you know, when i was a TA (not tits & ass) my students used to call me "professor" because i insisted in wearing jacket+tie to class. this was a way of clearly stating "i'm not your buddy, you little bitch". sure it was a pain to wear the things (i have rarely wear ties these days) but the gimmick paid off dearly. once my superiority had been established (ha) i would be the most friendly helpful bastard they could find, and they gave me rave reviews, but they knew (they knew) not to fuck with me, even for laughs. having said that-- it took me about 4 years to fine-tune this system. one important device was the ability to shift blame/culpability on others, e.g. "the man" wants to test them and i'm here to help! you see? let "the man" be the asshole and you, you are santa claus, you are making sure they don't get royally fucked in the test. they will love you. promise.
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