I just have to put this up for posterity. It's part of an e-mail I received from Marisa today:
Okay, you will NEVER guess what happened yesterday. I was walking down the hall in Hennings towards Halperns lab and him and this other guy were jumping up and down in the hallway trying to look at something... I am not sure what. Anyways, they went back inside but Halpern came back out and as I was about to pass him stopped and said, "Daphne quit physics." And I wasn't really sure what he said... so I said, "excuse me?" and again he said, "Daphne quit physics." and though I understood what he said I couldn't tell if it was a question or a statement so I said, "yes she did! a while ago actually..." and so he stared at me looking quite puzzled and said he hadn't seen you around so he asked some profs what had happened to you and they told him you had quit physics! So I told him you were now doing honours english and he wanted to know if you were having fun and why you quit physics. I said, "Well, I think it was a bit stressful, and she really enjoys english! She's going to law school in September!" and to that he said, "oh... that is too bad... I mean, uh, well no... I shouldn't say that cause it's what my wife did, but you know, I mean, why would you want to go to law school if you could have gone into physics?" It was sad, he was very sorry to see you go. Anyways, it was such a random conversation and I am so surprised that he still remembers us from way back in the day! I mean, for someone who can't remember Newton's Laws that's pretty impressive!
And I got my grad photos done today too -- I still feel the need to qualify why my major is "English" every time someone asks me, and now I know why. I worship my profs. Sad, eh?
Okay, you will NEVER guess what happened yesterday. I was walking down the hall in Hennings towards Halperns lab and him and this other guy were jumping up and down in the hallway trying to look at something... I am not sure what. Anyways, they went back inside but Halpern came back out and as I was about to pass him stopped and said, "Daphne quit physics." And I wasn't really sure what he said... so I said, "excuse me?" and again he said, "Daphne quit physics." and though I understood what he said I couldn't tell if it was a question or a statement so I said, "yes she did! a while ago actually..." and so he stared at me looking quite puzzled and said he hadn't seen you around so he asked some profs what had happened to you and they told him you had quit physics! So I told him you were now doing honours english and he wanted to know if you were having fun and why you quit physics. I said, "Well, I think it was a bit stressful, and she really enjoys english! She's going to law school in September!" and to that he said, "oh... that is too bad... I mean, uh, well no... I shouldn't say that cause it's what my wife did, but you know, I mean, why would you want to go to law school if you could have gone into physics?" It was sad, he was very sorry to see you go. Anyways, it was such a random conversation and I am so surprised that he still remembers us from way back in the day! I mean, for someone who can't remember Newton's Laws that's pretty impressive!
And I got my grad photos done today too -- I still feel the need to qualify why my major is "English" every time someone asks me, and now I know why. I worship my profs. Sad, eh?
