

Rate my professor is super accurate. Every time I’ve went against the reviews and chosen a class with a professor that students warned against its been an immediate regret lol

[@emmuzboosh]

I’ve found different, one of mine’s rmp literally called him a creepy creep and he was fine, marked nicely.

[@ratchetnoobler6250]

Facts always been my experience 😭😭

[@riverseaman81]

The teachers who just complain about the poor grammar of the comment are showing us live why they so poorly rated

[@JOHN----DOE]

Actually, they are responding to petty irrelevance with more petty irrelevance. It should be rate whether you worked hard and learned something.

[@bog4543]

@@JOHN----DOE What?

[@morighani]

literally. she ignored the whole thing just to poke the grammar which was probably due to the limits the site sets on reviews. Imagine having her as a teacher and trying to raise a valid concern just for her to say “i’m not listening to anything you’re saying because i’m on my lunch right now. bye” complete bitch

[@oozly9291]

@@JOHN----DOE my god🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@kenziescout2343]

@@JOHN----DOE several of the "grammatically incorrect" comments were far from petty or irrelevant. But if you make fun of and put down other ways of communicating I guess the real points they make don't sting as bad.

[@madic15]

i always look at rate my professors before registering for classes period. not once has it failed me

[@banardadams8776]

Same

[@avap9134]

Yep and recommend to others 👊

[@banardadams8776]

@@avap9134 some schools have their grade distributions online. It basically shows every teacher and every class and how many students got which grade. My school does it, but not all.

[@obsbarlos]

Facts but i have ran into professors I didn't like

[@lyricxlmxchi8676]

Same

[@josedanielherrera7115]

Some people can't take criticism, they can only give it.

[@pawelwityk1963]

yup truth hurts

[@DdDd-zo2ll]

:)

[@jessicovers69420]

True

[@aaronrashid2075]

_So generous_ lol

[@nisemono1625]

Especially English teachers

[@NimbleFPS]

The salty teachers are the ones talking about people's grammar on the internet. They know it's true.

[@nicholastufano8302]

Like atleast if they taught grammar it’d be different, does the history teacher not know how stupid she sounds

[@emiliodelbozo3155]

This comment section is the world's best RateMyProffesor ad.

[@trent210]

It’s funny how the ones who couldn’t take criticism think that these aren’t actually being used every single semester by students to determine who they are choosing for profs.

[@gericko4931]

and a common way of evading those comments was they saying things like "the puntuation is all wrong, capital letters all over the place, no dots , etc" and not actually responding to those complains, lol

[@nyahcat1379]

@@gericko4931 right lmao it's not a formal paper or anything it's a student website. Common sense dictates that in an informal setting, any syntax is acceptable as long as it is understandable. Since that professor fixated on an irrelevant flaw instead of the actual criticism its safe to say that she's actually a shit professor.

[@krismine99]

@@gericko4931 Let's be real. People who use "u" instead of "you" are probably the ones on their phone throughout the class and always complain that they never learned anything or that something wasn't taught, even though you're getting A's and were there just as much as them.

[@Armoliver]

@@krismine99 No u r just assuming that. Im a top 5% in my school and still use u instead of you when I text. You aren't an FBI profiler

[@dlcdaniel705]

@@Armoliver as university student with an actual 4.0 GPA (averaging around 95-97% in every class) I agree. I only ever use "you" in a professional setting like emails, papers, messages to bosses, cover letters and resumes. On an app or to a friend or family memeber, I hardly use "you." 😂 the use of text language does not equate your education level.

[@strangedays871]

I can see why they liked the last guy. He looks like the type of professor that as long as you show up you pass.

[@Someone-sq3kq]

+Strange Days he is

[@KillaTequilla83]

+Strange Days he was hot

[@FF-dv6ti]

everyone got A+ in his class

[@galgreen3749]

What is his instagram write please 🤣

[@davidcottrell1308]

yup...that is a big consideration among students who don't really want to work....

[@bobp1016]

When I was in college I relied on rate my professor and most reviews are very accurate. Yes, some students leave bad reviews for great professors, but if there are 100 reviews, and most of them are bad, most likely you will get a bad professor. I had to take a couple of professors that had bad reviews because their class was the only one available, and I usually agreed with the reviews. These professors need to realize that most of the time these are real honest opinions and they should take it to heart.

[@politicalmemes1296]

To be honest rate my professor has been a good tool for me so far. You just need to watch out for the people who obviously didn’t take the class seriously.

[@D3vious38]

Rate my professors reviews have been 100% accurate and saved me many times while I've been in college. It's been my bible and savior! Good teachers were good bad ones were terrible. Listen to the reviews they're surprisingly honest.

[@nme.00104]

think they are too, took a biology course and all the reviews said one teacher was bad and another was good. checked back after the semester ended, the one who had the bad reviews had even more.

[@greenelephant1231]

@@nme.00104 Nah Rate my professors is inaccurate. All the bad teachers have good reviews

[@nme.00104]

greenelephant1231 I used it and the reviews were right, the biology course I took I made an A. In the second part, I took the other instructor (the one with the bad reviews,) dropped her course after 2 days. mess on top of a mess, (wouldn't give reviews, left the test for only 1 day at the testing center etc.) thankfully, the instructor I took for the first part had a flex term course so I enrolled in that one.

[@dimkacracker]

eh some teachers I took that had like a 2 turned out okay even though I had to teach myself.

[@dom6127]

Took a class once without looking at rate my professor and suffered in it. Turns out, he had a 1.2 rating and I dropped out with a W.

