A university is a place where you learn, educate and work. It's a place where students with thirst for education, get their degrees to start a life of their own afterwards. An establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching (Princeton)
University is derived from the Latin universitas, meaning corporation
In Kuwait, A university has a different definition, especially when it comes to Kuwait University; where students from all over the occupied area that doesn't exceed 17.000 Km2 meet in one small place to learn. Learning is different in this place; it doesn't serve the academic field only. They learn how to cheat in exams, how to lie on teachers, how to use diplomatic tactics and kiss some behinds, act naive , how to get sick leaves ;when to use them and what health problems would excuse their unattended classes and last but not least they learn the big fat Vitamin used in the country, what we call "Wasta". If you don't learn any of these in two years prior your acceptation as a student in Kuwait University you will definitely spend triple these years to graduate, simply because, who doesn't learn those skills, will defiantly get lost with the immediate; just been remembered dignity of the professors -if I may call them that- and you won't be allowed to see your exam paper unless you agree on the professors' proposal "If you see your paper I'll change your grade to F (fail)"
Those are the students, now what about the teachers?!
This needs a whole chapter on its own.
There are many types of teachers as it is with all human beings, there is the good and there is the bad. I'd like to leave my emotions express how those teachers or what we call the Doctors -in honor for their PhD's- as the student see' them.
First of all, the Mother teacher/Dr. (the best of them all) she will be the one supporting the students and encouraging them to work hard. She is direct; teaches her lecture and leave the class. She is Very formal, very professional and very strict with the rules and regulations of KU. If any of the students were in trouble she'll be there for them. They feel her support and trust, on the other hand The Mother Teacher/Dr. can always tell who's lying and who's saying the truth, If she had to reject a student, in a very sweet and polite way that will be, with wishes of good luck. If any future problem occurred, there would be no one better than her to refer to for a word of advice.
The second type is the Single Women Teacher/Dr. very hyperactive, ambitious to the extreme and gives lots of advises. She would be running after the students making sure they got good grades, Her anger would blow up at any moment from any little thing that have happened, yet it depends on her mood.. So she's moody very moody, emotional, Very. She'll be the student's friend who is their enemy at the same time. She's very friendly with her class but if she hated one of them for whatever the reason was specially, if the hated student was a female, she would talk about the girl all the time, with every single person in the faculty but if it was a guy she would ask him to come to her office to talk and help him out after few lies/excuses from him. She would be the only teacher whom you would meet all the time at school at every single corner, she stays for hours after school and works on weekends too, it doesn't end there, weekends are holly so a weekend project won't bother. Many of The Single Teacher/Dr. type are very angry women and they hate beautiful/married/pregnant female students while many others would just fit the definition of angels on earth.
Then there are the male teachers; I never met a single Dr. yet but I saw two kinds, The Horny Dr. and The Religious Dr.
The horny one will always ask you to visit him in his office. In class he's very strict and direct but very sweet and funny in his office; he simply wears two masks one for class and one especially for you (female students) in his office. He would try his best to touch you in any way weather it's your hand or your hair; he wouldn't mind tapping you on your shoulder or maybe a push forward on your back. When he enters the class he check on the girls first, counts them then share some jokes with the boys, he is usually a straight (A) kind of a teacher -of course for the ladies- all she have to do is add extra perfume, show some cleavage/s but if it is a guy, oh poor man, he have to be super friendly with this teacher/Dr. and use your biggest Wasta. Never believe his promises; he usually forgets what he promised and who he promised what.
The religious teacher on the other hand is what we all love, he is handsome, (many with belly's) he supports women and has one straight word; no means no and yes means yes, never swings with his idea, he is honest , he comes to the class, teach, help the students understand everything about the subject and leave... No personal curves (increasing a student's grade from a C to an A) no hush hush games under the table. He would help the whole class and raise their grades and never checks the name list again. He usually give 2 hours for the student to check their exam paper and always great them with a big wide smile on his face and always repeats the same words "no curves, don't try hard. You got what you deserve end of story". No one can cheat on such a Teacher/Dr. He makes you live real education years without confusion with his transparency and his admired personality.
Now this shows you how most of our teachers are.
