Drink, Grade, Cry

When a girl tries to read her entire seminar paper to the class

When a student tries to tell me how to teach

When a student asks for an extension on the last day of the semester

Students emailing me with questions two hours before their final paper of the semester is due

When I look at my grindr messages

When a student says he agrees with Tal Fortgang

When my university still hasn't paid me for extra work I did two months ago

Turning in my final paper of the semester

When I hear a theatre professor say that Meryl was miscast in August: Osage County

When my professor suggests we hold our last class at a bar

When I go to sleep after turning in my last paper of the semester

When the department schedules a three-hour meeting on my day off

When my friend is hitting on a guy who's obviously gay

When my classmates and I saw our Post-Modernism grades

When I get to teach a gay novel

When someone brings a baby to seminar