{"id":1165,"date":"2018-09-07T16:26:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2018-09-07T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:26:33","slug":"breaking-newly-tenured-professor-glad-teaching-career-is-finally-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/breaking-newly-tenured-professor-glad-teaching-career-is-finally-over\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Newly-Tenured Professor Glad Teaching Career Is Finally Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By: Cleetus Haversham<\/p>\n<p>Bloomington, IN&#8211;Last Thursday, &#8220;Intro to Astronomy&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1166\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/breaking-newly-tenured-professor-glad-teaching-career-is-finally-over\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1166 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoosierflipside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41323220_341472186422279_1370220543109758976_n.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> students were greeted by their hungover, newly-tenured professor. Professor Wentz was dressed in a stained turtleneck he had been wearing the previous lesson, pink Crocs, khakis with an open fly, and, according to students in the front row, Minions-branded boxer-briefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been working with him for the past year, and since he&#8217;s reached tenure things have really shifted,&#8221; said Wentz&#8217;s AI Josh Daniels. &#8220;Rather than giving a condescending look and complaining to his colleagues like he used to, now he just tells dumb students that their question makes him wonder if there is intelligent life on Earth.&#8221; Daniels concluded: &#8220;I&#8217;m happy for him for reaching tenure, but I kind of wish he was wearing deodorant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;d been openly crying during faculty meetings just a few weeks ago. Now, he barely shows up,&#8221; said department head David Baxter. &#8220;This is why we make those bastards work for tenure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we&#8217;ll be continuing our discussion of supernovas&#8211; actually, fuck that, today we&#8217;re talking about my bitch of a wife,&#8221; McRobertson said taking a swig from a nondescript bottle. With that, he stepped out of his Crocs and fell over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy. Last Tuesday he docked me 3 points for tardiness. Now my Canvas grade just says &#8216;Who cares,'&#8221; said sophomore Seymour Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>Our reporter sat in on the next lecture, which was mostly occupied by a video presentation. McRobertson sat behind his desk and displayed an adult video on the projector before ending class 45 minutes early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Cleetus Haversham Bloomington, IN&#8211;Last Thursday, &#8220;Intro to Astronomy&#8221; students were greeted by their hungover, newly-tenured professor. 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