Teppy - that is fanfuckingTASTIC!

Peevish One - I too bow to your friend's powers of awesome. "It's not gay if the quarks don't touch."

(...is it nearly Watchmen yet?)

Happy Birthday, Trudy!

Dude, you want to be paid? Learn "stipend".

Exactly! I even told them that.

Perfectly modern and normal vocabulary, which, frankly, by English 3 they should know already, so they just need to QUIT THEIR BITCHIN'.

I love Jen.

Jen and ChiKat are my hero's for the day. Care to come and take on DD and 50 Intensive English 3 students?

Happy Birthday, Trudy!

Good luck with the abstract, Hil.

The kids who don't want to learn the vocabulary words would grow up into adults who felt stupid and defensive when they didn't understand what someone said. Then they'd either say that someone was elitist (if they knew the word) or they'd bitch because their teacher didn't teach 'em nothin'. I'm glad it's being nipped in the bud in this instance.

Question for academic-type people: what should I wear to an interview? (I don't have any interviews yet, of course, but planning for spring -- I know I'm going to have to buy some new clothes, and then I'm going to have to get them altered, so I need to plan in advance.) The guidelines that my department put together say:

• Your clothes should be neat and professional looking, and probably somewhat more formal than is typical for faculty, but don't go overboard.

• For men, it is good to have a suit coat, but one doesn't have to wear it all day. One can put on a tie when meeting the dean, but don't feel like you have to wear it all day.

• Women have a greater range of options (pants, a skirt, a dress are all fine --- anything that is neat and professional is okay).

and I'm really not sure what that actually means.

Happy Birthday, Trudy!

The class is titled Intensive English and they're complaining about learning vocabulary? :boggles:

Anne, I hope you are feeling better today.

Continued support for Sean, S, vw's friend, Cashmere's friend, everyone else I'm forgetting at the moment.

Happy Birthday Super Porny Pants! and also Kara.

Gronk.

Happy Birthday Turdy!

Lovely Billboard Steph!

Hil- I think part of what they are trying to get across is that, although you should be dressed up, you don't want to look like you are interviewing to teach at a business school. Like, I might stay away from a black suit with pantyhose and heels and a shell and pearls and whatnot. Maybe a skirt and top in more earthy tones, with a coordinating, but not matching blazer? and clunkier shoes than you would wear in a business interview? Or a plainish, but high quality dress that you can wear with a blazer if you want? Maybe look at some of your female professors and think of what they would wear if they had to dress up?

d! gronk right back at you. We need to get our calendars talking to each other.

Happy Birthday Trudy! Teppy, you look mahvelous!

ok, yeah. gronk.

Maybe look at some of your female professors and think of what they would wear if they had to dress up?

Heh. There are three female professors in my department. One wears a black skirt or pants and jewel-tone top every day. The other two are generally jeans and sneakers people. (My sister is completely horrified that I wear jeans and sneakers for teaching. I responded that my clothes don't have holes or stains, which puts me above at least half the other grad students.)

Maybe a skirt and top in more earthy tones, with a coordinating, but not matching blazer? and clunkier shoes than you would wear in a business interview? Or a plainish, but high quality dress that you can wear with a blazer if you want?

Thanks. That helps a lot. (Clunkier shoes are a must for me anyway -- I tend to twist my ankles or knees if I wear even slightly wobbly shoes.)

Good morning, all. I had a reasonably good night's sleep (6.5 hours), and while feeling mild anxiety, I'm not dragging my feet too badly this morning. Thanks for all the good wishes.