Unfortunately, I think the conclusion is that English PhDs aren’t as funny as lawyers.
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8 comments
October 28, 2010 at 5:54 am
zunguzungu
Gotta say, that prof is a total bully. Not nearly as likable and even-tempered as this history professor.
October 28, 2010 at 9:21 am
Sybil Vane
It would be impossible for anyone to love this as much as I do. But that may be because Harold Bloom informs much of my own work.
October 28, 2010 at 1:35 pm
dana
And death!
October 28, 2010 at 6:59 pm
nick
Please get the frack out of my office.
October 28, 2010 at 7:33 pm
rosmar
I like that one better, too, zunguzungu. I just shared it with my girlfriend who is in history graduate school.
(Back when I was in graduate school, she acted like she never wanted to go, but after 6 years of teaching middle school, she is actually really happy to be in graduate school.)
October 28, 2010 at 10:11 pm
andrew
Too bad the student didn’t express an interest in Derrida.
October 30, 2010 at 8:15 pm
JPool
I believe that this is the best, most bitterest one yet.
October 31, 2010 at 3:59 pm
andrew
By the end, I was no longer puzzled by the professor’s dislike of word limits.