The 3 Things College Professors Hate the Most

If you want to get good grades in college, then you have to get on your college professor's good side. You have to keep this in mind with every single college or university professor you come across in your time as an undergraduate. You must keep the goal of a good grade focused in your mind at all times so you can keep up a good GPA (grade point average). And, as well all know, the GPA is worth more than gold, especially if you are on a scholarship.

The Benefits of Brown Nosing

You can keep on your professor's good side and get that high grade, even if you can barely tolerate their existence. This is an excellent practice for what it's like to get a job in the real world and you have to deal with a scumbag boss. Stay on your professor's good side by avoiding the three things that all professors hate:

1) Don't be late to class

2) Don't contradict the professor

3) And for GPA's sake, don't contradict the professor

Now, I realize two of those three points are identical. This is to stress the importance of not contradicting the professor.

The Center Of The University

Professors would rather you skip a class entirely rather than walk into class late. We've all heard of the professors who lock the door after class begins. This certainly happened to this writer at Millersville University in the early 1990's. Some professors just hate to be interrupted or upstaged when they are delivering a lecture. They claim it is because the arrival of a late student is "distracting". This usually means that a late student's arrival can easily break the fragile thought train of the professor.

Now, some college professors will hate you if you don't bother reading the assigned text. Some couldn't possibly care. I had one Art History professor insist we all buy $100 textbooks - and then never once referred to the text during the course of the semester. There's no use complaining. It's a professor thing - you mere undergraduates aren't meant to understand.

Professors also generally hate other professors. The also hate that there may be classes you dare to take taught by other professors or (God forbid) graduate assistants. They expect you to put their class first on your list of priorities. But some professors don't care if you take other classes, because this gives them a chance to laugh at the theories of all of the other professors at your college. Keep a fake smile plastered to your face, laugh in all of the right places and you'll get that brass ring of a good GPA.