In his new job as an English professor, Tarzan finds himself annoyed by his students, hounded by his department chair, and alienated by the world around him, with solace only from his girlfriend Jane. Naturally, hijinks ensue.

As a university professor acts as a sounding board for everyone else’s problems, her own stress mounts to a dangerous peak.

When a young father is hired for an English instructorship position, he struggles to balance playing the role of a teacher and meeting the university’s demands for a published scholar.

A disillusioned professor finds himself challenging the university when he learns that one of his students is facing physical abuse at home, leading to a confrontation that ultimately reinforces his hopelessness.

A professor in an unhappy marriage obsesses over and fantasizes about a much younger student, imagining how he will age.

A nun professor finds herself entangled in difficulties of her brilliant wealthy student's mental illness.

A man recalls his intimate friendship with his former English professor, who resolved to fuel his unsatisfied desire for playwriting during the time they were apart. In their reunion decades later, instead of the brilliant play he promised, the professor shows his former student a disturbing product of his mental instability.

An awkward Connecticut professor tries to cure his loneliness by dating tens of women, all to no avail.

A professor finds himself attracted to one of his students, allowing her to skip the final exams - but her resultant grade causes her to lash out at him and reveal harsh truths about his own life that he finds difficult to accept.

A teacher finds herself entangled in the life of a mesmerising student, only to learn that everything he told her about himself was a lie.