Yesterday we reported on Professor Shanahan’s freakout at the CEDA 2008. Perhaps it seemed particularly deranged because being a professor rocks; a professor teaches class for at most 15 hours per week, gets paid to learn about what he or she loves, and can hang with students without looking like a dirty old man or woman. Yet there must be something to professor rage. Maybe it stems from frustration over the long and grueling Ph.D. programs they must undergo, the frightening lack of security without tenure, or the fact that often students couldn’t give two sh*ts about the material. We’ve compiled examples of various forms of professor rage with video clips to boot!

MIDDLE CHILD RAGE: Much like middle children, professors hate when they don’t receive the attention they believe they deserve. When students are checking their Blackberries, doodling, or sleeping, it requires a huge exercise in restraint for professors to check themselves from whining, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.” This professor gets so fed up with playing second fiddle to a student's cellphone, that he grabs the device and throws it to the floor.
 

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ADAM SANDLER RAGE: You know how in every Adam Sandler movie, his character tries to be a nice guy despite maddening situations, then finally snaps? Well, students can be real bastards, and eventually some professors, like the one shown below, decide enough is enough.

TYRANT RAGE: Professors often hate been contradicted, no matter what they say about the importance of discussion in education. Disagreements may escalate into screaming matches which could rival episodes of The Sopranos.