So this is college. We’ve all had our fair share of professors that drove us crazy — or those that drove us to strive for the best. It happens. We are bound to experience some good — if not great times – and especially some unfortunate and dark times. However, let’s take a look at the different types you may have had or may encounter at some point.

• 1. The attendance obsessed professor. This professor is absolutely obsessed with taking attendance. If you are not present for every single class, you will have points deducted from your grade. It doesn’t matter if you were dying and had a doctor’s note. You can kiss that perfect score goodbye.
• 2. The quiz obsessed professor. This professor sometimes ties in with #1. They make quizzes mandatory for every class and if you miss a class, that’s too bad because you cannot make up the quiz. No excuses.
• 3. The Jekyll and Hyde professor. This professor is someone Forrest Gump would talk about. Professors are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Well in this case, its definitely true. This professor keeps you on your toes because you never know if they’re going to be in a great mood or a bad one, and if they’re in a bad one, you better run for cover and take your grade with you.
• 4. The extreme pushover. This professor will basically let you do anything. You can turn in an assignment a week after the due date with some lame excuse (or in some cases, no excuse at all) and still get credit, if not a perfect score on the assignment.
• 5. The professor that doesn’t teach. We’ve all had that one professor that doesn’t teach a single thing. They throw the textbook in a PowerPoint and expect you to take notes along with doing your own reading at home. They go on and on reading the words out loud in class, but they don’t take any time to go over the main concepts or answer any questions. Good luck on that test next week. I foresee a weekend in the library with no parties.
• 6. The professor that doesn’t match up with the comments on Rate My Professor. We have all done it ... we use Rate My Professor to pick our professors so that they match our learning needs. A lot of the time it works out, but then there are the times when you end up wanting to slap yourself for picking this professor because after all of the hunting and researching, they are NOTHING like the person described online. They make you miserable and you dread going to class.
• 7. The professor that makes you want to go to class. This professor actually makes class fun and you feel like you are really learning. You never want to miss their class. You do extremely well and you look forward to taking more classes with this professor in the future if you can.
• 8. The professor that doesn’t respond to e-mail. This professor, like most others, requests to be contacted by e-mail only and ensures you that they respond promptly. HOWEVER, this is a lie and after sending an e-mail about an assignment you don’t understand, you realize that you are screwed because it’s been two days and they haven’t responded to you. These professors can sometimes tie in with #5 and #6.
• 9. The professor that you can’t understand. This professor might speak in a hushed tone so you can hardly hear them or they might talk so fast that you can’t even keep up or take notes. But for whatever reason, it is impossible to understand them. This means you hardly know what to do in class or what to do for the upcoming class. This professor also probably doesn’t upload lectures to a website. Good luck trying to decode your homework assignment.
• 10. The professor that is obsessed with group projects. This professor assigns group projects left and right like their life depends on it. It’s worse if they assign the groups themselves instead of letting you pick them. They make it so if one person messes up, it affects everyone’s grades and of course with your luck, you get the one student that hardly every shows up to class or doesn’t do any of their work. To make it worse, the communication is terrible because you and maybe only one other person in the whole group know how to socialize and in the end, you and that one other person end up doing the whole project because your grade depends on it.
• 11. The professor that takes the time to ensure you do your best. This professor really and truly wants you to succeed. If this means that you are in their office hours every day that they have them, they are 100% okay with that. They answer all of your questions and give you tips on what you can fix if you have made errors on assignments, that way you don’t make the same mistakes the next time. This professor answers their e-mails in a timely manner and makes you feel like you’re actually learning. When you have this professor, at the end of the semester, you’re a little sad because you know that the likelihood of you getting another professor like this might be hard, depending on your class schedule. 

I'd like to say that none of this is true and that each professor is amazing with their students, but sadly this is not the case. I can say this though: regardless of whether or not you may have learned anything from the actual class itself and whether or not the professor made your life hell, it was a learning experience. That experience will definitely help you in the future and hopefully, you can turn it into something positive. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor!