Zooze the Horse roams around the pasture near Lamar State College. Zooze thinks about problems in academia. Zhe wants proffies to submit posts (blog posts, not fence posts).
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Late Big Thirsty: Which student would you prefer to have?
I should have been a law professor. If I spent an eon flipping pages trying to find the thing I want to teach about, I would lose complete control of my class.
I love that movie, though. The Paper Chase, and to a lesser extent, Breaking Away, gave me ideas about what it would be like here inside the academy. They never show you how hard the professor has to work, though, just what an asshole or what a chum they can actually be. It's all Katie-from-Kalamazoos, Kingsfields, or mad scientists in the movies.
I want to see a movie about a Cassandra - I want to see the professor character exhaust herself to do a good job, but stop short of inviting the kids over for poetry and yoga, or blowing up the dean's house with pop corn.
Are there any movies with more relatable professors?
I'd rather be forcibly sodomized with a cattle prod with fresh batteries, but I'll get my wish when the Manzanar concentration camp is reactivated.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Mr. Hart.
ReplyDeleteI should have been a law professor. If I spent an eon flipping pages trying to find the thing I want to teach about, I would lose complete control of my class.
I love that movie, though. The Paper Chase, and to a lesser extent, Breaking Away, gave me ideas about what it would be like here inside the academy. They never show you how hard the professor has to work, though, just what an asshole or what a chum they can actually be. It's all Katie-from-Kalamazoos, Kingsfields, or mad scientists in the movies.
I want to see a movie about a Cassandra - I want to see the professor character exhaust herself to do a good job, but stop short of inviting the kids over for poetry and yoga, or blowing up the dean's house with pop corn.
Are there any movies with more relatable professors?