The Overly Tenured Old Time Professor

The Overly Tenured Old Time Professor

[student (S) enters a Hawken teachers (T) office]

**Knock, Knock**

T: Come in. [arms behind head reclining]

S: Hi Doc.Lewis I’m thinking about taking your course next year, I know you’re a really popular teacher here at Hawken and I just had some questions about your elective…

T: Sure, have a seat. What is it you want to know?

S: Well, What days are the class?

T: [long thinking pause] No idea.

S: Um, so I hear you don’t give a lot of homework, in fact sometimes you don’t even show up to class

T: Well, you see, I don’t think there needs to be teaching for there to be teaching, [pause] you see what I’m saying?

S: [pause] So what happens if I show up to your class, are people just gonna be standing around?

T: Well to my knowledge, in most situations, eventually you’d take a seat

S: [student looks quizzically at teacher] Oh…okay. So Doc., I went to my brother’s graduation where you were the scheduled speaker..

T: [interrupts smiles] oh yeah, right right right, what did you think of that?

S: well, uh,,, you never showed…..Doc. Lewis why do I get the feeling like you are not doing your job?

T: Enough of you asking questions, I have a question for you

S: Oh alright, well what do you want to know?

T: What’s for lunch?

S: crispitos

T: Oh great! [Teacher gets up and walks out of his office] See you around kid. Good chattin’.

S: [[Student is left there sitting in his chair]]