17 Professors Share The Funniest Thing A Student Has Said About Them On Ratemyprofessor

Teachers: you love them or you hate them. These students took to the popular site ratemyprofessor to share their real feelings about their teachers.

The Perfect Brows

Not a professor, but there’s this work of art one student posted on koofers: [professor]’s eyebrows suit the man with a perfection rarely found in nature. They bristle from his forehead with the stubborn arrogance of a bougainvillea hedgerow, defying all attempts to question their inexorable will. Perched on his face like a pair of unusually hairy caterpillars engaged in a passionate kiss, they meet at an angle only slightly less obtuse than the man who wears them. Source

A Diss Or A Compliment?

One of my O-chem profs had “Looks like a Calvin Klein model and teaches like one too.” Source

A Wanted Felon

One student claimed I bragged to a class that I was a wanted felon. I have no idea what this was about. Source

We’ll Never Know

Not a prof, but this is one of my favourite reviews of my biology professor:
“I used to like bio, not anymore. I could have cured cancer, but because of [prof’s name], we’ll never know. Solidified my major in chemistry.” Source

You’re Delicious

Former TA, but one of my students who reviewed me wrote that I was “like a cross between Rachel Maddow and Justin Timberlake”.

I was also friends with a professor who got a review in Japanese. It translated to “wow you are delicious”. We weren’t sure if they were flirting or trying to show off that they actually had learned something (the professor taught Japanese, this was from one of his 101 classes). Source

But That’s Okay

Been teaching for 3 years now, had some decent ones but my best was:

“Your sarcasm can sometimes make you seem like a jerk….but that’s okay, we were jerks first.” Source

Completely Unaware

One semester I helped an ancient professor with some of her research. She was one of the most disorganized people I’ve ever met. One of her reviews nails it: “I am pretty sure that she was unaware that she is a professor. For that matter, I think she was unaware that she lives in the state of Wisconsin.” Source

Hell In A Plane

One of my professors in air traffic control school was especially strict and ran the simulator for the air traffic control tower. A student wrote in a review, “sometimes when he is running the simulator, I wonder who is running hell.” Source

A Hanging Tentacle

I know a high school teacher who tells all of his students to rate him on ratemyteacher, but say something ‘squiddy’. He has tons of reviews like “Great class but I think I saw a tentacle hanging from his desk drawer one day…” Source

A Hidden Message

TA in Calc.

Pretty much broke down to 3 different types – good reviews, bad because the class was ‘too hard’ or them complaining about my handwriting.

Did have one memorable one something like this:

‘Does a great job teaching, I am not a math major and did well enough in his class. BUT he takes off his wedding ring before class, I’m sure in hopes that he can pick up students. I saw the tanline on his finger.’

Not married, never have been, and have never worn a ring of any kind. Source

You’re Hot

From a friend who was a PhD at the physics department, whose wife teaches math, on his review materials. You are ok, but your wife is hot. Source

A Hobbit-Sized Hole

Not me, but one of my writing professors would always share her favorite review she’d ever been given. “She’s a good professor but I’d be able to focus more if she didn’t look like a hobbit.” Source

A Mixed Blessing

My friend got “looks like Steve Buscemi, acts like Willy Wonka.” Mixed blessing? Source

A Secret Worth A Million Words

My husband got a chili pepper too! He was an ROTC instructor at a university during shore duty for a few years. He was so proud/amused by it, the only rating he ever got was the hotness rating and “cool lt type, hottie”. Every now and then he brings it up to me to remind me that he was a hot instructor when he taught 5 years ago.

I still don’t have the heart to tell him I was the one who left the review one night after I’d had too much wine. Source

The Best Reviews

Used to play pick up games with a young professor during college. My roommate found his rate my professor profile and wrote that although he’s a good professor, his shot selection is terrible and really sucks at getting back on defense.

The review was funny in the sense its like the only non-positive review on his page.

Doing more research on the guy, he has stellar RMP reviews, made the list of top 300 professors in the country and now he Heads the Business Department for a Big Ten University. Source

Rawr

My dad is a professor and is very proud of his ratemyprofessor reviews, his personal favorite that he brags about regularly includes the phrase “sometimes I feel like biting him” Source