Academic Job Descriptions

The Dean

  • leaps tall buildings in a single bound
  • is more powerful than a speeding locomotive
  • is faster than a speeding bullet
  • walks on water
  • gives policy to God

The Department Head

  • leaps short buildings in a single bound
  • is more powerful than a switch engine
  • is as fast as a speeding bullet
  • walks on water if the sea is calm
  • talks with God

The Full Professor

  • leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds
  • is almost as powerful as a switch engine
  • is faster than a speeding BB
  • walks on water in an indoor swimming pool
  • talks with God if special request is approved

The Associate Professor

  • barely clears a quonset hut
  • loses tug-of-war with a switch engine
  • can fire a speeding bullet
  • swims well
  • is occasionally addressed by God

The Assistant Professor

  • makes high marks on walls when trying to leap tall buildings
  • is run over by locomotives
  • can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self-injury
  • can dog-paddle
  • talks to animals

The Instructor

  • climbs real well
  • rides the rails
  • plays Russian Roulette
  • walks on thin ice
  • prays a lot

The Graduate Student

  • runs into buildings
  • recognizes locomotives 2 out of 3 times
  • is not issued ammunition
  • can stay afloat with life jacket
  • talks to walls

The Undergraduate Student

  • falls over doorsteps when trying to enter buildings
  • says "look at the choo-choo!"
  • wets self with a water pistol
  • plays in mud puddles
  • mutters to self

The Departmental Secretary

  • lifts buildings and walks under them
  • kicks locomotives off the tracks
  • catches speeding bullets in teeth and eats them
  • freezes water with a single glance
  • is God

Typed in by Ian Parberry, May 8, 1995.
Last updated Thu May 25 10:43:00 CDT 1995.