That does blow. It certainly sounds as though the professor wasn't rooting for you too hard. What a superior existence he must lead to us mere mortals! May I suggest eating his heart? I believe that if you do that you will gain his powers, including his tenured position and sense of self-righteous entitlement.

The best time to do this would be right in the middle of one of his lectures. That way, as your newfound powers rush into you, you can stand up, professorial hearts-blood dripping down your chin, and continue the lecture right where he left off. Really it's best for the students to pick things right up again.

Honestly Myke would probably be a better authority on this though as I believe something like this is how he acquired his PhD as well.

(Oh, and to the good Prof. Byke: I mentioned this earlier, here's the link again: the five geek social fallacies.)