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I attended two different universities and I never encountered professors belittling people for having a dissenting opinion. If anything, I found that students that challenged assumptions were more often than not, favorites of the professors. Have you personally experienced this? edit: I also don't think you give young college students enough credit. Most young adults have a finer-tuned bullshit detector than most adults. If a professor is passing off opinion as fact, most students will pick up on it.