9. Make “class participation” part of the grade.
Some people are just really shy and hate speaking up in class. This professor doesn’t care, though. If you don’t raise your hand and contribute at least once per class, you get docked points.
8. Assign papers with really vague requirements.
It’s impossible to know what this professor really wants unless you’re able to read his mind. Instead he makes you agonize over his barely-there instructions, knowing that if you don’t give him exactly what he wants, you’re going to get a terrible grade. It seems like some professors just like to see their students fail.
7. Two words: group projects.
Why, Professor?! Why?!
6. Always call on “the question kid.”
Everyone in class knows this kid’s going to waste time by asking a question that’s not really a question at all, it’s just a statement or a story designed to tell everyone how smart he is. Yet the professor continues to call on him every single time he raises his hand. Why, I ask you? Why?
