> I thought I
> was just overly sensitive when I thought the professors treated me
> differently than the other students.  I was low person on the totem pole in
> terms of education and age in my Masters classes

Beth,

       Most professors are snobs and think the  are better than their
students, especially newly "minted" PhD's! And some gimp professors are the
worst. I knew an MD  type who had had post polio. He was always saying,
"after all, I'm a doctor!" After a while you got the feeling he was the only
person who didn't believe he was a physician!

Bobby