[@hayleymassingham1266]

You can just tell how good of a teacher they are based on their response to the comments

[@paulinarios3665]

That doesn’t mean anything....

[@VS-Violet]

@@paulinarios3665 I'd say otherwise, probably the most important part of teaching quality is interacting with people who don't understand or are a bit difficult, if you get defensive from criticism it could indicate you'd do the same when someone wants help or says I'm lost

[@SkillUpMobileGaming]

@@VS-Violet Not really. They are being recorded for KZbin and are not in the teaching environment that they are used to. Also, these are only small clips edited together for this video - the rest of their comments and reactions are not shown for whatever reason Holly Jackson, the video editor, decided (their reason could be anywhere from "it's not interesting enough to show" to "it gives a bad impression about our school"). I don't think that making split-second judgments about professors based on seconds-long edited clips taken in a non-teaching environment makes any sense to do. If anything, saying that you can "tell" how good or bad a professor is based on these short clips speaks to how effective first impressions are. If all it takes are seconds of someone reading a comment to make up your mind about who they are, I'm talking to you.

[@Nezumi--]

yeh that's true, usually ones quick to retaliate have ego on their side. it means they're less likely to actually listen to a student - and more likely to expect respect instead of focusing on earning it. i hated that attitude from teachers when i was a kid, and in part, it was one of the reasons i ended up quitting studying to be a teacher; the egos were so big there was little room left for those who actually prioritized students' learning. i tutor a few subjects privately now instead, so i don't have to deal with over-sized children with big egos... no wait that's insulting to children, kids are generally displaying ego that's age-appropriate. hm.. anyway. i don't deal with them (woot) and if i get negative criticism from a student, my first reaction isn't to nitpick their grammar coz that would make me look like a fool. I'd immediately be thinking, "huh, why'd they say that? i don't like hearing it, but is it possibly true? Maybe i need to pay more attention to this area and see if there's something i can work on." who knows maybe in this area having low self-esteem is useful. (feedback in general is actually that i'm one of the preferred teachers and i've never ever raised my voice at a child in over 13 yrs of teaching)

[@jdub7469]

I’d bet money that half of these professors suck

[@SomeGal]

Interesting how some of the professors that read the negative reviews then spoke critically of the reviewer. Paraphrased, "They didn't even use a period at the end of their sentence."

[@Victor-tl4dk]

Why would they even read the review then?

[@SomeGal]

@@Victor-tl4dk So the professors can receive feedback.

[@khadim4allah]

I love the one where she reads it all as one sentence and at the end says “well I guess it’s not even a sentence since there’s not a period at the end”

[@gurnoorreh1401]

she sounds so full of shit like. just because they didnt use proper grammar doesnt deduct from their criticism of u lol

[@Supertasticisaword]

@@gurnoorreh1401 agreed, any academic who focuses on grammar/punctuation/style over content is just pushing old-school, classist, racist bullshit.

[@odeode4338]

History prof, what else did you expect

[@ViAikBreeck]

@@Supertasticisaword ???????????????

[@anastasiareed360]

"I cheated on her final and still did bad" well.. Wonder why..

[@Makiaveli01]

That’s actually kind of embarrassing I wouldn’t have admitted that in public 😂

[@shappuden6608]

@@Makiaveli01 that's how you know the shit was hard though 😂

[@antran4465]

@@shappuden6608 Nah man, I bet at least 30% of the class does well on that exam =]

[@thevigamerpixerlator]

@@antran4465 30 is too low. That's less than 1 in 3. Especially considering that you're statistically more likely to be in the 50 percentile, you have quite a low chance of doing well even with intense studying.

[@Logan-dc1fv]

@@antran4465 30% is not good if you want to teach your students how to learn

[@olympian00]

I think one of the downsides of Rate My Professor is that sometimes students will say a professor is way too hard, when it's actually not the professor at all. sometimes the subject is actually hard to understand for that student. I absolutely suck at anything related to physics, but my physics teachers never were horrible, it was just a hard concept for me to understand.

[@itsthemcornellj]

Very true. RMP can be very biased, especially when it comes to students who don't do any work and then want to bash the teacher. I usually will go visit the professor before I sign up for their class and gauge my likeness for them through that.

[@ZombieWeiss]

I'm in school at the moment and have noticed that a lot of the time the students who say the teachers are really hard are also the ones who aren't turning up to classes, don't study and don't complete work on time.

[@AbbieGirl46]

I agree, if everyone on a professors page says don't take the professor I don't take. But if you or two people say the class is hard I still take it and sometimes find it wasn't very hard if I applied myself. It is still good to take that information into consideration though.

[@briangc1972]

A good teacher should be able to break down the concepts as to make the subject easier to comprehend. A bad teacher makes a hard subject harder. Professors should make the subject easy to learn, not focus on making the class difficult to pass.

[@tubervine1259]

@@briangc1972 I agree, but it would sure be nice if more students would come to classes prepared. It doesn't help anyone when class sizes continue to increase, faculty are required to teach more classes than they should while meeting their service and research demands as well in order to mitigate ever decreasing budgets, but the joy of a good classroom experience is impossible if only 1-2 participants truly prepare for each class meeting. Careful reading and note-taking needs to occur not only of assigned texts and articles but of material that has not been assigned. Those who go above and beyond are the A-students (just like A-employees), and the more a group of students is prepared, the better the experience in the classroom and the deeper the learning.

[@sophiethee]

I had one teacher who's review stated that they would recommend him to no one, and that he was a terrible teacher. One review even said "I would rather stick my face in a campfire than take another class by him". I wish I had listened. Only teacher who's ever made me cry from confusion and frustration.

