Classification essay on organizing concepts and categories

Classification of Professors

The educational system that is being followed in the United States, allows students to grade their teachers. Before marking the grades, students are advised to grade their teachers according to the teacher's efficiency and their commitment to the students. Most students however, grade their teachers according to their affability and not strictly according to their demonstrated abilities as a teacher. For example, it has been observed that in many schools and colleges, teachers who are strict, uncompromising and stern, but nevertheless good in their lecture delivery and class taking strategies are often branded as bad teachers while Professors who are affable, lenient and not very strict are considered as easy or good professors. Of course those that come in between the hard and the easy type are graded as the middle type professor.

Analysis

The temperament of the professor must be known in advance to help the students to deal with them properly [Nichols, 2001]

The hard Professors

Professors who are considered as hard are generally those teachers who are stern and very strict. They normally have a strict routine and abhor deviating from their routine even if the situation may require them to do so for the benefit of the student. These professors are very demanding and will not make compromises on deadlines of assignments. Further, they are very meticulous in grading and rarely give away marks if the student does not deserve it. Often students, especially the casual ones, fail in their classes, which prompts them to opine that these teachers are partial and hard. On the brighter side, a student who achieves good grades in the classes of such a professor are often considered to be extraordinarily bright and talented [Yamamoto, 2000]

The easy Professors

The easy professors are the ones who are very affable and easily manipulated. They are not strict on deadlines and would not mind extending the deadlines of the papers that they assign to the students. They are also very cordial in the class and joke with the students and are very easily pleased. Such professors are easily approachable and do not carry a serious air about them. They are also very lenient and may ignore even serious mistakes of the students in tests, particularly if these students are close to them. It has been seen that they are the most liked by students

The middle type Professor