Teachers and Professors

Short answer: Often, yes — particularly final exams and any work that was never handed back. Retention is set by […]

Short answer: No. Failing a student creates work and difficult conversations for the professor and nothing else — there is

Short answer: Most of it is not secrecy — it is things teachers are not permitted to say. They notice

Reviewed and updated August 2026. Short answer: Yes — professors are people and they notice what people notice. That is

Short answer: Most teachers do feel bad when a student cries, even when the tears follow a fair consequence. Teachers

Short answer: Most of what students read as rudeness is bluntness, time pressure or deliberate professional distance rather than hostility.

Short answer: It varies by professor and by course. Plenty of large lectures never take a register, while labs, seminars,

Short answer: Yes, in principle — a professor can correct a grade long after the course ends, and many institutions

Short answer: On a personal account, no — most schools have a policy against staff accepting friend requests from current

Short answer: In most US schools, nothing prohibits a teacher from being Facebook friends with a genuinely former student who