Again, the hiring decision isn&#x27;t based just on teaching prowess. His emails to department members show a sense of entitlement and disrespect toward people who are directly involved with his hiring decision. Why would they want to keep someone like that?<p>Don&#x27;t forget, he didn&#x27;t get fired. He simply didn&#x27;t get his contract extended. He was never guaranteed a permanent position. The math department had no wrongdoing here. They didn&#x27;t want to keep someone that was widely disliked by the department. And does it matter that a lot of students like him? The most important thing is that the students learn, not that they make a friend. It&#x27;s certainly not a negative to be a friendly instructor, but it really isn&#x27;t a key factor here.