Like I owe them

I had a strange dream. I dreamed that a female student suddenly stood up in class in the middle of my lecture and asked: “Professor, what happened to that money you borrowed? You said you would repay it.” I was completely lost for words for a while. It was very embarrassing. But finally I said something about how I “had been very busy” but “how I hadn’t forgotten.”

It’s that time of year again. A new term is starting. I always feel that I’ve ignored my students. Like I owe them.

I had a strange dream. I dreamed that a female student suddenly stood up in class in the middle of my lecture and asked: “Professor, what happened to that money you borrowed? You said you would repay it.” I was completely lost for words for a while. It was very embarrassing. But finally I said something about how I “had been very busy” but “how I hadn’t forgotten.”

It’s that time of year again. A new term is starting. I always feel that I’ve ignored my students. Like I owe them.