Lip and Teaching Assistant in “Unfinished Business”

Lip

Yeah, I don't understand my grade on this paper. That would be a D?

Uh, yeah, I remember this one. I graded it.

Lip

Okay, so if you graded it, what was wrong with it?

Uh, it sucked.

Lip

It sucked? Um, look, I-I covered everything the assignment asked for. It was facile and glib.

You danced around and you tried to be clever, but there were no compelling insights or any attempt at original thought.

Lip

Oh, original thought on Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage? Look, nobody's had an original thought on Childe Harold since Queen Victoria was still getting laid.

Look, this was crap, okay? You threw it together. You thought nobody would notice, but I noticed. Why are you taking this class anyway?

Lip

Because it was the only freshman English class available after noon.

Well, look, you got another week to add/drop before you're stuck in here, all right? You don't want to work any harder than this piece of shit, I suggest you find yourself another course.