Professors Reveal 33 Of The Most Entertaining Student Reviews Left About Them Online
Article created by: Mantas Kačerauskas
Teachers may run the classes, but feedback goes both ways.
Reddit user Nomolosw asked all the professors on the platform to share the funniest things students had ever written about them, and they received thousands of replies. Awkward compliments, brutal honesty, and snarky wit—they’re proof that “performance reviews” can be as entertaining as the lessons themselves.
No wonder Community was so popular! Lecture halls hide plenty of quirky characters, ready to deliver a punchline at any moment.
My Calc 3 professor told us on the last day about some of the stuff he has read about himself. The one I remember him talking about most was:
“He is very oddly shaped and flails his arms about to try and depict 3D shapes”
His response was:
“Even though I do flail my arms, I believe I am not oddly shaped. Just look at me…this is 100% math bod right here”.
Not me, but one of my writing professors would always share her favorite review she’d ever been given. “She’s a good professor but I’d be able to focus more if she didn’t look like a hobbit.”.
One semester I helped an ancient professor with some of her research. She was one of the most disorganized people I’ve ever met. One of her reviews nails it: “I am pretty sure that she was unaware that she is a professor. For that matter, I think she was unaware that she lives in the state of Wisconsin.”.
Not a professor, but there’s this work of art one student posted on koofers:
> [professor]’s eyebrows suit the man with a perfection rarely found in nature. They bristle from his forehead with the stubborn arrogance of a bougainvillea hedgerow, defying all attempts to question their inexorable will. Perched on his face like a pair of unusually hairy caterpillars engaged in a passionate kiss, they meet at an angle only slightly less obtuse than the man who wears them.
TA in Calc.
Pretty much broke down to 3 different types – good reviews, bad because the class was ‘too hard’ or them complaining about my handwriting.
Did have one memorable one something like this:
‘Does a great job teaching, I am not a math major and did well enough in his class. BUT he takes off his wedding ring before class, I’m sure in hopes that he can pick up students. I saw the tanline on his finger.’
Not married, never have been, and have never worn a ring of any kind.
My favorite professor was my Intro to Geology professor. He was an old man who had been a geologist for over 30 years. Saying he loved rocks was an understatement. Here are two real reviews from his RMP.
“Jim is clearly passionate about two things: Rocks, and teaching people about rocks!”
“Leave your cell phone in your car. Don’t show up late. And be prepared to get rocked.”
Another student goes on to talk about how he has a major man crush on the prof. and countless others talk about how much he ROCKS.
Not a professor, but as a TA we get semester reviews. I had a student who didn’t show up once. On the ‘anonymous’ review, one student said, “I know I’m not passing this class, it’s not PM_ME_DUCK_FACT’s fault. My parents wanted me to be a doctor and are paying for my school so I had to ‘try’ their way. Since that didn’t work out, now I can take classes I actually want.”.
Coach Jusjerm is oddly knowledgeable about Harry Potter, and has strong opinions on 90’s rap.
Mr. X is a beautiful and intelligent human being who inspires all those around him to achieve greatness. There is nothing that compares to the opportunity one has to bask in his magnificent glory. That being said the sudden changes in facial hair can be somewhat unsettling .
I teach college level aviation (professional pilot) courses at a local college.
“No one has ever taught me so much while making me feel so worthless and stupid, and I keep going back for more because it makes me feel good when I get something right after being told how [stupid] I am.”
In his defense, he’s not wrong.
My professor had a review that said ” moves so little in class that a fly died on his head and it didn’t fall off until he got up to walk out at the end of the day”.
I was like Gwen Stefani and Henry Rollins’ love child. I took it as a compliment.
Not really funny but back when I was in eighth grade I had math with this sketchy kid. He hated our teacher so he made a post on rate my teacher about following her after school to her home and blowing her house up. The cops were called in and our whole class was interrogated. Fun experience that was.
Former TA, but one of my students who reviewed me write that I was “like a cross between Rachel Maddow and Justin Timberlake”.
I was also friends with a professor who got a review in Japanese. It translated to “wow you are delicious”. We weren’t sure if they were flirting or trying to show off that they actually had learned something (the professor taught Japanese, this was from one of his 101 classes).
Not me but I read… “If I had one day left to live, I would spend it in your class because it feels like an eternity.”.
One of my ex-professors taught a dendrology lab (the scientific study of trees). The review is as follows:
Taking this class wasn’t occidental. Just show up and study a bit, and you’ll Acer the class. I betula’ve it! Yew won’t regret it.
Former student, not professor, but I do have a story.
One of my professors, who was a good lecturer but also made exams that were almost impossible to do well in, mentioned that his mom found the entry about him after a particularly brutal exam and called him, crying about how *meeean* everyone was about her son. He said it with a laugh but, once the day was over, his entry was *full* of comments along the vein of “Dr So-and-so is a great teacher! His mother should be so proud!”
Personally, I think he was lying through his teeth.
I was referred to as an “overlord.” For reference, I’m a nerdy, introverted, soft spoken, math professor. So I’m more proud of this than anything.
My father is a professor. He got something like “Looks kind of like and his humor similar to Bill Murray.”
I guess maybe a little bit…
“She came into class half waisted.”
Not only is that not true but I was teaching a composition class.
Waisted. Shudder.
I looked up a family friend once and most of the comments were along the lines of “I’d rather watch paint dry, it would also be easier to understand”.
My dad was a prof for a number of years for a masters level class. One review was just “take class at your own peril.”
He also got a chilli pepper and being an upper division computer engineering class it was primarily guys so that was interesting.
One student wrote he thought my freshman writing class was way too easy. Said if you came to class, participated, did all the readings, and did all your work, you got an easy A. And I was just like…thank you?
