Friday, December 09, 2011

Caption the Essence

In case anyone has been spending an extreme amount of time grading lately (or will be soon) and needs a bit of a creative break, or any kind of break, here is a pseudo-fun non-graded activity:

Provide an Academic Caption to the picture below.

It can be anything you want, but should involve academic themes and characters.


23 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought the chair was supposed to be made out of ivory...

Anonymous said...

What do you think, Professor Owl? Should we read her thesis yet, or wait a few more months?

Renee said...

New department chair toys with book idea.

Anonymous said...

Should we look at her tenure file or just make up our minds without reading all those tedious details?

Colleen said...

Here is my graduate school application, Professor Bear. I've written a book about how wonderful your research is!

Professor Bear to Professor Owl: Fly over to campus security real quick. We've got another one.

Andrea said...

Quoth the Raven, "uneasy is the head that wears the crown". From the guy at the bottom. "cut! That's not the line.".

Anonymous said...

Well, Errol owl, I guess my "Change Department Chair" spell backfired again...

mathgirl said...

Should we look at her tenure file or just make up our minds without reading all those tedious details?

Thank you anonymous, you made my day (in a masochistic, self-pityness, sickly way).

Kea said...

Teddy VC: Oh HOD Owl, I understand your problem, but we need a few golden boys around to keep the ol' boys club running in years to come. Just make sure he has the book turned up the right way at his defense ...

Anonymous said...

[Bear, speaking to Owl] Ooh look, it's that book I requested via speedy delivery from the campus library. Do you think she remembered to bring our coffee, too?

John A. Palmore Jr. said...

Dean Snuggles and Dept. Head Hoots discuss Professor Kitten's tenure denial.

Anonymous said...

renee: so many ways to parse that caption, I love it!

Anonymous said...

They're the minutes to the last faculty meeting.

Athene Donald said...

Why can't they provide the paperwork on a USB stick? It's bad for my back to lug that tome around.

Anonymous said...

Here are the areas we are going to shrink Prof Delpy.

Anonymous said...

It's the Secret Book of Rules you have to read when you become department chair. I don't know why they are so secret. Rule #1 is "Don't stand on the throne wearing muddy shoes."

Anonymous said...

Back when I was applying for faculty positions, we just put our application in the mail and off it went. I'm not sure I like the the new system.

Anonymous said...

Who died and made you Dean?

josie said...

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown? So, where's the crown?

Anonymous said...

I knew getting tenure was going to be great, but I didn't know it was like this.

Anonymous said...

She's the new admin assistant and she keeps making a production out of everything, I have no idea why.

Edee said...

Occasionally, Wisdom would visit from her future. "Remind her, guide her, encourage her to become all that she dreams of. Whisper to her the greatness within her, and all that she is and can achieve. Never let her forget," she would say to them.

Optixmom said...

Bear to Owl: Dr. Owl, Dr. Kit-tay and I want to compare our data on how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.