Several years ago, I met a guy whose girlfriend had a punk hairdo. She was taking an English comp class at a university. One day after class, the professor made it a point to pull her aside and tell her that she didn’t like her hairstyle! Not only that, but later that semester, the girlfriend’s grades seemed to be hurt in the class, because she had refused to change her hair! When I was in college, I also had some instructors who did a lousy job teaching and who often talked about their personal lives in the classroom. If anything, I learned more through independent study than I did in their classes, so their classes, which were usually required, were actually a waste of money.I know that tenure is supposed to help ensure the professors’ academic freedom, but don’t you think that to some extent they have TOO MUCH freedom? Also, shouldn’t more be done to ensure that the professors are behaving appropriately and are competent teachers?