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1. The professor will never make eye contact with you if you sit a tier below a student who wears no underwear, and wide-legged shorts.
2. If the professor starts the semester by taking Polaroid photos of individual students in order to follow a name memorization technique he learned at a recent educational conference, you will be forever known as Bridget while Bridget, who sits two rows ahead of you, to the right, will be known as Sarah.
3. During office hours, when you arrive to talk about an upcoming assignment, a professor may be wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipes at full strength with closed eyes and a claret-hued face as shiny as a beetle’s. It is wise to leave the room at such times.
Sarah Bigham is the author of Kind Chemist Wife: Musings at 3 a.m. She lives in Maryland with her wife, three independent cats, an unwieldy herb garden, several chronic pain conditions, and near-constant outrage at the general state of the world tempered with love for those doing their best to make a difference. Find her at sgbigham.com.
