New England Conservatory of Florida

Every school has it--the popular teachers, the ones you remember even after many years, the ones you boast about when you think back on those days, the ones who's classes fill up faster than a good roadside burrito stand durning lunch hours. Mmm... burrito. Amen.

And then every school also has the teachers that everyone hates. They are boring, out-of-touch, conceited and ego-driven. You know, the ones that have been flushed so far down the stream of scholarly pursuit that they have unknowingly drowned in the oceanus academicus.

What is it? They are knowledgable. They have good resumes. They might have even contributed something substantial in their fields.

Do they want to help us? You hear one teacher complain about teaching in the hallway and in the office. According to herself, she's never prepared and wings most her classes with drivel about her favorite composer. That's helpful.

Where's the love? Consequently, they inspire no interest in the students who are, by force or madness or both, taking their classes.

Which leads me to believe that there is some kind of conspiracy.

There is foul play. Are we being required to take those classes to fill those seats so they can stay and get paid and to continue the cycle? How does an institution allow for those on top to stay on top if no one wanted them on top? Did someone say NEC meets Florida?