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When I was in academia, some of the most intolerable time wasting, tangential and selfish people were non-traditional students taking courses because they had t
by 6stringmerc 11y ago
When I was in academia, some of the most intolerable time wasting, tangential and selfish people were non-traditional students taking courses because they had the means and time to do so...just sayin'
- jackmaney 11y agoI guess that could be a function of one's discipline. I was a mathematician, so there were very few attempts at time-wasting and being tangential (and when there were, a quick "That's a great question, but it's a bit far afield from what we need to cover right now. I'd love to discuss it during office hours, though" would defuse the situation).