write the character sketch of professor
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Private Quelch was a lanky, stooping, frowning man. He wore horn-rimmed spectacles. Everyone called him the Professor as he loved showing off his knowledge and presenting himself as superior to others. Undoubtedly he was a promising trainee at the army training depot. However, he had a serious flaw in his personality. He was a show off. He would learn details about certain things that were being taught during the training, and boast off his knowledge during the training session. For example, during the musketry training, he interrupted the trainer and corrected him about the exact speed of the bullet when it was fired. He interrupted his instructors quite frequently.
Fortunately, the musketry trainer ignored his impudence. But Corporal Turnbull could not be trifled with. When the Professor tried to correct Corporal Turnbull while he was giving a training lecture on hand grenades, the latter got offended. He invited the Professor to give the lecture in his stead. After the session he made a declaration. He told the platoon that he was assigning the permanent cook-house duties to the Professor.
In spite of the punishment he received from Corporal Turnbull, he did not mend his ways. Even at kitchen he would lecture his assistant cooks on unscientific and unhygienic method of peeling potatoes.