"I've had those books for years. They represent the person I once aspired to be."
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aspiration, aspirations, aspired, aspiring, dream, dreams, ambition, ambitions, goal, goals, lost dream, lost dreams, broken dream, broken dreams, ambitious, date, dates, pretentious, pretension, pretensions, love life, snob, snobs, elitist, elitists, girlfriends, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, showing off, academic, academics, academia"Sure, we need more research in alchemy, necromancy, and sorcery, but where is the money going to come from?"
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alchemy, alchemist, alchemists, fund, funds, funding, research, researcher, researchers, medical research, study, studies, scientific study, academic, academics, academia, benefactor, benefactors, necromancy, sorcery, quack, quacks, magic, magician, magicians, academic fund, academic funding, scientific study, scientific studies, medicine, fiction, fictional, fictions"I'm not going to shoot the messenger, but I'm also not going to renew his grant."
"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."
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writer, writers, writing, author, authors, book, books, novel, novels, literature, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, publishing company, publishing companies, publishing house, publishing industry, literary agent, literary agents, public, pressure, internal motivation, student, students, college, college, college student, university, universities, essay, essays, paper, papers, dating, date, dates, stress, stressful, education, higher education, academia, academics, pretentious, flattery, pompous"I've been reading the trashiest scientific abstract."
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abstract, abstracts, scientific abstracts, journal, journals, peer review, peer reviewed, academic, academics, academia, guilty pleasure, guilty pleasures, trash, trashy, trashiest, scientist, scientists, trash, tabloid, tabloids, paperback, paperbacks, professor, professors, instructor, instructors, teacher, teachers, university, universities, college, colleges"Daddy works in a magical, faraway land called Academia."
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academia, education, research, academics, academic, educator, educators, teacher, teachers, professor, professors, tutor, tutors, doctor, doctors, doctorate, masters, bachelors, university, universities, college, colleges, uni, pretentious, snob, snobby, dad, dads, father, fathers, fatherhood, kid, kids, child, children, childhood, parent, parents, parenthood"Yeah, but good luck getting it peer-reviewed."
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academia, academic, academics, academically, science, scientific, scientific community, paper, papers, conference, conferences, peer review, peer-review, peer reviewed, peer-reviewed, scientist, scientists, doctor, doctors, health, health, religion, religious, biblical, bible, biblical stories, medicine, medicines, cure, cures, heal, healing, downer, reality check, reality, realistic, realistically, miracle, miracles, miraculous, miraculously, university, universities, higher education, education, educate, educated, tertiary education, academy, college, colleges, jesus, jesus performs a miracle"Remember, education pays, unless you end up an adjunct - like me."
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uni, university, universities, college, colleges, higher education, higher ed, professor, professors, teacher, teachers, tutor, tutors, student, students, educate, education, educated, adjunct, adjunct professor, non-tenure, academic, academics, academia, adjunct status, educator, educators, scholar, scholars, pessimistic, pessimism, negative, dream crusher, rank, ranking, hierarchy"But enough about this for a while, gentlemen. Let's talk about real estate."
Genius Grants and Recipients
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money, grants, grant, academic, academia, academics, education, educational, higher education, government, governments, governmental, scientific research, research grant, research, research grants, science, scientific, scientist, scientists, scientifically, discovery, discover, experiments, experiment, experimental, experimenting, language, languages, cliche, cliches, clichés, cliché, blonde, blondes, woodchuck, wood chuck, gum"He's philosophy-driven."
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philosopher, philosophers, philosophies, philosophize, philosophise, philosophising, philosophizing, intellectual, intellectuals, academic, academics, academia, reader, readers, book, books, thinker, thinkers, thought, thoughtful, philosophical text, philosophical texts, passion, passions, interest, interests, hobby, elitist, elitismA statue dedicated to "The Unknown Academic Infighter" stands outside a college campus.