[@Helperbot-2000]

thats awful, how the hell did they get that job?!

[@lukas.caldwell]

The University of Alabama is literally just a football team with a “university” attached

[@lx5tgp]

Sounds like you know literally nothing about the topic at all. Stop trying before you do some research, bud.

[@SanjayVinayak]

Alabama home of the dumbest

[@lx5tgp]

@@SanjayVinayak But aren't you literally Indian? LOL 😂

[@Tupelo927]

@@lx5tgp If that was an attempt at humor, you missed the mark. Badly.

[@lx5tgp]

@@Tupelo927 It wasn't an attempt at humor, it's just pointing out the irony in an Indian person making a statement about intelligence. Speaking of making a statement about intelligence, it seems you weren't too gifted in that department.

[@MYVloliDiruJP]

They write the letter you as “u” because they give you an allotted amount of letters that you’re allowed to write. That includes periods and spaces. I would know.

[@okas425]

How come some students wrote longer paragraphs then

[@MYVloliDiruJP]

Kosausrk they didn’t. They most likely didn’t include the whole readings of some of the reviews thereby making others seem longer. Go and try and review someone yourself so you can see the amount of words allowed

[@katefromouttaspace378]

She was so smug, it was offputting.

[@alexadesantiago1059]

same lol

[@joshurlay]

I literally tried to tear a professor apart on ratemyprofessor last week. The character count is so small that you have to choose between honest critique of the professor and tips to succeed in the class. Can't give meaningful input when I'm guaranteed to choose to tell people what study material will go the farthest for them.

[@sethupperman2353]

Why is no one talking about how absolutely BAKED the last dude looks

[@ryno710]

That’s why he’s the ‘trillest’

[@buckbeltzer6137]

he lives in alabama lol. i would expect nothing less

[@sebastianalvarado2390]

Omg I was scrolling through the comments and saw this as he came up and was like yea he does xD

[@margievanpetten888]

ikr like i was looking for a comment abt it lmao

[@puhbrox]

Dank

[@ZoZo-fh6tq]

engineering is like ancient samurai training u need to have extreme patience and discipline for dealing with unfair shit

[@arianahelvie9897]

In my experience, I was not very impressed with a lot of my college professors. I now work as an elementary school teacher, and I am surrounded daily by professionals who work extremely hard to teach in a way that every student can understand and be challenged. In college I have found that so many classes are just reading powerpoints aloud and explaining assignment parameters. That wouldn't engage anybody. I understand that college students are adults and may not need all of the stimulation that primary students would need...but I still feel like with how much a college education costs that professors in general should be putting more time and energy into teaching their students in an engaging way, examining themselves and their teaching practices, etc.

[@MrTheclevercat]

You work in an environment that cares more about pushing activism and bullshit like identity politics. Teachers working extremely hard to challenge every student? The only thing you challenge is their gender identities.

[@Ignasimp]

@@MrTheclevercat as a high school teacher I'm seeing an extraordinary decline in education in all levels. Students arrive to highschool not knowing a single thing. And they arrive at college not kowing things older generations knew after middle school. The education i received was midway into decadence, now it is complitelly terrible.

[@horushyperion76]

Yo I thought the same thoughts going to college, I have engaged more in HS and learn more than any shit this semester. I got the occasional boring video in HS atleast we did cryptography and roleplay. College just seems like a place to prove you can memorize and do problems really fast, which employers don't want otherwise the college graduates wouldn't be bartenders and baristas while there jobs available.

[@noon4593]

It's so important to have actual engaging courses in PAID, JOB-TRAINING HIGHER EDUCATION.....there are really good people are working in public K-12 that try to uplift their students in a skewed society so they even have a chance to make it into a meaningful career for them. Then those kids get to college and realize it's an economic and networking game that favors some more than others - very little to do with preparing you the best for your career. It's a shame that professors are tenured and paid better to do the bare minimum most of the time, while public k-12 teachers struggle to afford even supplies yet they put in 10x the effort.

[@AlexanderNixonArtHistory]

I agree; I learn the names of all my students and spend the whole class asking questions related to images we are learning about (art history)

[@dylanmcgowan3737]

Notice how a lot of teachers accept the good and refuse to believe the negatives. Many just want validation an a pat on the back. Calling out grammar as a defense mechanism, that's halarious.

[@liamtaylor9806]

@@donaldscott9909 no u

[@helenavasic9989]

Same teachers that know countless people fail and think it’s because they didn’t try enough and can’t admit they should put more effort into teaching/ try and new strategy.Had a prof say on the first day that after a while no one comes to the lectures but those that do come do way better on the exam. Guess who didn’t go and still got a really good mark because KZbin taught me 100x better than her?

[@Corey1873]

A lot of those negatives were personal attacks. "She's not funny" and "He puts his research above his students" are they suppose to just accept it?

[@SF-cq3lh]

@@Corey1873 the first one is a legitimate critique, as no one wants to listen to a person try to make unfunny jokes; it’s really hard to pay attention when you’re cringing. As for the second, in what way is that illegitimate? If he doesn’t pay enough attention to students, then that’s a serious issue, and warrants a critique.

[@Corey1873]

@@SF-cq3lh Is her entire lesson plan jokes? Not to mention them being unfunny is a matter of opinion. I doubt her jokes were that bad and frequent that it's going to negatively affect someone's ability to pass the class. I didn't say it was illegitimate. I said it was a personal attack that nobody is going to just accept lying down because someone said it about them. Of course he's going to respond.

[@kailalynch1223]

The reviews in rate my professor are extremely honest because students are there to help students pass! It's been completely accurate for every teacher I've taken.

