But then I found a gem, the best comment I've ever received or hope to receive. On the back of a form rating me "Very Poor" in every category, a student wrote:
She may or may not be a she-devil/vampire!I'm tickled by this for so many reasons. Had the student simply written, "She's a she-devil," my reaction would have been, "yeah, whatever, dude." But I love the may-or-may-not-be bit, the pretense that he's not sure whether I'm a she-devil--and indeed, isn't quite sure whether it's a she-devil or a vampire that I may or may not be. (Also, I'm not really up on my demonology, but those strike me as two very different characterizations of one's English professor: does this class involve blood-sucking, or just garden-variety torment? Please check one.) The exclamation mark makes it even funnier.
So thanks, anonymous student! I kinda love you. And I'd haunt you if I had the time.
18 comments:
That's hilarious. If it's any consolation, I'm almost positive that you're not a vampire.
Woah... it's weird how your work-image is so different than your friend-image!
Also, non sequitur alert, (sorry, is that "non sequitur") the CAPCHA for this comment is: l-a-r-d-i. Lardy. Lardy, lardy, lardy.
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Dr. C: why, because you've seen me in daylight?
G-Fav: I hope that this is not, in fact, my work image. Maybe I should add these questions to my next set of evals:
Is your instructor a she-devil? (Yes/No)
Is she a vampire? (Yes/No)
Please explain.
I've seen you in daylight?
Was that you?
Awesome evaluation comment! I do love the "may or may not be" element -- kind of a wishy-washy denunciation, when it comes right down to it! Maybe if you'd really committed to, say, vampirism over she-deviltry, your student would be more confident in characterizing you.
Oh, kids these days! Whatever happened to the garden-variety succubus as category of tormentor?
Now, if he _really_ wanted to get his idea across, he could have likened you to La Chupacabra.
PS, my captcha is "uplept." I'm trying to tell if it answers the demon vs. vampire question.
Maybe this kid can't decide whether to love you or hate you.... you know, kids these days and their erotic fixation on vampires via _Twilight_. Maybe you should be DOUBLY flattered: tormentor AND fantasy. (Or, now that I've typed that out, doubly disturbed.)
RG: you know, for just the briefest second it had occurred to me that there might be something sexualized about those comparisons--but the idea was so horrifying that I immediately repressed it.
So THANKS for demolishing those essential psychological protections.
Absolutely fabulous! Honestly, could you get this printed on a t-shirt? I'd buy one!
I would buy a t-shirt that said it, too. It sounds like something Anne Taintor would put on one of her great pieces of art.
OV: hey, it does, doesn't it? (And funnily enough, my wall calendar, this year, is by Anne Taintor. I love her so.)
I went with vampire. My better half, who has worked on demons, went with she-devil. We actually argued about this. --V
I'm so jealous!
Once, I had a student who called me the "anti-Christ" on an evaluation. I still don't know what that was about.
Assuming that "V" = Victoria: I'm flattered (I think?) but not actually surprised that this is something you'd argue about. . . but now I'm curious as to the arguments for/against.
Peter-
It could have been "Anti-Christ" in the Papal sense ... maybe because of your triple tiara?
Alas, I have tried -- and failed -- to find the eroticism in the vampiric genre. I've read "Twilight." I'm trying to read Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire." I got nothin'.
However, since you are so damn hot, girlfriend, this leads me to believe that you are decidedly NOT a vampire...sorry to disappoint.
The question is, do you glitter in sunlight?
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