Some people like to feel superior to other people... those kinds will always gravitate to places with artificial latter's or levels were they can be at some pla

Some people like to feel superior to other people... those kinds will always gravitate to places with artificial latter's or levels were they can be at some place higher than the bottom. That includes teaching. Really great professors are exactly the other way around. They try to elevate their students not putting them down. Once you identify a jerk professor just stay away. There are too many good ones.