Tenure is probably the thing that bothers me the most about education. It basically gives the teacher no incentive to teach. Once a teacher hits tenure their whole dynamic changes. They don't have to teach with passion, with fun or anything like that. All they have to do is be there and teach something and they will not get fired. In my own experience I have had so many horrible teachers that were protected by tenure. They did not teach, all they did was show us movies, pile on a bunch of work and boss us around. Teachers with tenure are usually the ones who do not deserve their jobs. I have had teachers that were full of passion and amazing and so into the subject they taught but because of budget cuts they were the ones fired. The great teachers that actually are there because they WANT to teach deserve the job over the teacher with the stack of complaints who sits and twiddles their thumbs.
Haha that is a funny picture describing tenure. but in reality that is kind of how it is. it makes them have so much power and seem so superior. when in fact they teach the same way for the last 15 years and thats how they get it. i agree with you when you say you have had a bunch of horrible tenured teachers because so have i. but there isnt anything you can do because they have so much power so you cant say anything. they usually teach by lecture and those courses are always the most boring ones. they are easy for the teacher but annoying for the student. but it doesnt seem like the tenured professor really cares for the students.
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