Make me a sandwich

Finding a good teacher has become increasingly difficult. I've been spoiled in the past by having some of the most excellent, dedicated teachers that have fostered a love of learning and curiosity in me that has also become more uncommon. I have been truly blessed. I think this is why I have such a hard time with some of my teachers at college now. There are a many kinds of teachers, but to break them down into two broad categories, here's what I've found: There are the kinds of teachers that say "Let me show you how to make a sandwich and then help you make your own sandwich. Then you'll be able to go out and make sandwiches to the best of your abilities until you are an excellent sandwich-maker!" ...And then there are the kinds of teachers that just say "Make me a sandwich."

I am, of course, borrowing this phrase that's often used in a demeaning or humiliating context. As urban dictionary defines:
A saying used when one person completely dominates another person in a game, contest, sport, etc. Implies that the winner has complete possession of the broken competitor, thus placing the loser in a condition of servitude in the form of the construction and delivery of a sandwich.

That's how I feel some of the instructors are at my school. It's not about actually teaching your students as much as seeing how many of your crazy, high standard, difficult assignment/test hoops they are able to jump through while you do the least amount of work possible because you are the 'professional.' I've had teachers that don't care that I have four other full-time classes, part time jobs, sleep that I have to make time for, but assign ridiculous tasks that anyone would be unable to complete without making school their number one priority and eliminate all social life and extra curricular activities. It's beyond frustrating to sit in a class where a teacher stands at the front lecturing just to hear themselves talk and haughtily answer questions students may ask in attempts to decode the jargon that they are rambling about. Getting distinct vibes of superiority is a natural tendency in most of my classes.

I'm just wondering how they must think when their entire class turns in an evaluation at the end of the quarter and their ratings are not up to par. (It has been known to happen..) And what happened to the concept that if a student tries their best and still fails your class, it's not the student's fault but the teacher's for failing to find a way to connect to that student and help them understand?

Being a teacher means becoming a servant, if not an equal. You must be on the level of the student in order to understand them, to help them. Granted, there is meant to be an authority in a teaching position, but we're all people. Teachers are just people that are supposed to give other people their knowledge so they may use it to better themselves. That's what I was hoping college would be.