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CMV: Professors who can't teach shouldn't be able to teach to begin with

I understand that colleges also function as a research institution, but they arguably function as a center of learning first and foremost. Professors are getting paid, on average, 70k/year according to Glassdoor. That isn't necessarily the highest, but other sources list the average as even higher, so I'll give it benefit of doubt. Assuming that they make that much or higher on average, they are getting paid enough to do their job. So by not doing their job, not only are they slacking, but they are potentially lowering the future of the students who have taken the class(es) by that professor as well. In some cases, professors who can't teach can't even be avoided, because it is a required class and that professor is the only one who teaches it. Basically, if I'm paying 50k/year to go to college, I should at least be taught instead of having to pay 50k/year to watch youtube tutorials in my own time.
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Professors are there to teach you yes, but that’s not their only job, and it’s presumed by the time you reach college level education that you have some ability to not be spoonfed every bit of information and are capable of proactive inquiry (This is not me accusing you of that of course)
If you’ve got a problem with the way the faculty member conducts their class, you should be able to go to the dean of students or other specific process your university has in place to deal with situations like that. Often times faculty members do get pressured to focus on research by executive leader ship because that grant money brings in for more money than your tuition. By the way is that 50K in tuition alone?