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[rivka]

Okay, how old do you have to get before you stop having the dream where you're in college and you suddenly realize you haven't been going to class or doing the readings, and in fact you're not even really sure where the classroom is or when the class is supposed to meet, and it's way too late to drop the class because exams are coming up?

Because, man, at 3 o'clock this morning I suffered through the most incredibly awkward one-on-one meeting with a professor... and I am one.

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[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Okay, I finished taking classes about 16 years ago and got my PhD 12 years ago and this is my eleventh year of teaching. I probably dream more often that I am going to teach a class and not prepared, compared to the one where I am a student and forgot to go to class and am not prepared. The student one still pops up occasionally though, and in that the campuses of my high school and my various universities all blend together.

[jerusha.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, this one. "What do you mean I'm lecturing today? I haven't written the lecture!" Or, one of my favorites: "The midterm is tomorrow. No problem; I'll just show up, watch the students take it, and then set to grading it. The exam's back from the copy center, right? Right? *echoing silence* Oh, god, did I ever send the exam to the copy center? Did I ever write the damn thing? *panic and hyperventilation ensue*"