Thursday, March 01, 2007
More signs that the CowardlyAcademe watches too many horror movies
My world as a comedy: Taking a class, as a student, with one of my own students. Occasionally looking like an ass in front of Student because I am not in my primary area and sometimes don't know elementary things.
My world as a low-budget psychological thriller: Student has already failed my class just a few weeks into the semester, though we continue to take a class together as fellow students. I begin to privately speculate about Student's desire for bloody revenge.
My world as surrealist horror film: Student failed my class automatically because Student never actually attended my class despite emailed assurances to the contrary; I therefore have never met Student but know we share a class because Student's name is called during roll. I have no idea what Student looks like or whether Student is aware of my presence in our shared classroom. I spend two days a week in perpetual terror that any one of a few dozen fellow students may assassinate me at any moment and that I will only have time to say, "Hey, so are you AIIIIIEEEE!"
My world as a low-budget psychological thriller: Student has already failed my class just a few weeks into the semester, though we continue to take a class together as fellow students. I begin to privately speculate about Student's desire for bloody revenge.
My world as surrealist horror film: Student failed my class automatically because Student never actually attended my class despite emailed assurances to the contrary; I therefore have never met Student but know we share a class because Student's name is called during roll. I have no idea what Student looks like or whether Student is aware of my presence in our shared classroom. I spend two days a week in perpetual terror that any one of a few dozen fellow students may assassinate me at any moment and that I will only have time to say, "Hey, so are you AIIIIIEEEE!"
