Your Professors: The Good, The Bad, and Les Miserable

Okay, my dear snarklits, it's time for Ms. Snark's professor lowdown/smackdown; over the next few weeks, I will cover the following types of professors you will likely encounter during your four to six years of college. As I cover each type, I will create a link in this post and to "Ms. Snark's Professor Lowdown/Smackdown," located on the side panel. For now, here is an outline:

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Full-timers:
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-----The Young Scholar on the Tenure Track
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----------The Hungry Young Prof

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----------The Fallen-off-the-Tenure-Track Scholar
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-----The Tenured Mid-career Scholar

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----------The Enthusiast

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----------The "Now-I-Can-Rest-on-My-Laurels" Scholar

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----------The Bitter and The Morose:

----------------"Phoning It In"

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-----The Tenured Senior Scholar
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----------Traditionalist

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----------The Still-Enthusiast

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----------The Yellow Noter

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----------The Tired: "Phoning It In"
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-----The Non-tenured Visiting Professor
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-----The Non-tenured Instructor
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Part-timers:
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-----The Long-term Adjunct
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----------"Freeway Flier"
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----------Spouse Adjunct
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-----The Teaching Assistant and

----------Short-term adjunct
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----------"I-Already-Have-a-Day-Job" Adjunct

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----------Distinguished Expert in Field

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----------"Phoning It In"

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Be sure to check out The Professor's Student Lowdown/Smackdown.

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Ms. Snark