My biological clock is ticking

[kefka]

After becoming the last person in North America to hear about the now-passe' Susan Boyle phenomenon, I spent some time thinking about spinsters. Specifically, me. As both of my readers know, I, like Dame Boyle, am frumpy and gauche, but I can't sing. And while I find Schönberg's ouevre (specifically Les Miserables) schmaltzy to the point of

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[hypersurfaces]

"I don't think you'd be a very good TA." - Me, who was a very bad TA.

Marissa and I know a Dave Taylor who is nothing like the (heterosexual) person you mentioned here. He looks fabulous in drag!

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Oh yeah, found these things for you. Still not worth it to be a TA though.

http://hypersurfaces.livejournal.com/165912.html
http://hypersurfaces.livejournal.com/166157.html

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My favorite comment of this semester (from a student) is "Khakis." Because that's pretty much all I wear, one student has taken to writing that single word on every evaluation (3 so far this semester).

Of course, I also got:
"Evan is phenomenal."
"you guys rock for real."
"Evan was very pleasant and helpful"
"Evan, you're awesome!!"

Paying my kids for good evaluations: A+++

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One of my students wrote in the evaluations that he didn't respect me as a person.

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But yeah. You don't *really* want to teach these kids do you? When asked "what was the least favorite part of your class," I got answers such as "critical thinking." Huzzah for America's future.