I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to any of my teachers for more than about five minutes at a time, except perhaps during recess breaks. Oh, and once where I ended up on the bus with one of them and we sat next to each other. I know they’re just people, but they’re all frickin’ geniuses and they intimidate me. 8-
And I’ve had exactly one female professor in five years of university, and she was an absolute moron, so no problems there.