Women with Doctorates are Generally Terrible.

Dr. Anna Nakina, orginally from Moscow, taught my Innovation and New Product Design class today. She is 26, graduated very early with very high marks, got her doctorate while working with tech companies including Nokia in Sweden, started her own consulting business, and speaks about four languages. Now, at her very young age, she's completed a doctorate, works for her consulting firm, does something with tech industries, and teaches Innovation and Design all over the world. She did something in Hong Kong, Japan, and Shanghai, but I lost track of everything. She's insane! Brilliant, but probably crazy!

She'll only be teaching our class four times this year, so she's more or less a guest lecturer. When she was introducing herself, I seriously just sat there catching flies in my mouth. I didn't know what to think, and of course, completely blanked when she asked if there were any questions about her experiences.

Now, I say that women with doctorates are generally terrible because they are. The lady who taught our "How to give a Business Presentation" seminar was so full of herself that the seminar turned into "How can I make these kids think about school and think I'm imparting some world-renowned genius on them?" Our professor today had the same kind of air about her, just the "I'm a genius and these kids should be amazed at the intelligence I'm sputtering out."

It kind of makes me wonder if they feel like they have to give that sort of impression in order to get the respect they really do deserve. I also wonder, if I get some sort of crazy doctorate and am teaching GLSers, because they're the best, thrity years from now about my crazy businessy ventures, if they will think I'm full of myself. Major props to many UT professors who have accomplished so much but are still extremely down-to-earth. It doesn't really matter, I'm seriously just honored to have world-renowned guest lecturers currently teaching me.

I'm tired of writing. My favorite and Kate's least favorite class, Economic Environment of the European Union (!!), is tomorrow.

C'est tout! Au revoir.