Professor Standard Time - Professor Replies To Student After 6 Years

A software engineer shared his quirky text exchange with his college maths professor on social media, and the internet loved it!

Unlike most student-professor exchanges, this one lasted years after he left college! It just shows that this student was quite an unforgettable one (hopefully, for the right reasons. We can’t relate, of course. Our professors remember us for all the wrong reasons!)

The techie posted a screenshot of the conversation on social media, sparking a wave of laughter and nostalgia. The post was captioned, “They still think I’m a failure.” The post quickly went viral like anything, which is fitting because anything can and does go viral these days.

To say that this is a regular text conversation is like calling the ocean a puddle – it's a vast misjudgment. This is a dramatic 6-year-long saga with a memorable finale. So grab your popcorn and your cold drinks – let’s dive into it!

The story began in 2018 when our techie was a wee-little engineer in his first year of college. Let’s call him Mr. N. He had sent his professor a few innocent texts, seeking permission to submit his maths files. His first text read: “Ma’am, this is N from A1, FE. Will you be accepting the math files today?” The professor replied briefly, “Signing only.”

A rather simple beginning to a long and dramatic saga with twist after twist would make even daily soap fans jealous.

But Mr. N was not one to give up. He was determined to complete his mission. Next in his arsenal? The follow-up text.

“Ma’am, have you come to college today? We want to submit our files.”

Playing with fire, Mr. N… but this time he did not receive a reply.

…for many years.

Fast-forward to 2024, and the professor replies to the text. Even my ex doesn’t reply so late… despite the fact that she’s blocked me.

Progress in the mission after so many years.

But the text?

“Hey N, are you in college today?”

Perhaps they hoped he would not graduate. That he would still be sticking around in college. Or maybe there was another student named N. But the message was a few years too late. N has graduated and was working as a successful techie. Had been, for years. The math file too, was long gone.

Come to think of it, this would make a great story for a movie plot. Maybe we can call it: The Curious Case Of The Professor And The Secret Math Files.

It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

The movie rights will sell for a lot.

This post struck a chord with engineering graduates who reminisced about the good old days. A lot of netizens chipped in with their hilarious stories from those engineering days.

“This reminded me of my professor who emailed me years after graduation asking for lab reports.” A bemused user wrote, “The professor clearly believes in parallel universes. 8th sem N exists somewhere!”