[@astrid5644]

My favorite review was “I drive to his class without my seatbelt buckled bc l hope I’ll wreck and die before I get there”

[@lolfucku3251]

@@astrid5644 LMAOOOOO

[@erikadominguez2420]

This is so true reality is just hard pill to swallow sometimes 😂

[@gargantuangouda605]

Students aren’t interested in helping students pass. They’re just taking pot shots at professors they don’t like because they can do it anonymously and they think it’s entirely their fault they didn’t do well. It’s literally the professors job to teach. I don’t know how it is everywhere else but at my university when I need help i book in time with the lecturers to get help. Funnily enough when students put in the effort the lecturers are more than happy. When they’re lecturing 50+ adults, they can’t hold everybody’s hand. Students need to take some responsibility.

[@kailalynch1223]

@@gargantuangouda605 Well I'm currently a student and that's how it is for me and some other students I've talked to. I leave reviews on teachers for the same reason I leave reviews on other services. I want other customers to have a better experience than I did. I also leave reviews, beacause other people's reviews have helped me find a good teacher, and I want to return the favor. Maybe some students just want to rant, but I've seen a ton a very honest and positive reviews. Also, for some schools, it's the professor's secondary job to teach. I live by a research University and there, the professor's first job is to research, not teach. And just because it is someone's job, doesn't mean they do that job very well.

[@megganmills6780]

Their reactions are exactly why they have no chili peppers. 😂 Not a single, "maybe I should revise some things" response. Very telling.

[@lloydkjose9839]

I use this website to choose certain classes. My experience: 1. Best rated classes do not fail to satisfy 2. Some of mediocre rated classes are actually very good and I rated 5/5 for them. 3. Only some of worst rated professors are worst.

[@Victor-tl4dk]

There are ways to do rhetorical analysis/ other analysis to find the bad ones. For ex. this one math teacher had very low reviews at first glance. But there were reasons to for me to think that the rev. weren't corr. On the other hand, there is this csc teacher who also had bad reviews and I knew he was likely going to decide to teach very poorly, but I still took him b/c he was the only class still open. Turned out I was correct. The math teacher turned out to be one who really loves what she does and teaches well. (The main thing in this was probably that most students don't come from rigorous schools- especially students in trig. math and so they struggle along with trying to adapt to college) The csc teacher, on the other hand, constantly berates us, creates a sick learning environment, strictly makes sure we do only his style of prog.- down to spaces, intimidates us, etc. etc. etc. So my point is that for the worst profs. the reviews are still very useful if you decide to think about them critically.

[@dasgnsdjflbka]

They can’t see the irony of the inability to take criticism. Egooooooos

[@antimatter31]

You are GARBAGE

[@wanderingoldsoul420]

@@antimatter31 Looks like we have a poorly rated professor in our midst. Boo hoo.

[@fyoutube2294]

I think it’s because a lot of these “criticisms” could just stem off someone doing poorly in the class and being upset about it even though they cheated and didn’t actually do any of the work. Of course there is some valid ones too

[@summer-ht3gk]

@@fyoutube2294 that's true but only if there are just a few negative comments. If u get more criticism than positiv feedback u should reconsider ur teaching skills and maybe listen to ur students. They are not all stupid haters and not all teachers are good. So if u find out that ur are considered a bad teacher try to be open and make some changes.

[@fyoutube2294]

@@summer-ht3gk you got me there

[@pianofry1138]

I like the engineering profesors. They aren't totally butthurt about everything and they have a sense of humor.

[@lukaskarlsson9168]

Is an engineering profrssor holding you at gunpoint or what?

[@danielmaster8776]

It's a person by person basis. All of my science teachers/professors were good. The same may not be true for other students.

[@pianofry1138]

@@lukaskarlsson9168 No, I get not all engineering profesors are nice (I know firsthand) but these ones seem to be. That being said I do know a lot of Liberal Arts professors with a stick up their ass and this video backs it up.

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

Engineering is a discipline that is based on logic, math, and rational thought. Most people who teach the subject will be real. Real people are much less likely to get butthurt.

[@Jeremy-sj3pr]

Most engineering professors are grumpy with no personalities whatsoever or extremely outgoing.

[@bkitteh6295]

I absolutely love this. Having faculty read their reviews is so refreshing! I wonder if I would be able to do so with such grace and good humor on camera. My default is to read them alone at night in darkened room while quietly sobbing or laughing hysterically. I spend the remainder of my break questioning my career choices. 😏

[@uRDM]

i'm glad you at least read them of your own volition! Has a review ever spurred you to alter your teaching methods in any major way?

[@zoeenquist507]

I love how instead of addressing what they’re saying about the class, half the professors are just talking about the grammar 🤦‍♀️

[@84Rodgers]

"Trillest" must mean, "the most stoned looking professor I have ever seen".

[@chinezeFURY]

Well they aren't wrong haha

[@YogiSizzle]

I play basketball with that guy at the University Rec Center all the time. He's crazy good, I had no idea he was a professor.

[@wifauldi1]

Compleatly agree with you this guy looks like a maui wowie, I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints kind of guy.

[@alltimeSKYLER]

Trill= Real + True

[@xbox7]

XD

[@pabsz5903]

Some talking with an attitude sound like they're in denial when reading critisms, as well those commenting on the poor english as if that's all they have to fight back with

[@clarat689]

I agree, I can tell the comments may have poor English, but most likely were not wrong lol

[@mymak-jq1hy]

Pabs z I think the professors are mentioning the irony of a student in college criticizing an educator with incorrect language. If you can't write an opinion in a coherent sentence, then it's not worth much.

