What is a better way to say "talked down to"?

Question

The prompt is: What behavior in a teacher really bothers you?

I'm trying to say: "In Composition I, my first college English course, my teacher talked down to all of the students in the classroom and I found it very disrespectful."

What is a better, more "college-like" way to say he treated us like children and made us feel dumb?

Answer 1

belittled??

Answer 2

degraded  

Answer 3

In Composition, my professor belittled all of the students.  His condescending critiques were disrespectful.

Answer 4

He derided us. There was distasteful derision in his voice as he spoke to us. I felt insulted.

He spoke to us with contempt in his voice.

He spoke to us as if we were his unwanted step children.

Answer 5

"In the Composition I course, the professor spoke to his students in a didactic, patronizing manner. I found it very disrespectful."

Answer 6

...my teacher handled us as if we were infants with comprehension problems...

Answer 7

insulted our intelligence

made us feel inferior

Answer 8

berated,condescending and manipulated

Answer 9

you could use patronize, but that has another meaning as well. you could also say he was condescending.

Answer 10

Patronized

Answer 11

In Composition, my first English college course, I found my teacher to be condescending to the students in the classroom and thought this to be very disrespectful

Answer 12

was condescending

Answer 13

Condescending.

Answer 14

scolded.

lol i have no clue

Answer 15

You spoke to me in a condescending manner.

Answer 16

he treated us like imbeciles and he was very disrespectful

Answer 17

to be patronized or dismissed is another way, or 2, of saying the same thing.  You are correct it is truly disrespectful.

Answer 18

your teacher spoke in a  manner that was very condescending to the students.

Answer 19

Berated

Answer 20

My first college English course was Composition I.  The teacher was condescending toward the class, and I found it disrespectful.

Answer 21

He made us feel as if we were young children, not competent of anything.

You could also use the word inferior.

Hope this helps!

Answer 22

Condescended

Answer 23

deigned

or condesend

Answer 24

condescended

patronized

belittled

:)

Answer 25

belittled