Academia sometimes draws absolutely ridiculous people. That being said, you have NO IDEA just how crazy that professor's life could be outside the classroom. They seem a little haggard or distant on a particular day? Hopefully it's not like the one dude we read about in this list, who had his family being held hostage. Want a bit of a lighter read? Check out some of the most ridiculous questions students have asked their teachers over here.

Text - Romanticon 22h When I was going through my PhD program, a buddy of mine had his professor DIE on him. Young guy, in his forties, got hit by a car. Boom. Not-so-fun fact: when a professor dies, their grants go away. If a grad student is on the verge of finishing (just writing up their results), they can sometimes hop to another lab and get

Academia sometimes draws absolutely ridiculous people. That being said, you have NO IDEA just how crazy that professor's life could be outside the classroom. They seem a little haggard or distant on a particular day? Hopefully it's not like the one dude we read about in this list, who had his family being held hostage. Want a bit of a lighter read? Check out some of the most ridiculous questions students have asked their teachers over here.

Text - Romanticon 22h When I was going through my PhD program, a buddy of mine had his professor DIE on him. Young guy, in his forties, got hit by a car. Boom. Not-so-fun fact: when a professor dies, their grants go away. If a grad student is on the verge of finishing (just writing up their results), they can sometimes hop to another lab and get by. My friend, however, was only in his second year. He had to start over with a new project in a new lab. Essentially lost two years of his life on a pmore...