Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 11/30/2000 - 10:46am.
Archived comment by Mike:
AG: It's not easy being an ex-biology English major. Some things just don't carry over well.
TEACHER: Now, the conceit of this poem is a mouse motif. What words do you think of when you hear the word mouse? ME: (caught off guard) Uh, hantavirus? (dead silence) That would have gone over *so* well in microbiology class... (silence continues) I, I have to go to the bathroom....
I shouldn't be so rough on them, though. My chemistry class would give me the same treatment whenever I brought up a book or a story reference. (Even science fiction!) Maybe I'm just an anomalous freak no matter *where* I go....
AG:
It's not easy being an ex-biology English major. Some things just don't carry over well.
TEACHER: Now, the conceit of this poem is a mouse motif. What words do you think of when you hear the word mouse?
ME: (caught off guard) Uh, hantavirus?
(dead silence)
That would have gone over *so* well in microbiology class...
(silence continues)
I, I have to go to the bathroom....
I shouldn't be so rough on them, though. My chemistry class would give me the same treatment whenever I brought up a book or a story reference. (Even science fiction!)
Maybe I'm just an anomalous freak no matter *where* I go....