This hit a little too close to home. Interestingly enough, those professors at my alma mater who were abysmal at teaching and lecturing but pulling millions in grants listened to the course feedback cards. They took it to heart that we had been uninterested* in the way the course was presented, couldn't grasp the material from the lessons, etc. We could see how their teaching methods evolved as we had them for upper level courses and electives.

According to interns, those are some of the best professors that are currently on staff.

Irrelevant note: I originally used disinterested, but those words do not have the same meaning:

> An uninterested person is bored, unconcerned, or indifferent; a disinterested person is impartial, unbiased, or has no stake in the outcome.*[0]

[0]: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/disinter...

That's been my experience.