March 13, 2006
Student Questions Life After Philosophy Course
(Toledo, OH) Junior finance major Megan Vandersteen thought she was signing up for a "nice little Humanities class" when she registered for Intro to Philosophy, but she got more than she bargained for.
"All I wanted to do was kill a requirement and have some fun," she said, staring down at her feet. "Now I am all messed up in the head, thanks to that professor."
The third-year student said that, since taking the course, she has begun to question her values.
"I had it all planned out: BA, MBA, corporate career, CEO of a mid-sized investment bank, the whole bit," she said. "Now I'm thinking about crazy shit like the Peace Corps and social work. I want my old life back."
Philosophy professor Greg Schadenfreude took issue with Vandersteen's comments.
"Look, it's an intro course that covers everything from Aristotle to Foucault," he said. "It's not my fault that this whack job took all that stuff seriously."
Schadenfreude said that the confused student is beginning to appear threatening.
"OK, I understand the calls to my house and office during the term," he said. "But this psycho is hanging around my lake cottage, leaving treatises on my windshield, and even sitting next to me at Mass. I'm getting a little freaked here."
Vandersteen said that she would gladly stop pestering the instructor.
"All I want is what that man took from me," she said.
