there’s a bit early on in the book about a prof telling the class they could have an 8 minute break. that the prof said ‘but when i say eight minutes, i mean eight minutes’. it then goes on to tell how he humiliated this girl b/c she came in late.
we have one of those. not to the ‘eight minutes’ extreme but freaking anal about you being there on time for class and after break. this prof had a talk with one of my classmates b/c he was late 2-3x (like 5-10 min late) and informed him he could fail if the lateness continued. i was 5 min late once and nothing was said. the next week i was running late getting there. i would have been 5-10 min late so i decided i’d rather not go than possibly get the speech.
i dont know if its the power trip on their part or the thing about being back in school and suddenly you exhibit some of the same behaviors you did when you were in like 5th grade.