From: Natalie@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: HAHAHA Date: Mon Jun 20 19:40:15 1994 well, in theory, profs SHOULD be teachers(that's why *I'm* going to school...to learn), but in reality, they are probably more like servants. there's all kinds of political shit, like fundraisers and kissing the dept. chair's ass (not to mention president ass), etc etc. and then there's the pressure to get published, so the university can boast that they have so & so teaching there....so a lot of times you end up w/ grad students teaching lower level courses, and mucking about...or you get professors who can'tgive all their time to teaching cause they have to do 'x' many functions or write 'x' many papers or....the list goes on and on....so *I* feel like i'm not getting the education i'm paying for...and even tho i'm going to a relatively cheap school ($4000/yr tuition) i think i should get more of the profs time and energy... is this clear to anyone other than myself? natalie