Today, I had an appointment with my econ 100A professor. This appointment was a necessity, especially since I had tried to go to his office hours twice. The first time I went, I was in full suit and everything because I had an interview right after his office hours, so I thought I would make a good impression, but, when I stepped into his office, my professor told me that he had a meeting to go to. The second time, I was about to go to his office and then I checked my email on my Iphone right before and discovered that he had changed his office hours 3 hours before they were to occur. I do not understand why he bothers to list office hours on his syllabus as he never follows them.
Anyway, when I arrive at his office he asks me "What do you need"? Flabbergasted I reply that I have an appointment and that he had entered this appointment into his Iphone in front of me. He replies that his Iphone should have beeped off or something but told me that he believed me, and with this the meeting begins.
Before coming to the appointment, I had reviewed my notes to try to ask some intelligent questions. My first question, was what was a giffen good? To which he replied did you look into the book? At this point, you have to understand that the book is terrible, so it was natural that I said "No." So the first question that I asked just made me look like a complete idiot. Undeterred, I continued to ask surface level questions and continued to sound like an idiot for the next 30 minutes.
However, at the end of the 30 minutes I understood the concepts very well, but at the cost of my self esteem. At one point of the meeting, the professor even accused me of not going to class, which is of course partly true, but of course I fervently denied his accusation and explained that I attend class, but, mindlessly copy the board because I get lost in lecture and that the same thing occurs in my other economics class. Not sure if he believed me, but I got him to admit that the textbook sucked, so he might understand why I do not use it.
In the end, it was a cool first interaction with my economics professor. he may have been skeptical with whether or not I attended class, but nonetheless he helped me out tremendously and for that I am thankful. Maybe now I will do well on the next midterm.
-muffinman
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8 COMMENTS:
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I can't find the links section, so I'll just ask you tomorrow.
+ good job on understanding econ stuff now!
Why the hell did you wear a suit to an appointment? Doesn't that make you look like a kissass?
It wasn't even an interview for an actual internship or job.
-Robocop
I had an interview right after his office hours, so the first time I went to see him I was in a suit. I was in normal clothes for he appointment yesterday.
-muffinman
I thought you already had a job?
-Robocop
I went to his office hours twice before I set up an appointment! Are you reading my blog posts or just skimming? The first 2 lines explains it. I set up the appointment because both times that I went to his office hours he was not available.
-muffinman
You said you had an interview right after the first appointment you had set up?
-Robocop
No, I went to his office hours twice before setting up an appointment because those two times I went to his office hours, he was unavailable. The first time I went to his office hours was when I was in a suit and he was unavailable.
-muffinman
my head exploded
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