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All posts tagged

intellectuals

March 20, 2017

Not to Brag, But I’m Totally Intellectual Enough to Be Brutally Murdered By Fascists

by Patrick Coyne
January 20, 2015

This Conversation is a Series of Gratuitous References to Validate My Intelligence to You

by Zack Bornstein

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November 13, 2018

If People Talked to Other Professionals the Way They Talk to Teachers

by Shannon Reed
May 13, 2022

Ten Possibilities the Applebee’s Waitress Considers Before It Occurs to Her the Women in Booth Fourteen Might Be a Couple with Two Children

by Susan Perabo
May 2, 2022

Welcome to the Middle-Aged Restaurant. Please Stop Complaining

by Wendi Aarons and Denise Schipani
May 2, 2016

I Would Rather Do Anything Else Than Grade Your Final Papers

by Robin Lee Mozer

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May 18, 2022

A Passenger’s One-Star Review of the Trolley Ride from the Trolley Problem

by Tyler Gooch
May 18, 2022

Excerpts from Successful Admissions Essays for Woodmont College

by Jason Roeder and Mike Sacks
May 17, 2022

The Great Lakes Gatsby

by Troy Doetch and Adam Dietz
May 17, 2022

Woodmont College Commencement FAQ

by Jason Roeder and Mike Sacks