And it wasn't just son_of_darkness's friend (who's also mine)...others here in NY were in the same boat (although luckily only their first names were used...and she made a complete hash of everything they said, so they're less identifiable than they would have been if she'd got things straight.
Plus, of course, as an academic, I was rolling my eyes at the hearty "we're all morons together, aren't we?" anti-intllectualism. She might as well have been going 'neener neener...huh?" at an MLA converence, for all the understanding she demonstrated of critical approaches to texts. I was surprised she called herself "swotty" at the end...to be honest, a swot is the last thing I'd call somebody who seemed so incapable of doing her homework
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Date: 2006-08-07 04:28 pm (UTC)And it wasn't just
Plus, of course, as an academic, I was rolling my eyes at the hearty "we're all morons together, aren't we?" anti-intllectualism. She might as well have been going 'neener neener...huh?" at an MLA converence, for all the understanding she demonstrated of critical approaches to texts. I was surprised she called herself "swotty" at the end...to be honest, a swot is the last thing I'd call somebody who seemed so incapable of doing her homework