Let’s play a game. Imagine an academic department and imagine the graduate students in it. The department is just plain absurd as are some of the graduate students. How absurd? Well, like I said, let’s play a game. Match the imaginary graduate student description to the award or job(s) that they have been given by the powers that be in this absurd department. Again, as indicated, some grad students have multiple jobs or awards. If this were real, it’d be truly tragicomic.
The Graduate Students
1. White male. Contemptuous of minorities and of all affirmative action programs. Misogynist of the highest order who enjoys sex jaunts to third world destinations. Generally speaks in demeaning terms about women of color he slept with. Ran out of condoms on last trip to South America. (Match to 2 jobs below)
2. White male. Misogynist. The type of douchebag who’d stiff a colleague in a secret Santa exchange by taking a gift but not putting one in. Openly hits on female colleagues like he’s in some dive bar. Keeps a strip of condoms in his department office. (For what? Who knows.)
3. White male. Napoleon complex. Loud-talking and generally annoying. One of his areas of study is Africa. Contemptuous of Africans. Before first trip to Africa, asked colleague about prostitutes and likelihood of AIDS transmission for their johns (or potential johns).
4. White male. Uses undergraduate rosters as personal dating pool. Engaged in sexting with a student during course of the term and later “consummated” the relationship. Has dated multiple students. (Match to 2 jobs below)
5. White male. Engaged in inappropriate contact with female student during the course of a class. Ended up dating that student.
The Jobs/Awards
A. Teaching position for a class on public policy in Africa.
B. TA trainer - trains new TA’s before they begin teaching their first class.
C. Teaching Assistant of the Year, 2006
D. Teaching Assistant of the Year, 2007
E. Letters and Science undergraduate minority advisor.
F. Interim TA trainer. Hired for a special one term appointment.
Now, match the jobs to the imaginary graduate students. Answers to follow later.
Is “white” code for “Thai”?
I wanted to comment on this and certain other current events (Levi Johnston, a recent tragedy), but the un-pcness quotient was _way_ too high.
Um…Can we please rededicate ourselves to communicating the mundane and yet exciting on this blog??? Can you pull yourself away from Twitter enough to make derogatory comments on my blog please??? xoxo