il cocco del professore (o della professoressa)
Word of the Day | Parola del giorno
Ciao a tutti!
It’s back to school time here in the United States! For the last six weeks I have been traveling for a consulting project, and my time for the site was severely diminished. Now that I’m back at the university and the school year has begun in earnest, it’s time to start the academic year off with an appropriate school-related post.
Today's Parola del Giorno is the noun il cocco del professore, which means teacher's pet.
You can also say la cocca del professore, as well, for female students. If your professore is not a man, you can also use profesoressa.
So what is a teacher’s pet?
You know the type of student: the one who sits in front of the class, is always called on and enjoys being called on and enjoys helping the teacher out in class.
See our example used below:
Tutti i colleghi di Marcello lo odiano perché in aula si siede sempre davanti al professore, interviene durante le lezioni e ha sempre una risposta pronta. Secondo noi è il cocco del professore Argento.
All of Marcello's classmates hate him because in class he always sits in front of teacher, participates during the lesson and always has a response ready. In our opinion he is Professor Argento's teacher's pet.