HOW TO MAKE YOUR LECTURER CONSIDER A NEW CAREER

The followings are examples of ways to make your lecturer so depressed that she actually considers a new career of selling cosmetics door-to-door :

A)Place: YB 2xx Day/Time: Wednesday/ 7 AM

Student A: Bu, nomer 5 pasti salah soal dehhhh….hasilnya imajiner!!!!

Student B: Ah pasti ibu salah deh

Student A: Kita udah itung pake cara ibu. Sampe ke titik komanya, sampe ke lekuk-lekuknya..sampe ke lekuk-lekuk Ibu.

Student B: Ssshhh.

Student A: Eh..

Lecturer : (to herself) I want a glass of water. And some painkillers.

Student C: Udahhhh dong Buuu….udah kebanyakan ini soalnya…kan lagi puasaaaaaaaaa…

Lecturer: (to herself) Like hell you are fasting. Bet I’m the only one in this class who’s fasting. Anyway I don’t have that many problem-sets anyway.Whaddaya think? You think I’d want to stay awake allnite preparing problem-sets for you brats? Arrrrr. I want a glass of water. And some painkillers.

B) Place: YB 2xx
Day/Time: Monday/ 9 AM

Student D: Hmm....L, (calling the lecturer by her first name) can I talk about something with you?

Lecturer: Sure.

Student D: In private?

Lecturer: (to herself) OH NO. (to the student) Okay, I’ll be in theoffice until 3:30 PM.

Student D: Can I have your phone number? Your extension number and your cellphone number…

Lecturer: (to herself) I want a glass of water. And some painkillers.

Student D: ….ngngng…..because….. this is very important….I want to discuss with you some very important things.... like...

Lecturer: Like what?

Student D: Like WHY YOU CHOSE TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING…..

FACT OF THE DAY: ONE BRAT ACTUALLY HAD THE GUTS TO DROP BY MY OFFICE AND INTERVIEWED ME WITH SUCH QUESTIONS.

Student E: L, what semester are you?

Lecturer: Err??

Student E: Oh, have you graduated?

Lecturer: Yes, when you were still in junior high school.

Student E: Heee heee. So you have graduated. WHY DIDN’T YOU FIND A JOB?

Lecturer: Doh. Because I prefer playing congklak here. (I want a glass of water. And some painkillers.)


VERDICT: STUDENT E IS RIGHT-- LECTURING ISN’T A JOB; IT’S A GAME, JUST LIKE CONGKLAK.

There are more examples, such as one time when a student stubbornly called me Cici, which means older sister in Mandarin.

By the way, did I mention the word depressed?

Don’t really mean it, actually. No matter what happens, I always have a good laugh after class.