In the article, "Who's Your Professor," by Bradley Wright, he goes on about four different characteristics that explains why and how our professors differ from us. The most obvious one he mentions is age. All our professors are clearly older than us (well at least I hope they'd be). They tend to range from the their thirties and so on. That's because graduate school usually takes around five to eight years to complete and a majority of them tend to take some time off before hand. But with their age comes along different experiences, beliefs, values, and a completely different generation. Which has shaped them into being the person they are today. Hence the reason why most students never understand anything they say (totally kidding by the way). Another characteristic that Wright mentions is how teachers tend to be more liberal than conservative. Which can be a bad or good thing, depending on how you perceive it. Having a more liberal teacher means that they are more open to listening to a student's idea and they usually tend to state their opinions more often. But personal I don't think it's a bad thing at all. I think having their view on a subject could help benefit you on viewing things in a perspective. It could help open up your mindset. Although, I know a few conservatives would disagree with me and claim that their teachers are "forcing  them to think in a different way. In previous classes I've never had a professor force any of their beliefs upon me or any of my other classmates. Going into college we already have this stereotypical type that all professors are old and don't teach us anything. Which is quiet a lie, because they are one of the smartest people I've ever come across. These professors spent years learning and experiencing different things to help teach us the knowledge we need to know. In the article, Wright states that they tend to usually be smart but there is a range of intelligence between professors. So