Matt
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Literally. I was just like, don't take courses with her if you're not going to just agree with everything she says, because she will grade you more harshly than everybody else. Which I would give the same warning to people if a teacher was the same way on the right.
Literally. I was just like, don't take courses with her if you're not going to just agree with everything she says, because she will grade you more harshly than everybody else. Which I would give the same warning to people if a teacher was the same way on the right.
Yeah. It's just if a professor is biased against you, you should know that before taking courses with them. Yeah.
Yeah. It's just if a professor is biased against you, you should know that before taking courses with them. Yeah.
Because I had a lot of professors who were very left-leaning, who were very fair in their grading, no matter what your opinions were.
Because I had a lot of professors who were very left-leaning, who were very fair in their grading, no matter what your opinions were.
Those are the ones that should be praised. People like her should be avoided. That simple.
Those are the ones that should be praised. People like her should be avoided. That simple.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I was like, are you sure? It should be. Yeah. I was like, that's kind of what it's supposed to be.
And I was like, are you sure? It should be. Yeah. I was like, that's kind of what it's supposed to be.
Oh, I had a TV script writing professor. Here we are. I had a TV script writing professor who told me that I needed more diversity in my script.
Oh, I had a TV script writing professor. Here we are. I had a TV script writing professor who told me that I needed more diversity in my script.
knowing that I was a historian and that I was big on historical accuracy as much as possible in film, I told me I needed more diversity in a script, as in I needed several black or otherwise dark-skinned characters in a story that took place in Wales in the year 1400. And I just remember being like, the first documented black person in Wales is in the 1640s.
knowing that I was a historian and that I was big on historical accuracy as much as possible in film, I told me I needed more diversity in a script, as in I needed several black or otherwise dark-skinned characters in a story that took place in Wales in the year 1400. And I just remember being like, the first documented black person in Wales is in the 1640s.
Like, there's already a good amount of diversity for the time, given that I have English, Scottish, Irish, French, like...
Like, there's already a good amount of diversity for the time, given that I have English, Scottish, Irish, French, like...
Oh, no. When I followed up with, I just can't do that, it would be historically inaccurate, which would feel to me as a historian to be dishonest. Yeah. And she was like, well, you're never going to sell it otherwise.
Oh, no. When I followed up with, I just can't do that, it would be historically inaccurate, which would feel to me as a historian to be dishonest. Yeah. And she was like, well, you're never going to sell it otherwise.