‘Jess, I have six more classical texts you need to read before you write another word of your thesis,’ my thesis advisor said to me in an e-mail this morning.
Six’ At least he was thinking of me, and my thesis, at 7:30 a.m. when he sent the e-mail. I wrote back saying I would stop by in the morning. When was I going to have time to read six books’
He replied a few hours later.
‘Oh, and I forgot to mention something. Most of them are translated into English, but there is one in Greek. That shouldn’t be a problem, right”
‘He’s kidding, you know,’ my roommate said to me. She was standing over my shoulder as I hyperventilated and read the e-mail. We laughed. Not only does my advisor keep me on track, he infuses some humor into the whole process.
‘Of course it’s not a problem,’ I replied to him. ‘Didn’t I mention I was fluent in Greek”