{"id":3391,"date":"2026-07-17T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:06:11","slug":"the-title-of-professor-means-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/?p=3391","title":{"rendered":"The title of Professor means something!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that I shall never become a professor. The UK higher education system sets a range of tests for that title, and I do not meet several of them. That is quite all right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have deep respect for those who do earn it. Most professors are bright, committed people who have spent years teaching, researching, publishing and helping students to grasp their field. A small number are privileged, vain and almost heroic in their capacity for self-regard. Even they, though, have usually made some real contribution to knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title therefore means something. It is not a decorative word to bolt onto a business name because \u201cMister Windows\u201d lacked the required academic weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I accept that fitting double glazing may demand skill, care and sound judgement. I remain less certain that it marks the holder as a senior scholar of fenestration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, perhaps Professor Windows has an extensive publication record. I look forward to his inaugural lecture: <em>Towards a Unified Theory of the Casement<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that I shall never become a professor. The UK higher education system sets a range of tests for that title, and I do not meet several of them. That is quite all right. I have deep respect for those who do earn it. Most professors are bright, committed people who have spent years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-teaching-journey","category-pure-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3394,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions\/3394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}