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What's your definition of "best"? The ones you liked the best? Or the ones who did the best research? It would not surprise me if the professors you liked the
by Lewisham 16y ago
What's your definition of "best"? The ones you liked the best? Or the ones who did the best research?
It would not surprise me if the professors you liked the best were the same ones that enjoyed teaching. However, tenure and such are much harder to come by for doing good teaching than for doing good research.
- blahedo 16y agoMaybe the "best" were the ones that taught him the most? Yes, teaching is not valued by the people who are hiring professors. That is precisely the issue raised by the original article.
- tomjen3 16y agoUnless you think that best research is the same as number of things published, we won't know how good it is decades from now so I will have to stick with smart as a measurement of how good it is. I would have to say that that guy was smart and knew his stuff.