Have you noticed that whenever people want to say that President Obama is boring, fails to inspire, or is somehow just not engaging as a speaker, they refer to him as “professorial”?
Seriously, what’s up with that?!
Signed, A Professor
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normativeconnections said:
I would like to note that the best professors I’ve had don’t talk like the stereotypical professor (eg Dennis Quaid’s character in Smart People). The best professors are excited, animated, and often flailing their arms in excitement.
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I have never heard that. But I kind of understand it. I take a college lit class at a community college along with my...
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ashelf said:
i think their sad expectation of infotainment is far more ludicrous
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thenoobyorker said:
Clearly you’ve never had a class taught by John Searle!
jakke said:
Professors do tend to talk like they’re used to having a captive audience more than, say, engineers or lawyers. Not sure that describes how Obama talks, but there is a style that comes from having people pay to sit quietly while listening to you.
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