[@EmantheHeartbreak]

mymak2015 That's not necessarily true. A point is a point. When people aren't being graded for grammar on the Internet, some are gonna slack on it. Some of teachers were just being defensive.

[@Infinite_Jester]

Why would you have to be graded in order to feel like you need write in a comprehensible manner?

[@wacksonjittemore4013]

Tripticket - The comments are comprehensible. Comprehension is about understanding the point, not about impeccable grammar.

[@Antraeon-my1yp]

"A tad eccentric" - Decides to read it in the most eccentric way possible.

[@danathomas3479]

Can I say? The one class I took that at the time, I was so bored, but almost 10 years later it’s the most important information that I have learned!!!! It actually made my life better!!! For what ever it’s worth. Thank you

[@nknd8630]

My favorite review I read on rate my professor is this "you will get an A in this class, you won't know why"

[@allidoismaladaptivedaydrea983]

I found the person in the comments who wrote that lmao

[@CrimsonLegacy]

Another commenter said the exact same thing. Did you just copy it?

[@mangss9602]

@@CrimsonLegacy this Isn’t a research project buddy this is a yt comment section. Get your mind outta da fuckin gutter. It doesn’t matter if he copied it

[@CrimsonLegacy]

@@mangss9602 Chill buddy. I was scrolling down the comments and thought it was funny that I read the same comment twice by 2 different people, so I thought I'd ask a simple question. Is that ok with you?

[@mangss9602]

@@CrimsonLegacy dam I must’ve been super pissed off when I wrote that comment lmfao. God damm

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

I have used Rate My Professor for every semester and it's never wrong. If they say don't take that professor, don't take them. Everytime I went against the advice the experience was miserable. Especially if they use words like "ego", "attitude", or "condescending". Drop the class as soon as you can because that teacher will only waste your time and money, and they will pat themselves on the back after you fail.

[@paulinarios3665]

The last sentence:(

[@user-jd5vi6dd1r]

You want a teacher that wants their students to pass with good understanding of the subject, not fail.

[@4everbuffylover]

I agree to an extent, but the problem is that since you didn’t take them, you have no idea if the reviews were accurate. The ones where you went against advice could have just been the exception or you could have gone in already thinking the worst of them. The only people who care enough to review are the people who are unhappy.

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

@@4everbuffylover It'd be a pretty significant coincidence that every rating I ignored the advice of (I've done it numerous times as I often have to get desperate for math and science classes being a STEM major) were just exceptions. Typically their behavior accurately mirrors the student accounts on Rate Your Professor. I understand your point and agree somewhat, but if the teacher made that many people unhappy, I want to know why. I've seen negative ratings though where students admit the professor is nice but that they just aren't effective at teaching. There are still plenty of students (I being one of them) that review teachers positively. There wouldn't be professors with good or decent scores if that weren't the case.

[@Young-lw6yd]

@@4everbuffylover I definitely understand where you’re coming from. You just never know until you try. I think since the classes aren’t free obviously, you kinda have to go off those unhappy people. I would rather skip out on a potentially good experience than go to that course and be miserable. Dropping out or failing is just not worth it to me. Both your time and your money.

[@danigirlm]

I’ve never been to any of their classes but you can tell by how they responded to the negative ones that they’re actually a bad teacher

[@matthewhutchison3964]

“Homework takes hour” “Engineering” Well, it’s fucking engineering, don’t know the student expected 😂

[@dbackscott]

If all it took was one difficult class to persuade you to switch away from an engineering major, that professor did you a favor.

[@manictiger]

Man, if I had a class teaching stock trading, these kids would be flocking to become wage slaves. COFFEE IS FOR CLOSERS! IT TAKES BRASS BALLS! IF YOU CAN'T CLOSE THE LEADS YOU'RE GIVEN, YOU CAN'T CLOSE SHIT! HIT THE BRICKS! WHO THE FUCK AM I? I'M THE GUY WHO'S WATCH IS WORTH MORE THAN YOUR ENTIRE YEARLY INCOME! THAT'S WHO I AM! Etcetera.

[@williamshatt8523]

I kind of agree. my major was really hard, only the ones who could really do it got though.

[@l33td00d17]

My first engineering class made me hate other engineers.

[@danielmaster8776]

@@l33td00d17 Why? Is it like disagreement on how to build things? "No! I'm doing it my way!"

[@justcallmeteacup4711]

Mmm I somewhat agree. Your resolve should be stronger. However I used to hate Chemistry because the teacher I had in high school sucked. Once I got to college and took intro to Chemistry with a professor who genuinely loved the subject, I learned to appreciate it as well and am now pursuing a science major

[@lilrabbitcuz]

Professor at my old university had a lot of his reviews deleted. He always said they were inaccurate but they were accurate as fuck. Dude has a 90% fail rate and he’s proud of it. If you go on there now you will only see two good reviews. Talk about crazy

[@fatimamagana2686]

They can have it erased?

[@lilrabbitcuz]

@@fatimamagana2686 from what I see yep. It has a button on there that you can get it taken away just state a reason. He’s had A LOT taken down.

[@paulinarios3665]

@@lilrabbitcuz that should be illegal

[@helenavasic9989]

that’s sad I hate when they are proud of the fact they are failing at helping people learn

[@fokinmohena]

90% fail rate? How is that even allowed

[@born2drum1]

Rate my professor has been the single greatest tool I’ve come across to help me succeed in college. Wish I would’ve known about it before my first year though 😂

[@freaking_out]

You can tell which teachers are actually humble and enjoy teaching and which ones have an ego and only like teaching because of the power it gives them. That last guy seems awesome would definitely want him as a professor.

