My Torts professor is a brilliant man, and so far a good teacher, but I'm not sure he hears everything the we say.
This morning, I was struggling with my books as I entered the school and Prof. Torts graciously held the door for me. I thanked him, and he asked me if I was in his class. Our Torts class hadn't yet met for the first time, but I told him I would be in that class when we met later.
"Ah," he exlaimed, "it's always good to meet new students. What's your name?"
I told him.
He beamed. "An Irish lass, I see."
"Um. No, I'm not Irish." My last name is distinctively ethnic, and it's definitely not Irish.
"Yes, I've got a bit of Irish in me as well." He smiled. "Do you have any kids?"
"No."
Prof. Torts smiled again. "Yes, I had a son when I was in law school. It's lovely, isn't it?"
"Um, yes. Well, um, thanks again."
"Goodbye! Luck o' the Irish to you!" He walked off, tipping an imaginary bowler in my direction.
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Wow, can I have some of what ever he's smoking?
JEALOUS!!! I would have killed for a torts prof with that much personality.
I would have thought he was joking if he hadn't kept it up. My dad thinks it's funny, when he hears an obviously ethnic name, to say something like, "Ah, a good Irish name." I'm not sure WHY that's supposed to be funny, tho!
Heh, sounds like he was just hearing what he wanted to hear. Lets hope when he goes over your exams he just sees what he wants to see instead of what you actually wrote ;) In any case, sounds like classes with him should be interesting to say the least!
After two classes with this guy, I really like him. He's got a great personality. He is, however, quite hard of hearing. :)
[back i am] i no longer make ethnic assessments based merely on Nomenclature, first or last. Il Professore was tipping his Tam 2 you~~the derby is way English. Next time you see him--say something Yiddish. Congratz on the penta-glow designation. /SlackBackMack--the log
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