Professor and Students

I am currently a sophomore in College. I notice something very particular. I remember I took a Physiology course ( BIO 203). This class is by far the most demanding class I've ever taken in my entire education career, at least for now. The class section I was in is a hybrid, which means I only have lecture once a week. We have watch two recorded lectures on Blackboard before every lecture. Everytime we meet with the Professor, we would only review the materials from the recordings. Therefore we,students, are self-taught. The slides from the PowerPoint in the recorded lecture are not posted on Blackboard nor are the the slides from each meeting with the professor. Essentially everything depends on the students. To make matters worst, the exams are backwards. There are only one direction for all the exams and that is "Choose the INCORRECT answer". Beside this tedious workload, I've notice that students are very quite in lectures but are also very afraid of the Professor. We had three Professors teaching this course and one of them, Professor Cabot cause tremendous fear. The other two Professors are more acceptable compared to Professor Cabot. If you're reading this, Professor Cabot, I don't mean to single you out but you did made me cry a lot and I don't want to confuse my audience. I wondered what cause this phenomena, this fear? All the materials that each Professor taught are new and unfamiliar to us and, therefore, logically speaking we should be acceptable to all three Professors or fear all three Professor equally. Yet, Cabot gives me this feeling that he would yell at me if I breath too loud. I'm probably exaggerating but point is I was scared of him. So I came up with this theory is how a Professor conduct him or herself can affect how students view the Professor. Professor Cabot is very intelligent, experienced, and confident. All these qualities make students acknowledge his power over us. Thereby, without telling us to be quiet, we would automatically refuse to talk in class. Before others acknowledge you, you have to acknowledge yourself. Professor Cabot knew he's very intelligent, experience, and familiar with Physiology and therefore all translates to confidence. Remember: confidence is key.