Last night while teaching:
Student 1: Have you heard the sound of your voice? I have it recorded. Do you want to listen to it?
Me: Yes, I've heard the sound of my voice. I don't like it, so no, I don't want to listen.
Student 1: You don't like the way your voice sounds?
Me: No, because it sounds different to me than it does to you. When I hear it played back it sounds a lot lower than the way I hear it. I think it sounds like I'm dumber than I am.
Student 2: It just sounds like you smoked a lot of weed when you were younger. That's all.
Lovely. Student 2 confirmed that my voice makes me sound dumb. He might as well have said, "Your voice just sounds like you killed a LOT of brain cells in your youth."
Can I take points off for brutal honesty?
For the record, I've never smoked weed. My stupid voice comes naturally.
I don't think your voice sounds dumb at all. Isn't it weird how our voice sounds different to ourselves? Mine is always alot higher and younger sounding than in my head.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry too much. They're just commenting on the fact that you sound relaxed when you're teaching. You lack a certain level of spasticity and "stick up the ass" that the rest of their faculty probably exude while teaching.
ReplyDeleteMight AS WELL SMOKE some weed, dude, PARTY ! Lmao !
ReplyDeleterelax! I dig your voice. It's one of your coolest attributes.
ReplyDeleteI hate my voice too...sounds deep, dumb and slow...
ReplyDeleteI hate my deep voice. I can actually sing tenor parts. I refuse to listen to it also.
ReplyDeleteI think it might be from all the coke you snorted in the Sharon Stone Suite, dude.
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