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Reluctant Teacher – The Underbelly of Academics

Dear Academics, Here’s the Staff-Room Mirror talking to you today.

Twenty tiny stories capturing your pride, burden, nostalgia, expectations, mismatches, and undying love for teaching.

Read what lies ahead - you’ll smile, sigh, and say, “Arre… is this me!”

1. The Comfortable Pain of the Broken System
2. When Academics Become Gatekeepers
3. Freedom Without Reform
4. Ghost Teaching & The Quiet Crisis of Classroom Quality
5. The Syllabus Fossil
6. The Emotional Erosion - When Passion Quietly Dies
7. Permanent Jobs, Temporary Effort
8. The Publish-or-Perish Trap
9. Coaching Centres Outsmarting Colleges
10. Colleges Running on Part-Time Faculty
11. Toxic Departmental Politics
12. Zero Faculty Development Culture
13. Grade Inflation & Mark Favoritism
14. Zero Incentives for Good Teaching
15. Administrative Hijacking of Campus Culture
16. Poor Hiring Standards in Private Academia
17. Bullying & Abuse of Power
18. Absence of Industry–Academia Bridges
19. Obsession With Degrees, Not Learning
20. Campus Brand Dependent Inequality