Another time was when I was studying my Master degree. There was this massively popular and respected teacher who also happened to hold an important position in the school. Everyone liked him because he was funny, didn’t force us to do too much homework like other teachers, and showed himself to be a kind-hearted man who would help anyone in need in a blink of the eyes.
I never liked him. I always had that weird feeling that all of the wholesome image we were seeing was just a facade. When he first met our class he told a long story about how he gave money to a terminally ill student and how that student later fawned over him and called him his savior. That was a red flag to me because a truly kind-hearted person wouldn’t feel the need to talk about their good deed like that, especially when we first met, but at first I just brushed it off. Then he started to pay lots of attention to a woman in our class who was notorious for her sweet-talk. It got to the point that she was always singing his praise and he was often seen with her. At one point he said to our class that he would receive any request to be the supervisor for our thesis, but he would priority people from outside of the city. And sure enough, that woman was chosen. I did contact him with my request but he appeared very nonchalant, a much different attitude you would expect from someone who claimed to be so kind-hearted. To this day he and the woman are still in contact with each other. I always have the feeling that he isn’t as kind-hearted as he portrays, and he just likes to be around people who sing his praise.
He wasn’t a good teacher either. He never really taught anything and most of the time he just told stories that had little to do with our lessons. I still don’t know what he was supposed to teach and I don’t understand a single thing that he was trying to teach. I never understand why people said his lessons were engaging.
To me he failed as a teacher and a person. But I can never voice my opinion because he is massive popular and he is protected by his prestige position.