You will be lucky to get a B in my class. As a tenured professor, I spend every day in this library. I know you do not come here. I also know you haven't read your Chaucer. 2. The library is a place for quiet reflection and careful thought and study.
Academics come to libraries to read and discuss books in search for noble ideas and evasive truths.
Journalists, however, thrive on scandals, rumors and third-person hearsay. At first I thought my professor was definitely wrong, on both counts. I thought I could pull off an A in his class, even if I wasn't exactly caught up with all my reading. I thought journalism was a noble, exciting profession. After all, had it not been for Woodward and Bernstein's persistent and thorough reporting during the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon might have gotten away with the crimes of the century.