Sick Students

Sometimes I complain about students skipping class, but now I must complain about those who come to class even when sick. It’s great that they show dedication, but then they cough and sneeze all over me and their fellow students. I’ve been sick since the beginning of the term, primarily because of my students and all their germs. I get over one cold and then get a different one.

Stay home if sick!

--Curly

Good in Bed

Why do so many men seem to think they can turn lesbians straight? I wish I got money for every time a man claimed that all a gay woman needed was a good fuck and that he was just the man to offer that service; I’d be rich now if I’d been collecting.

I know lots of men find female sexuality (whether straight, bi, or gay) threatening. And I also know plenty of people – male or female – who want to believe they are so good in bed they can “convert” another person’s sexuality. So together these feelings and beliefs are a bad combination that leads men to believe that women couldn’t possibly prefer (or enjoy in addition) sleeping with women instead of men.

But it is tiresome to hear such a stupid comment. Face it: you’re probably not all that good in bed anyway, and even if a straight woman would have you, a bi or gay women could do better. You’re not converting anyone.

--Curly

Don’t Text and Drive

The subject line of this post says it all. It isn’t safe to text and drive. So just don’t! You are making the road less safe for yourself and others.

University is for Socializing, not Studying

The new semester is under way and I’m already getting annoyed with my students. They get a clear time-table listing the hours of class, and they receive a detail syllabus too, with info about when class is and where, and what they need to do in preparation for each class.

And yet the students feel the need to email me to ask when and where class is and whether they need to attend. Some even say they have other plans. I do know they have to work, although one would think they’d arrange their work schedules around class. But sometimes they admit these plans are social.

Are they are university to socialize or to study? Why should I have to explain over and over again that if class is listed as being from 9-12 or 1-3 or whatever it is that is when students need to come? Is it that hard to understand?

--Curly