You know the drill: it’s the first day of classes, your new professors are going to say strange, exciting, baffling, and silly, silly things. Tell us what they come up with this time at tips@bwog.net. Happy first morning!
You know the drill: it’s the first day of classes, your new professors are going to say strange, exciting, baffling, and silly, silly things. Tell us what they come up with this time at tips@bwog.net. Happy first morning!
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@federica elementary italian 1
after speaking in only italian for about 10 minutes. “parlo italiano, no inglese [long pause filled with terrified stares from students]…just kidding!”
@anonymous Also from Peter Awn, Islam
“not to offend anyone–although I assure you by the end of the course I will have offended every possible religious community”
@anonymous Prof. Peter J. Awn, Islam
“This country has so much religious toleration. You can worship an albino marsupial in the basement of low and people would be OK!”
@Wait: The way he said it was much funnier than the way its printed here….
@Anonymous Professor swears when forgetting to mention something in a math proof.
@huh? that might be anti-funny…
@Anonymous Prof. D Moerman, Intro to East Asian Civ: Japan
“If you’re going to eat in class, don’t sit in the front row unless you want to give me some”
He proceeds to take some Chex Mix from a student, pops it in his mouth, and continues lecturing.
@anonymous William Hood compared Purgatory to fat camp.
@Anonymous “we enjoy sex because it reminds us of reading”
erik gray
literary texts, critical methods
@gray groupie so true, so true :)
@Anonymous Lindemann: “in case I don’t reply when you wave to me …. I’m BLIND, not a BITCH”
@Wow Amazing
@Anonymous “Food is the new sex” Deborah Valenze in A Social and Cultural History of Food in Europe
@Anonymous Gulati guilt trips the class with pictures of Haiti
@Silly Bwog “Opening Remarks” runs alternate Thursdays in the Spec Opinion section!