I very much agree with you in finding this to be challenging. And here it’s not just between terms, but also (in a lot of departments) when classes are in session, too. If you’re in a hallway of an academic building where there are faculty offices but no classrooms, it’s kind of a ghost town.
I agree university buildings can be a bit creepy without students. The loss of purpose is too dramatic…
For the rest, IDK. Without talking about productivity, there are people who find broad pointless interactions with acquaintances and strangers to be, well, pointless and even tiresome.
I’m given to understand that introvert/extrovert is no longer seen as a valid lens for analysis but err… was there not something to it?
I very much agree with you in finding this to be challenging. And here it’s not just between terms, but also (in a lot of departments) when classes are in session, too. If you’re in a hallway of an academic building where there are faculty offices but no classrooms, it’s kind of a ghost town.
I agree university buildings can be a bit creepy without students. The loss of purpose is too dramatic…
For the rest, IDK. Without talking about productivity, there are people who find broad pointless interactions with acquaintances and strangers to be, well, pointless and even tiresome.
I’m given to understand that introvert/extrovert is no longer seen as a valid lens for analysis but err… was there not something to it?