[@maxcohen13]

Keep in mind that college professors do not need _any_ training to actually teach. It's implied that knowing about the subject is the same as being able to teach it. I've met FAR too many bad teachers during my college years.

[@TrevorMerrillD]

+maxcohen13 um....what? lol. This isn't true at all and if you knew anything about the education system you would know that. You also probably went to a community college instead of a university. There's a huge difference. Though, no matter what, you're going to get shitty teachers, that's just how it goes. There's not enough of them out there for schools to be super picky all the time.

[@maxcohen13]

Trevor Merrill _"Though, no matter what, you're going to get shitty teachers, that's just how it goes. There's not enough of them out there for schools to be super picky all the time."_ Thank you for proving my point.

[@TrevorMerrillD]

maxcohen13 no your point was that teachers dont need any qualifications to teach, which is inaccurate and you can just google that.

[@hard_celery5583]

+Trevor Merrill He said training to teach. Having a PhD doesn't mean you were trained to teach.

[@pikherz]

+maxcohen13 I actually dislike Professors that don't know their stuff well but explain the little they know easily more than professors that know their stuff well but explain it difficultly. As long as a professor provides interesting and correct information he is a good professor. Your job as a student is to learn it and his job is to provide it, just like a book (not to explain it to the last idiot like in elementary school). The worst thing is a professor repeating himself because he has so little to say or simply teaching wrong things. It is either annoying or takes unnecessary time to figure out.

[@monicaf.5105]

Grammar is probably bad because the website only allows you so much space to type.

[@nme.00104]

agree! I think it's a max of 75-100 words. they should increase it to at least 200 words.

[@TheMinarus]

Exactly lmao..

[@Olivia-W]

... You could write down points, e.g. + engaging prof + good office hours - hard class - lots of homework

[@overkillblackjack2910]

I don't believe poor grammar results from lack of space at all. However, it can easily result from not taking your time and not knowing proper grammar.

[@cee2485]

@@overkillblackjack2910 it’s always nice to fit in an extra thought or two at the expense of punctuation and grammar, but regardless, who cares? People are just trying to get their point across, not write an English paper. They could have a good understanding of proper grammar and still write “u” instead of “you”.

[@TrendingMezz]

They way the teachers read their mean teaches and respond to it shows me a lot. The last prof was the genuine one who trys to help u.

[@AshleyMedina85]

The “he’s an awesome guy just a bad teacher”😂💀

[@jordand.6032]

you could tell what struck a nerve when they started nitpicking grammar😂

[@mattz5802]

Some of the professors commented on the grammar and short hand words.I don't think they understand that there is a pretty small character limit on what you can write.

[@miguelconstantino-guzman7957]

Also: denial. Denial is the biggest reason the Criticized cannot take criticism because of their ways.

[@nflynn]

Guy at the end is baked out of his mind, my man!

[@fidelianerina]

I learned never to listen to what people rated professors too heavily. In my first college before I transferred, I took a music class since it was required and the only one that fit into my schedule was with a professor with a 1 rating, everyone hated her because she was "strict" and "rude". She turned out to be my favorite professor in that whole school! As long as you were on time, did your work, payed attention in class, didn't have your phone out she was perfectly fine. She would only get mad when people sat there texting and coming in late all the time. Which is 100% understandable. We had a very tiny class, started with around 10 people and by the end of week 1 it was just 5 or so of us left. Aside from having my laptop out the first day (I hadn't known technology wasn't allowed until she told me) I was the only student to never get yelled at. I was even at class before her most of the times. The other few students got lectured a lot about being late or having their phones out, or no text book. Sometimes if you just take the time to accept the professors rules and do what is required of you, a professor will be a whole lot better experience. I think in that whole college I met only 1 other student who also loved her as a professor. He took her every chance he could. I would have done the same had I not transferred.

[@thomasfisher1829]

I love it whenever a professor tries to negate the fact that all their reviews are shit with "Well there's no punctuation, so they're just dumb." It just proves that they really are a bad teacher, and they are also unable to come to terms with that fact, and will try to blame their failure on others.

[@putinsucks6563]

for real. bad punctuation just means they dont get taken seriously

[@enneff]

+Thomas Fisher To be fair, any college student should know how to write clearly before they reach college. It's not a professor's responsibility to make sure their students meet the minimum course requirements. It's no surprise that people who are unequipped for a college education should have a bad time, regardless of the teacher.

[@TheMrTFish]

+Andrew Gerrand I never said it was the burden of the professor to teach punctuation, but yes, people should definitely know that before going to college. I'm just pointing out that the lack of punctuation in a teacher review does not change the subject matter of the review in any way. Rather than come to terms with subject matter that they dont like, most professors would much rather divert attention to somewhere elseto distract from their own failures

[@TheFalloutShot96]

+Andrew Gerrand it's faster to avoid grammar and still get the point across. Older people don't understand that

[@enneff]

+TheFalloutShot96 faster for the author. Not for the reader. If you don't care about making yourself understood clearly then I agree spelling and grammar are not important.

[@reubenfuchs2747]

“He’s an awesome guy,” I like hearing that😊 “...just a really bad teacher”🙂

[@mimries9612]

*glass shattering sound effect*

[@skye3721]

The one professor I had who told us to ignore what rate my professor had to say… was the one where the low reviews made the most sense. On the flip side though, one of my favorite professors also had several low scores… so who knows.

