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Shots In The Dark
Tuesday, August 22, 2024
  Quote of the Day
“Everybody in the system is scared to death. Professors are scared of department heads. They’re just scared little people hiding out. And these other scared little people come and sit in a scared little class and tremble. I didn’t want to do that. Let’s do something memorable, and if we can’t do something memorable, then let’s go home. Or we’ll go across the street and get a drink.”
—"Aging wild man" writer and former professor Harry Crews

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none, sorry. someone taking themselves, and their situation, way too seriously, as usual. academics are prone to that -- the life of the mind being so much less "wild and crazy" than they'd like to imagine. those who can.....
 
I actually think this is as honest an appraisal (albeit brief) of the curious reality of campus life (some campuses more than others of course) as I've seen in a while...subtle fear does indeed abound.
 
Anyone read the New Yorker piece on Poincare this week? Sounds like the knives are coming out in the math department.
 
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