I am not paying for a &quot;chance to learn&quot;. I am paying for a self-professed expert in pedagogy, whose has spend devoted their proffesional life to the art of shoving information into arbitrary people&#x27;s heads. I go to the doctor because I want a professional with knowledge of diseases to fix my cold, not the crystal homeopathic healer that lurks on the street outside my apartment. Teachers are supposed to be experts at matching students with explainations of concepts.<p>If I just wanted a chance to learn, then I could go to the public library. However there are many explainations of the same concept, so in the interest of not wasting my time during the <i>most productive decade</i> of my life, I go see a proffesional to explain things to me.<p>If teachers cannot be bothered to perform their sole function, then I will take my money elsewhere.<p>[edit] The attitude of teachers astounds me<p>&gt; Moreover, when I was studying would I have ever had the balls to contact my lecturers and not only question their ability to grade my work appropriately but imply that my low grade was their fault?<p>Of course it is the teacher&#x27;s fault. Examine the facts:<p>1) The student did not understand the material at the beginnng of the term <i>otherwise the student would not be there in the first place</i><p>2) The student then sought to correct this defficiency in their education by contracting a proffesional.<p>3) The teacher fails to significantly improve the student&#x27;s understanding, despite many weeks of interaction with student (student fails exam)<p>4) Teacher blames student for failing to grasp their perfect explaination that works perfectly well for themselves.<p>The cognitive dissonance is astounding. And teachers wonder why society is only willing to pay them so little?