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October 11, 2005
The Professorial Quotation Game
A sizable chunk of my time these days is spent manning the Writing Center: meeting with my Basic Writing students, helping walk-ins, developing resources, and occasionally just killing time. Even if I don't have a student, however, I'm rarely alone for long. The faculty copy room is tucked away in a strange, closet-like space just inside the Writing Center door, and professors pop in and out throughout the day for all their duplication needs. Some of my favorite moments are when they toss out little comments to me on their way into their electronic-filled closet.
Covenant folk, see if you can correctly match the professor to the quote. Other folk, see if you can imagine having professors like these. (One professor gets two quotes)
1. "Grrrrrr."
2. "It's lonely being on the top."
3. (speaking about me to another professor) "I think she'll probably turn into a popsicle instead of an ice cube since she's so tall and thin."
4. "You're eating with chopsticks. That's a little unexpected."
5. "Yessss... well, sometimes it's just so exciting you wonder how you can stand it, mmm?"
6. "You're an art person, aren't you? What do you think about Thomas Kinkade?"
7. "All hail, Professor Weichbrodt."
8. "Well, don't you just look like a present!"
9. "Didn't I already graduate you?"
a. Dr. McLelland
b. Dr. Wildeman
c. Dr. Hesselink
d. Dr. Trimiew
e. Dr. Davis
f. Dr. Morton
g. Dr. Clark
h. Dr. Kaufmann
Answers in the extended entry.
1. b
2. f
3. e
4. a
5. c
6. h
7. f
8. g
9. d
People-Watching | By elissa | 05:17 PM
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Comments
More difficult than I expected. Number seven was rather inevitable, though.
Posted by: mesh at October 11, 2005 05:45 PM
beautiful, beautiful. I like number 5. I love to hear the professors' impressions of each other.
Posted by: linnea at October 12, 2005 12:02 AM
I'm with Mesh - number seven was the only one I got. I thought for sure number six was McLelland... Kinkade is his favorite artist, you know...
Posted by: Rebekah at October 12, 2005 01:50 PM
I'm surprised that 8 wasn't easy for you guys. C'mon. Who else but Dr. Clark would call a lady a "present?" :)
Posted by: elissa at October 12, 2005 03:33 PM
Actually, just the other night I was remarking...
No. Sorry. I can't think of anyone else.
Posted by: mesh at October 12, 2005 03:55 PM
I got most of them. I missed the ones by Trimiew and Kaufmann, but considering I never had them, I think I did pretty well. I have to admit I was a bit thrown because I wanted to list Dr. Morton twice and I thought there was only one comment per professor. Then I actually took the time to count the number of comments and professors and all became clear.
Posted by: sarah at October 13, 2005 09:05 AM
I knew before even looking at the options that #8 was Clark...he's great. After looking at the options I correctly matched Dr. Kauffmann with the Kincade comment.
Posted by: Katie M at October 21, 2005 12:53 AM
