Monday, July 3, 2017
Behind Door 5 The Newly but Distressingly Increasingly Absent Minded Professor
Behind Door 5 The Newly but Distressingly Increasingly Absent Minded Professor
A graduate student e-mailed me earlier to report the following interaction with an elderly faculty member. A few days earlier, the Professor had returned a copy of Students vita and statements for the job market with suggestions for a revision. Then:
Professor: Can I have a copy of your vita and statements for the job market so
that I can use them to write my letter of recommendation?
Student: Sure. But I havent made the changes you suggested yet. Would you like
me to make those revisions first or to give you another copy as is?
Professor: Just give it to me as is. I just need it for reference.
Student prints documents and gives them to Professor. Then, 30 minutes later, Professor returns and hands the documents to Student, having marked them up with virtually the same revisions and comments as the versions given and returned a few days earlier.
Professor: I have a few suggestions for you. Ill need another copy of these so that I can write my letter of recommendation.
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