Some say that their office is a reflection of themselves.
By this time in the semester, my office looks pretty rough. Piles of papers precipitously rest on top of the filing cabinet. My shelf of flair (random gifts from undergrads) needs to be reorganized. Various textbooks rest on the floor rather than the bookshelf. Candy wrappers are a common sight.
If I am my office, I'm a slightly disheveled teenager.
What does your office say about you?
5 comments:
that I'm so dedicated to my students, I don't have time to tidy up (or I'm a pig). Take your pick
its says do not disturb my piles or i may lose those midterms before i get a chance to grade them!!!
My office was pre-decorated by my office-mate, who is my senior by a couple of years. I hope her Sponge Bob posters don't reflect poorly on me! We do have a pretty nice couch in our office, however. Probably more than most graduate students get...
Well, my usual response when people comment on my office is: If a messy desk indicated a messy mind, what does an empty desk then indicate?
Part of the "problem" is that half of my office is our local storage of lab supplies. The other half is that I usually organise all my papers etc. in in piles...
Not sure I'm even to the disheveled teenager stage yet--maybe a messy pre-teen who doesn't realize yet that he has to shower and change clothes on a regular basis?
I don't feel bad about a messy desk any more, not since I started working for Dr. Hand-Waver. Her office is like mine raised to the fifth power. Although she did clean it right before she left for sabbatical. Not just the floor, but all of the horizontal surfaces as well. I had to scrape my jaw off the floor when I went in for our last meeting.
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