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[quote=Anonymous]My uncle is a prof at MIT and he hates his students and teaching: he hates ALL his students, and not because they aren’t bright, but because they take up his time.  His love and focus is his research.  Teaching and interacting with students are something he tolerates for the purpose of being able to conduct his research.  Disclaimer: my uncle is brilliant but most certainly on the spectrum, but so are most of his colleagues at MIT.   I went to Harvard and had some amazing professors who truly cared about teaching and liked interacting with students, but also knew some who clearly viewed teaching as a necessary evil to be tolerated if one wanted space and the arena to write and then publish in one’s field.

I suspect that many professors like teaching well enough, but would happily limit their teaching time or give it up if they could do so without losing their place at a university.  People who enjoy teaching more than research/writing/publishing in their field do not become university professors, they become…teachers.[/quote]

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