There are Badass Teachers, and Sadist Teachers, and Cool Teachers, and Fired Teachers, and then there's this guy. Jaded, misanthropic, Deadpan Snarker material, this is the teacher who's been in the job too long. He dislikes students -- he's been there long enough to know they're thick and (usually) irritating. He hates the school, he hates the job, he really hates the management -- but because he's known virtually nothing else, he still sticks at it, putting himself through it year after year. In psychology, these people are called "burnouts". Examples of Apathetic Teacher include: