tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2125591411897419224..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Yes. I'm a Woman. No. I'm Not His SecretaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1139154514235331312011-08-26T21:53:06.797-04:002011-08-26T21:53:06.797-04:00"Thanks in advance" makes me instantly a..."Thanks in advance" makes me instantly angry, every time. It's <i>Office Space</i>-ese for "I own you."Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57791170575069018422011-08-26T20:40:19.995-04:002011-08-26T20:40:19.995-04:00Strenikov, I can at least send them away and say, ...Strenikov, I can at least send them away and say, 'Professor Cynic won't be in today" and get back to reading this blog. :o) But you are RIGHT--thanks a lot, Hollywood! And by expressing that it's a function of our gender, I hope you know I was being sarcastic and don't REALLY believe I can't be an authority figure or a professor...The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61246374593746997832011-08-26T16:47:24.917-04:002011-08-26T16:47:24.917-04:00"....perhaps it's a function of our gende..."....perhaps it's a function of our gender that we cannot possibly be authority figures or professors."<br /><br />No, it's that whenever advertising and TV central casting need a "professor", he is usually played by an old white guy in the "Paper Chase" or B-grade scifi movie tradition. So "geezer male prof" becomes an archetype to the idiot-box Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11926700155916193212011-08-26T03:22:43.714-04:002011-08-26T03:22:43.714-04:00And for the record, students always ask me when &q...And for the record, students always ask me when "Professor Cynic" will be back when I'm sitting in my office... so who knows... perhaps it's a function of our gender that we cannot possibly be authority figures or professors.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4058316207315524342011-08-26T00:03:39.793-04:002011-08-26T00:03:39.793-04:00CMP: Thank you in advance, and after the fact, for...CMP: Thank you in advance, and after the fact, for posting this. :o) I am in that purgatory that those of us on the quarter system seem to fall into when everyone else goes back to school. Your experience on Syllabus Day is giving me hives and I still have a month to go. Every year I ask myself: "Why isn't this year different? I thought maybe I'd be cut a break. For once. Not so.&The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.com