Government Town #15: Academia Shameem-ia – Government Town

Government Town #15: Academia Shameem-ia

by Government Town on November 6, 2018 at 9:00 am

This guy’s name is Shameem, just to clarify. FEEL HIS OUTRAGE. FEEL HIS ZEST FOR SCHOOL.

Anyway. Here it is. This one goes out to all my polisci and public admin pals, on both sides of the academia fence!

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Panel One
ALI: You’re really sick of your classes lately, eh? You used to love those big long political discussion groups.
RANA: I know—and in a way I still do. It’s just frustrating.
Panel Two
RANA: I feel like I’m ready to be doing the work already, but I have this whole semester before my co-op placement. It just feels like I’m going through the motions for no reason sometimes, you know?
Panel Three
SHAMEEM: That’s ridiculous! You’re gaining so much from that environment! What an opportunity to soak up new information! There’s no replacement for higher education. The critical thinking skills, the diverse perspectives, the rigorous examination of arguments, the clashing of ideals…
Panel Four
SHAMEEM, con’t: …the gentle squeaking of the lecture-hall chairs, the frantic clicking of hundreds of laptop keys, the smell of the cheap campus cafeteria coffee, the stains of highlighter ink on your fingertips after a long bout of studying, the natural camaraderie of shared stress, the notification sound from an email advertising a new lecture series…
RANA: Uh.
ALI: He can’t hear us anymore, he’s already deep into an imaginary fourth master’s degree.
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