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statue, statues, sculpture, sculptures, memorial, memorials, education, academia, academic, academics, infighting, infighter, infighters, fighting, fight, fights, fighter, fighters, unknown, professor, professors, university, universities, college, colleges, teacher, teachers, educator, educators, academic politics, dean, deans, staff"I'll thank you not to quote Yeats, Godel, or any other reminders of college loan debt."
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w. b. yeats, yeats, william butler yeats, kurt gödel, kurt godel, poet, poets, literary figure, literary figures, intellectual, intellectuals, academia, college degree, college degrees, degree, degrees, diploma, diplomas, debt, debts, student debt, student debts, student loan, student loans, reminder, reminders, arts degree, arts degrees, fast food, junk food, fast-food, restaurant, restaurants, overqualified, job dissatisfaction, graduate, graduates, graduation, graduations"What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical."
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philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, philosophiser, philosophisers, philosophizer, philosophizers, philosophize, department, departments, academic, academics, academia, university, universities, uni, unis, college, colleges, theoretically, theoretical, theory, theories, philosophy department, philosophy department, turn of phrase, turns of phrase"Oh, just hanging out, reading Upanishads."
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ancient sanskrit texts, hinduism, upanishads, sanskrit, sanskrits, religious text, religious texts, academic, academics, academia, pretension, pretensions, pretentious, hanging out, relaxation, relaxing, relaxed, philosophical, philosophy, philosophies, philosopher, philosophers, religious text, religious texts, philosophical text, philosophical texts, literary snob, literary snobs"A final word of thanks to those hard working scholars: The Term-Paper Ghostwriters."
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graduation, graduations, graduate, graduates, ghostwriter, ghostwriters, ghostwriting, plagiarism, plagiarist, plagiarists, academic, academics, term paper, term papers, graduation ceremony, graduation ceremonies, intellectual property, intellectual property theft, scholar, scholars, academia, cheater, cheaters."In addition to our speaker's many and considerable lifetime achievements, she is widely known as a piece of work!"
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lecture, lectures, lecturer, lecturers, public speaker, public speakers, public speaking, academic, academics, academia, achievement, lifetime achievement, lifetime achievements, achievements, introduction, introductions, piece of work, difficult personality, difficult personalities, mental case"The only way to create a sensation as an essayist these days is to write something mean bout cats."
"An excellent defense. Let's give her the doctorate."
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viva, vivas, doctorate, doctorates, phd, ph.d., phds, doctor, doctors, academia, academic, academics, thesis, defense, defence, award, awards, intellectual, intellectuals, punch, punches, punching, self-defence, self-defense, student, students, education system, exam, exams, examination, examinations"Of course it will work, Penny. You're post-feminist and I'm post-chauvinist."
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feminist, feminists, chauvinist, chauvinists, chauvinism, feminism, post-feminist, post-feminism, postfeminism, true love, true loves, perfect match, perfect matches, sexist, sexists, gender politics, couple, couples, happy marriage, successful marriage, successful relationship, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, husband, husbands, wife, wives, proposal, proposals, date, dates, academia, academic, jargon, academics, social view, political view"Uh...no, thank you. I'll just stay another four years."
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graduation, graduations, college, colleges, university, universities, college graduation, college graduations, university graduation, university graduations, alumni, diploma, diplomas, certificate, certificates, ceremony, ceremonies, graduation ceremony, graduation ceremonies, commencement, commencements, commencement ceremony, commencement ceremonies, dean, deans, education, graduating, graduate, graduates, student, students, higher education, academics, academia, masters, phd, postgraduate, postgraduates, doctorate, refusing, refusal, nonacceptance, staying, perpetual student, perpetual students, career student, career students, work, job, jobs, economy, bad economy, career, careers, anxiety, anxious, scared, scary, avoiding, avoidance, millennial, millennials, modern life"Does he have to do that every time he gets a little grant?"
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grant, grants, small grant, research grant, research grants, study grant, study grants, student, students, scientist, scientists, historian, historians, researcher, researchers, congratulations, over the top, celebrations, celebrating, no money, funding, research funding, poor, intellectual, intellectuals, academia"You've just proven that your job doesn't exist."
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