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Instructor |
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Gainesville
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940-668-7731
Ext. 4329 |
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srobinson@nctc.edu |
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native of Fort Worth, Scott appeared to be an ordinary
undergraduate when he went off to college in the fall
of 1980. No one registered concern when he chose art for
his major. But like so many fine art undergraduates, Scott
began to entertain thoughts of graduate study. He first
experimented with benign graduate seminars in history
and literature, but soon found himself lured into more
dangerous adventures in rhetoric, aesthetics, and literary
theory. What seemed like a harmless recreational activity
turned into a twenty-year addiction to studies in the
humanities.
Scott began to abuse his artistic talent to support his increasingly
costly academic habit. His darkest experiences included stints as a technical
illustrator for the Department of Defense, then graphic designer for a
Fortune 500 subsidiary. He suffered years of chronic sleep deprivation
and frequent caffeine overdoses as he held down normal working hours during
the day, but binged recklessly in exotic graduate research at night. Scott
attended four different universities and earned three degrees before the
charade spiraled out of control. He hit rock bottom when he was awarded
a Ph.D. in Humanities in the year 2000.
Thanks to a twelve-step program for recovering academics, however, Dr.
Robinson found hope. “Late at night I often fight back cravings
to begin another graduate program,” Scott admits, “but the
responsibilities of fatherhood—and the support of a loving wife—keep
me on track.” After two decades of academic self-abuse, Scott has
managed to stay out of graduate seminars for two years, eight months,
and counting. Scott now lives happily in Gainesville and uses his artistic
talent legitimately as an art instructor at North Central Texas
College.
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