I was thinking about my polisci professors from my first semester of uni who I planned to work with my sophomore year and give them some silly gifts,
when I remembered one of the first things my career development (freshman year) -> comparative politics/latin american studies (for sophomore year) prof told the lecture hall on the first day of class.
I only have the beginning of the quote word for word from my notes that day, but the shock of his statement made the entire hall laugh. something roughly along the lines of this, because he wanted to egg on engineering students and their degrees:
“Fact: Most suicide bombers are engineers. It’s a little joke I like to start out these classes with, because the majority of political scientists don’t know how to make one, including me, so I think we’re a little bit more ethical because of that. Please don’t commit terrorism, though.”
obviously, he wanted to get the point across that politics is a valid degree that can land someone a job, but the imagery of him saying that in his starchy church suit with his silly little professional presentation always gets me smiling and chuffing
