I wasn’t going to blog this, but it was the talk of the town today at Grad School, and the MC is always ready to jump on a bandwagon a little too late (TM):
For anyone who’s ever wanted to do their teacher, but, you know, not really, William Deresiewicz explains those complicated emotions. It’s a little thing called intellectual eros, and it’s been here since the Greeks; much like pederasty.
The article also reveals how the popular imagination likes to think of humanities professors as disappointed, sexually-predatory fucks; well you know what, popular imagination? Humanities professors aren’t too impressed by your efforts, either. You’ve earned a B- at best. You say a B- won’t get you that job at McKinsey? Well, maybe we could change that…what does a pretty imagination like you need to work for, anyway?
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