On academia (Running with mathmos, Part I)
Cez went on a statistics course recently, and now she thinks she's a mathmo...
Lecturer [looking at the course schedule that he had written]: "Hmm, start at 9, finish at 4.30? Seems a bit light..."
Cez: "Isn't that what academia's all about?"
Lecturer: [gives her a LOOK]
Cez: "Er... I mean, isn't that what a study day's all about?"
Lecturer: "... That's more like it."
Lecturer [looking at the course schedule that he had written]: "Hmm, start at 9, finish at 4.30? Seems a bit light..."
Cez: "Isn't that what academia's all about?"
Lecturer: [gives her a LOOK]
Cez: "Er... I mean, isn't that what a study day's all about?"
Lecturer: "... That's more like it."
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