fandomhigh | Professor Chaucer's Office Hours for Tuesday

He looks impressed. "Then I'll be sure some of next term's reading material is available in the original and well as translated versions. I'll even give extra credit for reading the originals," he adds, grinning.

She smiles at him. "Thank you," she says. "The extra credit's not really necessary, but it's appreciated."

"It's only fair. The option will be available to all of the students, and if some of them aren't as fluent, it'll be a good way to encourage them."

"Maybe you could speak to Professor Dream, to see which students, if any, cross-over with what language classes he's teaching next semester?" she suggests. "I've always found reading fiction to be helpful when learning another language."

"That's a great idea, Elizabeth! I'll give him a call, or stop into his office hours. Thank you." He grins broadly at her.

Elizabeth grins back, and half shrugs. "You're welcome," she says. "I occassionally come up with half-decent ideas."

Holding up the coffee cup, Geoff says, "I'd say more than occasionally. So, what are you thinking about studying next term, then?"

She laughs, blushing slightly. "Speech, and literature, obviously. I'm quite intrigued by the criminal justice class, and now Professor Drusilla's no longer teaching, I'm interested in psychology. I'm going to see what Professor Dream offers in languages; I'd quite like to learn Arabic, or Farsi."

He raises an eyebrow. "Hmm...speech, literature, criminal justice, psychology, languages. Planning on going into politics?"

Elizabeth grins. "That's the plan at the moment, and I don't see it changing anytime soon," she says.

"Good for you! It's not a usual profession for women where I come from, but that's not the women's fault, I don't think," he says, laughing. "I suspect you'll do well in it, Elizabeth. You're well spoken and you have a quiet strength to your personality. I wish you luck."

Elizabeth smiles warmly at him. "Thank you, Professor," she replies. "There's still a shocking lack of women in politics, but hopefully by the time I've finished university, all that will have changed."

"I hope so. I've had a couple of experiences in my life that I suspect would have gone differently if it had been the women in charge of things instead of the men." He grins and takes a drink of the coffee.

"I'll expect to see your name on my registration list next term, then?"

Elizabeth laughs. "I think we've all had experiences like that," she says, drinking her own coffee.

"Most certainly," she nods. "it's a great class."

Geoff looks very pleased at her assessment of the class. "Thank you! I'll be honest, I've been a little uncertain. I've never done anything like this before."

Elizabeth smiles. "That doesn't matter. Some of the best teachers I've known have never taught before. In my opinion, the best teachers aren't taught themselves how to teach... it's just something that they know how to do."

"Well, I appreciate that, Elizabeth. And hopefully, in future we won't have to deal with incidents like today's confrontation (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/400027.html?thread=18698907#t18698907). I apologize for not stopping that before it got out of control."

"At least you stopped it before it resulted in violence," Elizabeth points out. "Obviously those two have some issues, and they need to learn that the classroom is not an approptiate place to get into them."

Indulging in a deep sigh, Geoff nods his head. "Oh yes, there are definitely issues. I hate having to kick students out of class, but..." he shrugs. "I think it was the only way to clear the atmosphere and not disrupt the rest of the lesson."

She nods. "It should at least teach them that they need to keep their personal lives out of the classroom."

"I hope it does, Elizabeth. I want these classes to be enjoyable, not something people dread coming."

He takes a sip of the coffee. "On to a more pleasant subject. You're young to speak so many languages. Have you traveled a lot?" Grinning, he adds, "And feel free to let me know if you think I'm too nosy."

Elizabeth smiles. "It's fine... I have travelled a fair bit, yes," she says. "I've spent time in every continent at some point. But there's still so many places I've still yet to see."

"Every continent? And I thought I'd done a good bit of traveling. Have you considered writing any of it down? About your expereinces abroad, I mean?"

Elizabeth half shrugs. "I like to travel," she says simply. "I've never considered writing any of it down... I'm not really a writer. Not even a journal really."

"But you're taking a speech class, so you must not mind talking, right? So, write it the way you'd say it. Maybe it's just a professional bias, but...I think it interests people. And it sounds likes you've had a relatively unusual life -- which I'm certain people would be interested in hearing about."

He shrugs as well, stopping for a drink of coffee. "As I said, professional bias. So, what about traveling interests you?"

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology

Re: After biology