This week at work has been paradisiacal. The building is empty. I walk around, loudly doing my German exercises, which by the way:
I read, work on my book, take naps, walk more, do more German exercises. The building will be locked starting today and until everybody shows up in January. I will be expelled from this paradise in a few hours.
I felt the same way when I saw in college majoring in history, I loved going to classes where I could be around other history nerds and me reading loads of history books didn’t make me weird. I hated when we had to go online during Covid, even though it was a long train ride after work, I loved the debates and interaction. I honestly believe majoring in history at college was the most fun I ever had as an adult
I went to a small Division III school and my professors were normal, I actually had a conservative retired Marine/Eucharistic Minister as a sociology professor and another retired Marine as a military history professor. I guess the nutty professors think teaching at small colleges is beneath them, luckily I had sane professors
Ran into the opposite when I was not quite 18.
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That sucks that your building is locked over break. Buildings get locked at my university, but faculty have keys we can use to get into the building at any time. I am frequently the only person on my floor and sometimes the only person in the entire building over breaks. I love it when everyone else is gone.
They don’t want to pay for heating, lighting, cleaning and guarding many large buildings on an off chance that a stray workaholic wanders in. I don’t blame them but I do bemoan being expelled.
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Our buildings don’t get cleaned over winter break, but they have to heat them or the pipes would freeze. We get lots of emails about turning everything off, but I don’t think they mind us using power if we are actually here.
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