Petty faculty... anyone else?

[stuDent9876]

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Does anyone else find many of the faculty at their school to be rather petty? I often see them gossiping about students, bad mouthing some students clinical work and giving each other looks when they are working with certain students. I've even had faculty bad mouth another student directly to me! Is this just my dental school?

 

[sgv]

not yet...

 

[Ramzy]

I've seen it in pharmacy school. People are people. Having a professional degree does not change you as a person. Ive had a professor basically tell me she "wasnt sure" when I was trying to correct an exam question during a group revision. My friend went to check again with her later for a straight answer and she basically told him "I didnt want to admit he was correct in front of everyone." He told me she thought I was a show off (when I thought I was bringing up a legitimate point and many people in class missed that question n on the exam). The question was which drug more likely causes hypertriglycidemia and hypertension and less likely hirsutism... cyclosporine or tacrolimus... a pretty straigh orward question (it's either this or that). All around she was always unprofessional. I have many other examples like blatant racism, looking down on a student when they ask a basic question in the middle of class, sexual harassment, etc.

 

[Shunwei]

Does anyone else find many of the faculty at their school to be rather petty? I often see them gossiping about students, bad mouthing some students clinical work and giving each other looks when they are working with certain students. I've even had faculty bad mouth another student directly to me! Is this just my dental school?

Ohhhh yeah. Being petty is a trait very commonly seen among faculty. Along with favoritism, picky, power-tripping and other less desirable characteristics.

 

[sgv]

I've seen it in pharmacy school. People are people. Having a professional degree does not change you as a person. Ive had a professor basically tell me she "wasnt sure" when I was trying to correct an exam question during a group revision. My friend went to check again with her later for a straight answer and she basically told him "I didnt want to admit he was correct in front of everyone." He told me she thought I was a show off (when I thought I was bringing up a legitimate point and many people in class missed that question n on the exam). The question was which drug more likely causes hypertriglycidemia and hypertension and less likely hirsutism... cyclosporine or tacrolimus... a pretty straigh orward question (it's either this or that). All around she was always unprofessional. I have many other examples like blatant racism, looking down on a student when they ask a basic question in the middle of class, sexual harassment, etc.

tacrolimus!

 

[Miley Cyrus.]

Does anyone else find many of the faculty at their school to be rather petty? I often see them gossiping about students, bad mouthing some students clinical work and giving each other looks when they are working with certain students. I've even had faculty bad mouth another student directly to me! Is this just my dental school?

I doubt it's unique to yours. A majority of academics reek of characteristics like this.

 

[Shunwei]

I doubt it's unique to yours. A majority of academics reek of characteristics like this.

Academics is full of politics, intrigue, and power-tripping.mmthere is a common misconception that it is a noble institution. If only people would see inside the box.

 

[ToothbrushBuddy]

Does anyone else find many of the faculty at their school to be rather petty? I often see them gossiping about students, bad mouthing some students clinical work and giving each other looks when they are working with certain students. I've even had faculty bad mouth another student directly to me! Is this just my dental school?

Geez I hope I didn't choose your school I hate bad attitudes like that 🙁

 

[InspiredDDS]

Geez I hope I didn't choose your school I hate bad attitudes like that 🙁

Don't worry buddy, not all schools are like this. I find the majority of the faculty at my school to be kind and surprisingly patient. And one of my favorite things about dental school is that hard work does not go unnoticed by the faculty.

 

[EMDO2018]

I had some petty faculty in Undergrad.