Street Rep

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Clarissa

December 10, 2015

When people at the union meeting heard my name, they looked at me with a glimmer of recognition.

“Ah, you are the person who writes subversive messages at the discussion board!” they said.

This was gratifying because I was afraid I was getting known as “the lady with the hair” on campus. I’d much rather be “the lady with subversive messages” instead.

On the really hilarious side, a hopeful young (as in really, really young) man at the library asked me if I wanted to study for the exams together. When I was at the age when this proposal would have made sense, no young men asked me to study for the exams together. Instead, I was hugely popular among old (as in the age I am today) men. So I almost jumped at today’s young suitor with, “Now? After all this time you are asking me??? Where were you 20 years ago, then?” I didn’t do that because 20 years ago he was probably not even in existence.

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5 responses to “Street Rep”

AcademicLurker

December 10, 2015

This what happens when you join a union, you instantly become more attractive to the opposite sex. Unions should probably start using that as their recruitment pitch.

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Dreidel

December 10, 2015

So DO you post subversive messages on the discussion board?

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1. Clarissa
  
  December 10, 2015
  
  To me, they are not subversive. But academics are scandalized with every little thing.
  
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Jones

December 10, 2015

The less radical the haircut, the more radical the radical …

Or in other words: you, a subversive now … what on earth did you do to your hair? 🙂

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Editor (Retired)

December 10, 2015

If a female college student asked me to study with her, I might just do it. But I doubt that I could help with her GPA.

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