Good day, professor.

The other day, you said something that bugged me to my core.

And for the first time since I first stepped into your classroom, your words actually got me thinking.

You said that some people “Just. Aren’t. Creative.”

And so here I am, calling you out.

Good day, professor.

You spend your days in front of a classroom. Speaking and reading off of your very own textbook. You watch as your students nod their heads and absord the information you spit like sponges. You punish them when they race off track — and blame their inability to concentrate, calling them “incompetent” as a result of their technology addictions (as if you didn’t have your own form of procrastination in the past.)

Good day, professor.

You race to stand above each and every single one of your students. And for every sparkle that you see settle into their eyes, for each passion they obsess over outside of your classroom, your words have the power to knock them back down onto the cold, hard floor.

Your judgement is based on poor attendance, short concentration spans, and test grades. Ah, test grades. You expect each individual to follow in the exact footsteps of your typical Grade A students. Instead of worrying about your class average, I think you should start worrying about the fact that 80% of your students stress out before a quiz worth 2% of their final grade. Congratulations professor, you’ve brainwashed them into thinking grades are everything. Don’t forget to put that on your 2-paged, Times New Roman size 12 resume. And while you’re at it, I’d love to have your business card.

I find your methods of teaching exhausting. Do you not realize that your students breathe in all the information before a big test and then tend to breathe it right back out? It’s a natural process. And newsflash, it isn’t working.

Good day, professor.

Here’s my opinion. You are not qualified to crush creativity. Because to some, you are looked upon as a role model. And how exactly should society expect anyone to create and dream if we don’t have the role models to help us, at the very least, believe in ourselves?

What’s sad is that some of our very own “role models” have distilled fear and forced individuals to become identical versions of the person sitting next to them (because of a word that goes by the name “stability” — but I won’t get into that today.) We are raised, being taught to look around and constantly compare ourselves. Professor, why do you promote the robotized individual as opposed to the creativite individual?

You may think, that in just a few short years, the student numbers sitting in front of you would uneventfully turn into employee numbers. That they will amount to nothing more than a dispensible plug in a typical industry. And I truly hope with all my heart that they prove you wrong.

Good day professor.

I sincerely wish you all the best.