[@bbypink9844]

I like how some of these professors went and proved the bad reviews right-no thanks! I admire the ones who took it well

[@I_discovered_civilization]

Most professors lack humility and self awareness.

[@j.s.3414]

Most students are entitled douche bags. You all balance each other out...the yin to each other's yang.

[@TheSeveredTongues]

J. S. this is the wisest comment here

[@okfalcon6444]

Whereas students are wise, humble, and self-aware. And all without having lived much beyond teen-hood, if that. . Let the teachers anonymously evaluate you on your personality, appearance, effort, etc (without knowing you except in class)instead of openly completely giving one accountable grade and see how you’d like their comments.

[@martywatts7274]

@@j.s.3414 well this new generation I agree

[@snuball65]

Most true statement ever

[@tristananvilcaster]

Last guy is blazed

[@TylerHNothing]

+tristananvilcaster so trill

[@danieldotson7031]

"My students like me as a teacher because I double as their dealer."

[@KibatsuMusic]

+tristananvilcaster nigga is super duper blazed

[@EagleLogic]

+tristananvilcaster Was going to comment this but low and behold it's the first comment haha.

[@reflectionofpower8339]

He's definitely baked!

[@jessicacaron5084]

"I know who that is" struck terror into the heart of one specific college student

[@grimftl]

When I were a lad, the best teachers were usually grad students that were teaching assistants (with a few exceptions). It's also true that profs and instructors usually receive little or no teacher training - but it is a different environment. Until you finish high school, it's on the teacher to get you to learn. Once you're in post-secondary, it's almost entirely on the student - that said, a prof can't just say "Read chapter 3, text next Friday." I taught post-secondary (algebra) and I bent over backwards to make it easy to understand (I actually have secondary teacher cert, btw). But, the fact is, a certain percentage of students have no desire to put in the effort.

[@JesseDanLee]

One of our professors read out some of his personal favorite Rate My Professor reviews. Number one on his list read: " U F**K ".

[@maxgomez4909]

Now i see why some professors dont bother to improve their teaching.

[@delasoul2875]

They should improve if the students are giving feedback for other students to avoid them.

[@maxgomez4909]

@@delasoul2875 agree

[@danielmaster8776]

@@delasoul2875 And normally I'd think that Rate My Professor is a morally gray site. You know, believing in bad reviews of professors when you don't even know them. Imagine if they had something like that for high school teachers, the outrage. But I realize college classes cost money, so I can see why people wouldn't want a professor that will fail them.

[@karinalumen9722]

@@danielmaster8776 its not just about a professor who will fail them, some people really want to learn, and some professors just want to dictate

[@AW-ue2ls]

During my undergraduate’s studies, I offend used this site to gauge the teaching style and character of the professors I was considering taking courses with. In my opinion, some of the reviews were accurate and some weren’t. I found that many student ran into trouble with several professors, especially, when they went to new classes with the “My other professors didn’t make us or ask us to do XYZ” mentality.

[@ronaryxandermwaba1008]

"she is really nice, just talks quick" proceeds to talk quick even struggles to catch breath.

[@gabriellewright2]

Why are they just defending themselves rather than being like hmm maybe I need to look into changing some of my teaching strategies? They just criticize the students back. Being able to learn is JUST as important as being able to teach. Wish professors would realize even if youre the Einstein of a field, that doesn't mean your teaching is equal. Ugh

[@TheStillWalkin]

Because the "criticism" was too vague. How are you going to improve by learning that you are a bad teacher, or that your class is difficult. When you criticise someone be precise not vague. Example: class is too difficult because the exam time is too short, or the book to the lecture is not explaining the problems in an approachable way

[@nataliem5425]

Cause 1. A lot of reviews will go from really bad to really good, with some students praising what others hate, and 2. People are more likely to go out of their way to review a negative experience than a positive one. teachers cant take every ratemyprofessor review to heart because they're often contradictory and represent a small sample of experiences

[@music-by-storm]

@@TheStillWalkin this would be ideal, but unfortunately most professor-rating systems don't allow unlimited character space. Even my university's own rating system that was required at the end of each semester only gave us a certain amount of words that we could use to give our feedback. If your criticisms are really valid, that space gets used up way too quickly. I would know.

[@keegangold9765]

Because you can’t please everyone. Walk a mile in a prof’s shoes and I suspect you’d realize that. They have anonymous evaluations which get attention, not this one-sided stuff. Being publicly reviewed can be detrimental to mental health (there are studies on this) unless you have thick skin.

[@michellewest6929]

@@keegangold9765 So can and mostly is a teacher’s attitude to students.

[@samanthaxie3553]

Students can write "u" and "r" because they can. It is the professor's job to be professional not the students who are casually typing. They expect us to take far worse criticism yet they can't handle any to better themselves. They wonder why we don't like them

[@alexanderougai4899]

A review is not casual writing.

[@javiv5717]

@@alexanderougai4899 it is when you have limited words you can write and need it to be as short as possible

[@alexanderougai4899]

@@javiv5717 when you have limited words, it becomes a short review. The style does not suddenly become casual, it doesn't make any sense.

[@existalive]

Its almost like...they're like...40+ years old and didn't grow up with the internet or something. Or like... have a twitter or even a *gasps* Instagram..

[@meepmoop2308]

@@alexanderougai4899 its rate my professor bro, who cares.

[@avoidconfusion]

3:50 - Dude looks and speaks like he just hit a bong... no wonder his students loved him! :)

[@rosyreverie]

Once my physics professor was upset he didn’t have a lot of reviews on rate my professor so he told the class he’d give us extra credit if we all went and left him a review lol

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

“ My jokes are not corny, they’re wonderful” As cute as that is, I do not want a professor with that mentality.

