Scene from Dr. Mister Cute Wheelchair Man's office:
Student: Dr. Guest! Dr. Guest! You gave me an F!
(Note: many of them insist on calling me Dr.; I've given up on correcting them. Also, imagine thick sludge of Southern: my last name becomes two syllables; 'F' sounds something like 'ayy-eff'.)
Me: I know!
Student: I didn't think you'd give me an F, Dr. Guest!
Me: What did I say I'd give you?
Student: An F!
Me: Well, there you go.
About Me
- Paul
- Paul Guest is the author of four volumes of poetry and a memoir. His debut, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, was awarded the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. His second collection, Notes for My Body Double, was awarded the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. His third collection, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, was published by Ecco Press/HarperCollins in 2008. His fourth collection, Because Everything Is Terrible, was published by Diode Editions. His poems have appeared in Harper's, The Paris Review, Poetry, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. His memoir, One More Theory About Happiness, was published by Ecco in May 2010 and selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. The recipient of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2007 Whiting Writers' Award, Guest lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
5 comments:
I totally wish I was a teacher!
I don't suppose "Guest" comes out "gayest"?
Oh, it does. I know the accent well:
Doc-tur Gay-ust! Doc-tur Gay-ust!
Oh how I do miss my dear Middle Georgia.
"Gayest" is pretty close to the sound of it, though it rolls a bit more.
Nick! You're missed here.
Do you have an accent Paul? If so, what kind? Do you have any work online that is in sound file form?
Glen:
I don't think you know what you are saying, so I will forgive you.
As for the accent, I think it comes off a bit like:
Geh-ust.
As for the student: I am constantly surprised to hear certain students ask me for 'extra work' once they learn they are failing for not doing the work I assigned in the first place.
Courage, Dr. Guest, courage.
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