Yeah, I do it for the glory
We had our annual pre-Fall Semester department meeting at one of my colleges today. This is the first semester since I started teaching there that I haven’t taught Art History, I’m only teaching Art Appreciation courses instead (I’ve still got regular ol’ Art History at other schools). I was intended to be the only one teaching the Art History courses because at this school, I was the first and only Art Historian they’ve had.
However, this semester all those Art History courses have somehow migrated to being evening classes. For some reason, I can’t seem to teach all night classes. Oh yeah, MY CHILDREN.
Seriously, I have kids. If I’m going to be leaving them home alone every night after school then I’m going to get a job that has benefits and fucking paid vacation. I can’t teach all night classes, I CAN teach all day while their in school though. They are just too old for a babysitter but too young to really be trusted for that length of time. They’re good kids, but you know, they’re KIDS.
So, I’m teaching Art Appreciation for this particular school and it’s awesome because I have a good schedule. And we’re in this meeting of all the teachers.
One of the teachers has put together a pretty snazzy slide library and he was discussing it to the new instructors, one of whom is another art historian hired to teach the night classes I turned down. Awesome, I think, she’s an art historian teaching art history…good!
That is, until the slide library guy says something to her like, “I’m not a historian, but I’m so excited you are! Can I pick your brain sometime about some of these images, I’ve always wondered how to categorize some things.” She says sure. He does A JIG of glee.
Um, dude, I’ve been teaching here for three years. Teaching art history. As an art historian. And YOU TALK TO ME ALL THE TIME.
Posted by Melissa on August 14th, 2008 under Histoire d'Art
August 15th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Yeah, that dude bites.
August 15th, 2008 at 9:54 am
He wants to do a jig in her bed…..did I just say that?
August 15th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Well…how do her knockers compare to yours? Oh he’s going to pick her brain, alright.
An aside: on a freshman intro modern art exam: “Manet’s ‘Sunday on the Island of Grand Jatte” includes a monkey because, hey, everyone likes a good prostitution reference.” No joke. Quoted exactly.
August 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
T, I love students :)