[@nsa4805]

Why not?

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

Whats wrong? She was clearly not that serious.

[@servus2252]

@@CompleteCommando No one cares

[@CompleteCommando]

@@servus2252 you do

[@elvenscar]

What??? Confidence and the ability to enjoy their own sense of humor? She seemed like the sweetest and nicest one here. What does that say about you

[@trash0175]

Don’t hate the teacher because you pick engineering wth.. no shit it is hard no matter how good the teacher is

[@alexlotze1594]

You’d be surprised. Lots of engineering professors I have had have been hired based on their industry experience. They didn’t have teaching experience. Yeah engineering classes are hard, but having a teacher who writes out steps and explains them is different than one who doesn’t explain concepts at all.

[@Thai.H]

@@alexlotze1594 fact

[@jamarsh09]

@@alexlotze1594 This. Thought I hated engineering because of all the bs involved. Transfered and realized that it was how certain people were teaching

[@hampton5100]

@@alexlotze1594 Oh goodness. I picked engineering as my major. Am I screwed?

[@alexlotze1594]

@@hampton5100 Gonna feel like it, but everyone else will be screwed with you so it’ll be okay.

[@whoistlovesburbrryshouldst186]

Rate my professor is by far the best thing to ever cease to exist. I can’t stress this enough but I have immense trust and faith in those who came before me. Show me the way and I’ll follow you!!! 😭😭😩✨

[@darnstewart]

Glad to see the engineering profs. making their class hard and making the students work hard to gain the knowledge an engineer needs. I for one don't like buildings I'm in collapsing or other such engineering failures. Keep up the hard work Professors.

[@SponzifyMee]

That last guy made me think "trillest" means stoned

[@slxmpschema]

Lmfao the last guy was baked as fuck! "Oh I'd definitely give RateMyProfessor a chili pepper."

[@orchidscraggler9802]

his eyes lmao, that smile, you know he done baked a nug in the teacher's lounge

[@oreo-sr2pq]

I love rate my professor. Helped me find teachers and I realized the teachers who were MOST PASSIONATE were at my community college and not the university I went to! Love my teachers so much. They care about trying to help you pass and are the best at making it interesting

[@tos100returns]

During my first year in college in the early 80s as a Percussion Arts / Music major, my Marimba professor showed up for my first class. After that, he did not show up for the rest of the year. I later figured out he was making $300 per hour to sleep in on Mondays. I had to perform the Second Movement of The Creston for my year-end recital. I taught myself the first three pages, but didn't focus on the 4th page. It was a difficult page that takes 4 months to learn, so I just focused on the first three. He did show up to the recital, and watched me. I played the first 3 pages with the piano accompanist, then stopped her, ran to the front of the stage we were on, threw devil horns up and yelled RAWK!!!!! The place went nus. My professor told me, "I did let you down. You clearly know the value of performance. But had you struggled to get through the 4th page, I would have been given no choice but to fail you." And with that, I decided that college is nothing but a grift, so I quit. Best decision I ever made. If we had something like Rate My Professor back then, more than half of our professors would have been sent packing.

[@divatoho904]

The last guy is the highest i think ive ever seen someone.

[@Sophie-mv8gc]

I always worried the teacher would find out what I said about them so I always avoided rating my professors

[@SalamanderMagic]

well its ok as long as its not super rude. teachers can use criticism

[@Olivia-W]

We have to rate ours on an internal platform. Sometimes they do come out quite funny.

[@ej9618]

Nah it’s anonymous

[@furfoxsake1175]

Do it after the semester ends, your transcripts will be in and you will probably never speak to them again

[@fetchstixRHD]

@@ej9618: Well, as much as it may not have your name directly attached to it, “you cannot be anonymous by yourself”. (It’s also worth noting that your writing cadence can give you away too, just as standing out for some reason.)

[@michaeljordan7412]

Dr. Hubner seems legit. Some of these Professors took the ratings so personally 🤣🤣🤣

[@naturalbeauty5028]

Rate my professor never fails me yet!!!!!! Since using it last year I end up with good teachers

[@asuperflyrichyounglightski2727]

Is it a requirement to be a short blonde women to be an accounting professor

[@xXLeAkErXx]

i have an asian chick

[@blehblehblehdracula]

I had a man. A small, angry man.

[@claireprive7281]

Angela from the office

[@tonk3878]

@@claireprive7281 It must be an American thing.

[@Ashley-pn2is]

Must be in the details section 🤷

[@johnnydoe6696]

The emphasis some of these professors place on "u" instead of "you," missing punctuation, and other grammatical errors is a little silly, in my opinion. This is often done because of the character cap. Sometimes you want to say more about your experience in the class but you are capped to a fairly low character limit.

[@fetchstixRHD]

Agreed, character/word limits can be frustrating, especially in the context of reviewing lecturers/modules. Of course there are many who are just lazy, but between “Don’t take his class” and “he came to me and said “ur goin to fail” nd didnt help me”*, I’d find the latter much more informative. (* I’m pretty bad at coming up with illustrative examples, as you can see! I usually don’t write like that either)

[@Victor-tl4dk]

finally a comment that points out the 350 word character cap!!! I've been scrolling down... Exactly. It is not easy to put what can take up 10 pages into 350 words. The students using abbr. are doing it right!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nicole4589]

Some of those teachers looked really sad like they took it to heart

[@sophieisabella]

Dr. Lane: "'He’s an awesome guy' I love hearing that 😌 …just a really bad teacher" 😧