Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:41:16 -0700 (PDT) To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: J Schaffner (by way of Michael Eisenscher ) Subject: Fwd: Why God Never Received Tenure at the University Why God Never Received Tenure at the University From: Michael Leming To: humor@stolaf.edu Why God Never Received Tenure at the University 1. Because he had only one major publication. 2. And it was in Hebrew. 3. And it had no cited references. 4. And it wasn't published in a refereed journal or even submitted for peer review. 5. And some even doubt he wrote it himself. 6. It may be true that he created the world but what has he done since? 7. His cooperative efforts have been quite limited. 8. The scientific community has had a very rough time trying to replicate his results. 9. He never applied to the Ethics Board for permission to use human subjects. 10. When one experiment went awry, he tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects. 11. When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he often punished them, or just deleted them from the sample. 12. He rarely came to class, just told students to read the book. 13. He had his son teach the class. 14. He expelled his first two students for learning. 15. Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed his tests. 16. His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top. \\|// (o o) -----------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------------ | | | Michael R. Leming, Ph. D. | | Professor of Sociology | | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | | Saint Olaf College | | 1500 Saint Olaf Avenue | | Northfield, MN 55057 | | | | e-mail leming@stolaf.edu | | http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming | | | | Office Phone (507) 646-3134 | | FAX (507) 646-3933 | | | | Home Phone (507) 645-6237 | | | ------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 08:19:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Michael Leming To: humor@stolaf.edu Why God Never Received Tenure at the University 1. Because he had only one major publication. 2. And it was in Hebrew. 3. And it had no cited references. 4. And it wasn't published in a refereed journal or even submitted for peer review. 5. And some even doubt he wrote it himself. 6. It may be true that he created the world but what has he done since? 7. His cooperative efforts have been quite limited. 8. The scientific community has had a very rough time trying to replicate his results. 9. He never applied to the Ethics Board for permission to use human subjects. 10. When one experiment went awry, he tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects. 11. When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he often punished them, or just deleted them from the sample. 12. He rarely came to class, just told students to read the book. 13. He had his son teach the class. 14. He expelled his first two students for learning. 15. Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed his tests. 16. His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top. \\|// (o o) -----------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------------ | | | Michael R. Leming, Ph. D. | | Professor of Sociology | | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | | Saint Olaf College | | 1500 Saint Olaf Avenue | | Northfield, MN 55057 | | | | e-mail leming@stolaf.edu | | http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming | | | | Office Phone (507) 646-3134 | | FAX (507) 646-3933 | | | | Home Phone (507) 645-6237 | | | ------------------------------------------