You are totally spot-on here, Scarlet. Also with the junior-high humiliation.
I particularly like "much of academic power involves the capacity to command the polite relinquishment of other people's time" which is absolutely accurate and I hadn't thought of in those terms before.
I'd probably have sat through other talks, because I wouldn't have the guts to leave. I like the way you chose to fight this battle -- you've accepted that you don't have time to write, but that you did have time (and could salvage some more) by leaving. Nice call.
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Posted by Chartreuse Circe to academicsecret at 8/08/2006 09:22:13 AM
