5. Reference Drugs and Alcohol
Teachers are walking PSAs, reminding you on a constant basis that drugs and alcohol are always bad. Professors are trying to fit in with the cool kids, casually mentioning their drinking habits or the time they “used to” smoke weed.
4. Are Not Much Older Than You
Thanks to TA programs, grad students can end up teaching people who are almost their own age. Kind of hard to take an instructor seriously when you could be dating each other.
3. Party
Speaking of grad school students teaching college courses, some of those instructors are still trying to hold on to the college lifestyle. As such, you shouldn’t be too surprised to bump into them at the bars in town, partying it up with everyone else.
2. Complain About Money
Although most teachers don’t get paid extraordinarily well, they do try to be professional when in front of the class, and as such, don’t make mention of their salaries. Professors, on the other hand, are, again, so wrapped up in their belief in their own genius that they will gladly stop class to discuss the fact that they are underpaid. It gets awkward.
1. Become Mentors
There are some upsides to the more casual relationship that professors tend to have with their students. You may have had inspirational teachers in high school, but the fact that they were discouraged from kindling a friendship with you meant that they couldn’t always become a mentor; it was too difficult for them to maintain a relationship with you outside of the classroom.
In college, professors are given greater opportunities to take their lessons outside of the lecture hall. You may end up finding one who helps you see the true path of your life.
