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Back on campus, dreaming of campus

May 24, 2010 Ratan X 2 comments

I was back on the old campus this evening for a special meeting. I was immediately struck by two things:

1) It looks like the university FINALLY hired a landscaper that could get the grass to grow right. No patches of brown anywhere to be seen, and so thick and luxurious!

2) The English teachers still like to put their giant bumper stickers on their office windows so everybody who walks by can see their “progressive” beliefs displayed like a billboard. Ho hum. Of course it’s their right, but since leaving the campus for the real world I’m more convinced than ever that most college humanities professors are no more mature than the students they teach. To be fair, it’s the only thing they can do with their degree, but the allure of having hundreds of mush brained teens who they can turn into their clones has to be an orgasm to their dictatorial ways.

It’s funny, the most “liberal” teacher I had was the one that would freak out when students displayed any independent thought that pushed up against her Marxist/radical feminist leanings. To her, any idea was right, so as long as it was radical and advocated the destruction of capitalism, or confirmed her victim status as a poor, put-upon woman. Anything else meant you were “brainwashed by talk radio.” Maybe she was brainwashed too. Needless to say I kept my fucking mouth shut a lot in her classes.

I heard a saying once that Christians are the #1 reason why Atheists exist. Well, I guarantee the #1 reason you have a lot of angry young conservatives out there is because of douche bag “progressive” professors. Sweet Jaaaaaaaysussssss Wept All Mighty I hope I don’t run into her when I start taking courses again. I can tolerate most of the others, but not her. No way. And I have too much of a spine now to keep my fucking mouth shut this time.

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#1 | Written by M about 14 years ago.

It is funny how homogeneous the crew really is who teach at universities. I didn’t have the experience of too many professors trying to shape my thinking, but rather they saw things through their own filter which by and large was a similar filter to most of their other colleagues. Guess it is a certain type who is attracted to that job or who crave to be part of the institutional milieu. Hope you never do get that professor. She sounds awful.
- #2 | Written by Ratan X about 14 years ago.
  
  There were times when she was actually cool, but she’d go on REALLY bizarre tangents. When she did she expected affirmation from the entire class and she’d get really pissed if she didn’t get it. Woah unto those who disagreed with her. It would be hilarious in a South Park-esque way if she didn’t have the power to pass and fail students.
  
  I almost reported her a few times since it was obvious she’d give bad grades to the people who did have the nerve to disagree. But I didn’t because I knew the rest of the English department would view me as an enemy. They do tend to stick together. I understand that to a point, but I’d also hope they could objectively judge a colleague’s poor behavior. Basically I figured out which subjects to avoid and write about “safer” things. Not a good way to go through college, but I wasn’t going to get an F just to make a point.

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