The 5 Types of Professors You’ll Have in Architecture School (And Why They’re All Important)

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Tutors (or professors, depending on where you live). Everyone has horror stories about their tutors, just as everyone has stories about a teacherr they truly adored. Ultimately, your tutors are likely to be the single most important element of your architectural education; no matter how much effort you put into learning through other means, these people will probably become formative figures in not only your education, but your life in general.

It's easy to forget, though, that they are just that: people, with all the flaws and foibles that being a person entails. Some you will love to learn from, while others may be a little more difficult—but like Dickens' Christmas Carol ghosts, each type of tutor has their own lesson to impart. Here are the five different types of tutor you'll deal with in your architectural education, and what you should learn from each of them.

1. The Very Scary One

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Cite: Sharon Lam. "The 5 Types of Professors You’ll Have in Architecture School (And Why They’re All Important)" 12 Sep 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/795068/the-5-types-of-tutor-youll-have-in-architecture-school-and-why-theyre-all-important> ISSN 0719-8884

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建筑院校的5类教授(和为什么他们都各有千秋)

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