tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post5657772980453275671..comments2023-10-06T15:32:58.414+01:00Comments on Academic, Hopeful: How to Survive Social Interactions in Oxford part 1Academic, Hopefulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17474557296107830403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-74436349847389130022009-03-04T11:07:00.000+00:002009-03-04T11:07:00.000+00:00Hopeful! How awful! But I loved it, it's like look...Hopeful! How awful! But I loved it, it's like looking inside a huge head. Look forward to the next installment. xxNedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576951306214285112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-56662166890406268412009-03-02T16:42:00.000+00:002009-03-02T16:42:00.000+00:00This is not how I survived social interactions in ...This is not how I survived social interactions in Oxford. I am a proponent of the one-fold way: avoid talking to twats.droidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10368035332339483127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-21103467348003513412009-03-02T14:00:00.000+00:002009-03-02T14:00:00.000+00:00Too right Conway. I will have to include the Oxfor...Too right Conway. I will have to include the Oxford talk in part 2. It may require some more thought as it's quite an elusive element of the social interaction here - What is it exactly? Is it as simple as bops, rowing, inter-collegial competitiveness, seminars, guest lecturers, internships etc, or is it something more complex and implicit? Please do throw me some ideas if you have any. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for all your comments. I am no better than any other Oxford prat who needs outside reassurance and constant encouragement... although I still think I am somehow different overall, of course! Right?Academic, Hopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474557296107830403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-16907361833230227902009-03-02T11:20:00.000+00:002009-03-02T11:20:00.000+00:00Very amusing! Crucial guidelines for those battlin...Very amusing! Crucial guidelines for those battling to win friends, whom they dislike, and influence people, they consider beneath them. <BR/><BR/>I predict a series of blog entries, a self-help book and a movie deal. <BR/><BR/>You’ve left out the biggest secret though – all people at Oxford really talk about is being at Oxford.Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102385746863979870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-64776493021223028152009-03-02T11:05:00.000+00:002009-03-02T11:05:00.000+00:00I love that Lady Di quote!Great post, Ms. Academic...I love that Lady Di quote!<BR/><BR/>Great post, Ms. Academic, Hopeful! I particularly loved the grilling about 'allegedly' telling an embarrassing story. How horrid.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I'd survive an evening, let alone an academic career!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245742125561982749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-84911888414051186662009-03-01T15:03:00.000+00:002009-03-01T15:03:00.000+00:00Very true. Oxford conversation is a minefield of s...Very true. Oxford conversation is a minefield of sensitive egos and dangerous opinion. That's what makes it so interesting. And potentially devastating. <BR/><BR/>Like Lady Di (gawdrestersoul) famously said, "The navigation of minefields should be left to trained military professionals and slightly tipsy academics."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com