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ecib  ·  3916 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Goodbye Academia

    The profs. said that I was "flapsig" in german (meaning uncouth, flippant, offhand etc.) They did not like how relaxed I took the questions. I answered them in a way I felt comfortable and passionate about. But they were not pleased. They wanted me to take things more serious.

That blows my mind. How terribly myopic. It sounds like what the wanted was a "song and dance."

    This gave me a feeling of not belonging to this group of people called professors. But they won't stop me from being a scientist.

Good on you. And of course, you could be a prof if you choose, and refrain from engaging in the same ignorant behavior that yours did.