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Love and Academia

So my foster job is pretty awesome. While the situation itself is often anxiety-provoking (what with the blurry professional/personal relationships, the need to prove myself, the lack of paid benefits, and the generally stressful nature of some of the work) , I love working at VPS (Very Prestigious School).

Because I am mostly working with science students and preparing them for the work world, I am learning about thermodynamics (relationships between heat and energy), C and Python (software), and assays (scientific analyses). It is fascinating. I also love all the college-ish irreverence. A fraternity just held a BBQ fundraiser for testicular cancer research, and it was called Sausage Fest. All the a capella groups have clever names. And the fliers and posters everywhere are funny and cool.

I also get a little wistful getting to know (in a purely appropriate and professional context) male college students. I have little experience with this population, because I graduated from a women's college. I'm sure many male students are crude and smell (per stereotypes), but the ones I've met so far are quite lovely, and have expressed some anxiety about dating.

Because I have a veritable Ph.D. in this subject, I am semi-seriously considering offering a class on dating for the aforementioned aspiring boyfriends. The course would be a service both to the participants and their eventual love interests, and the curriculum would include segments on Asking Her Out, LISTENING AND ASKING QUESTIONS (and there would be a pop quiz on this one), Avoiding Mixed Signals, Making a Move, and Coping With Rejection.

Posted by Dori at 12:16 PM