The teaching profession belongs to the most popular themes of caricaturists. Their pictures not only
reflect the intrinsic problems of the job but also focus on typical stereotypes and prejudices.
The aim of this 15 minute lecture is to present 10 well known stereotypes as they are depicted in
caricatures from the last 5 centuries. The stereotypes range from portraying teachers as starving, lazy, tyrannical
and ignorant persons, to starry-eyed idealists and hypocrites.