While a driven student, I had a recurring dream. I dreamed that I had accidentally signed up for a class and then that I never went to it all semester long. I always found out about it at the end of the semester and I had to go explain to the professor why he had never seen me before that time. I have spoken to other students (especially graduate students) and I now know that this dream is not uncommon.
But now I know that professors have dreams too. Mine are now just the opposite. Now, during stressful times in the semester, I dream that I have forgotten about a class I have been assigned. The entire semester goes by and I only find out about the class during the week before final exams. I immediately go to the class and offer them A’s if they will only remain quiet about the whole incident.
As a professor I realize the absurdity of each of these dreams. In the student dream, no prof would ever, EVER let me off the hook. As a department chair, I know now that students start showing up in my office if a faculty member is only 10 minutes late to a single class.
Years ago, in grad school, I used to work late nights at Chili's. On the weekend shifts I would get home between 2 and 3 in the morning and then I would dream that I kept waiting tables all night long.
The tips were always better in my dreams...Does anyone else have dreams about their occupations?
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I'm standing in my boss' office, talking to him about something or other. It escalates into a heated argument and, suddenly, I'm pounding on his desk swearing at the top of my lungs. Tuesday night the dream was so real that it woke me up.
Tuesday I had my other recurring dream where I accidentally shave off my goatee. I’m always horrified when I realize what I’ve done.
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