Character Illustration - "College Professor"
(watercolor & acrylic illustration on paper, 2008)
Why God never received a PhD:
- He had only one major publication.
- It had no references.
- It wasn't published in a refereed journal.
- Some even doubt he wrote it by himself.
- It may be true that he created the world, but what has he done since then?
- The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his results.
- He never applied to the ethics board for permission to use human subjects.
- When one experiment went awry he tried to cover it by drowning his subjects.
- He rarely came to class, just told students to read the book.
- Some say he had his son teach the class.
- He expelled his first two students for learning.
- Although there were only 10 requirements, most of his students failed his tests.
- His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top.
- No record of working well with colleagues.
Name: Mark Kapicki
Profession: College professor
Personality: Passionate, inquisitive, sarcastic
Place of residence: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Life story: Born and raised in Michigan. Went to Boston College. After graduating from college and working at his father's company for six months Mark came to an important realization. He realized that he was much happier in an academic environment, so he went back to college to get his Masters. Currently Mark holds a teaching position at a Michigan college, while he's working on his PhD. Mark feels that there is nothing more noble than being a teacher, because he feels that being a teacher is the most important contribution to society a person can make. He enjoys teaching his students about history as well as life in general. He loves the fact that his students listen to him with their mouths open. Mark sees himself as an ultra-cool energetic intellectual capable of inspiring young souls to become just like him and he wouldn't trade his job for any other job in the world.
