WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM - Truman and Claire Like People: Chris Dick

Episode Date: March 18, 2024

This week we spoke with Chris Dick about his homecoming accolades, the joys of teaching, and our hatred for transition lenses. 

I'm Truman and I'm Claire. And we like people. Today we like Chris Dick, who is a writing center tutor, the House Director of the Suites, and won an award for education, making him Mr. Education. Or so he says himself. Chris, do you think that Hillsdale has a pretentiousness problem? Yeah, so I mean, you look at the CSP titles and you think, ooh, what are those words?

We have too many pretentious people on campus. we have like a 23% acceptance rating. I wouldn't get in. I know that. Porcierto. So, yeah, we have a lot of people on campus that you go, maybe, maybe lighten it. Lighten a little bit. Anyone you want to specifically call out?

Matthew Milkey. Okay. Yeah. Do you think that there's something, is there like a red flag that you get that people tell you that makes you think, oh, this person's probably pretentious, like, where they went to school before this maybe or something they're involved in on campus? I mean, CSP. You know, it's topical right now.

Yeah, we got those theses coming up. Mine is on a date. It will be on a poster that you will see around. Yeah, when I think pretentious, I think Truman middle name chose. Yep. Chris, so speaking of education, you want to teach later on. Why is this? And do you agree with the statement of a friend of the podcast that children

should be treated like dogs. Yeah, so I want to teach because there are actually too many dumb people in this world. You look at the state of education. I actually was talking with someone in New Mexico, and some of the people that graduated from high school there are illiterate. They need help reading a menu. So I want to teach because too many illiterate people are in this world, and it's hard to win wars with illiterate people.

I mean, I think that that just goes to show dogs are illiterate and also some children. So I'm not sure who this friend of the podcast was, but pretty interesting. Yeah, no, I mean, if you treat children like dogs, you know, it creates a good amount of, like, classroom management. So you should love the dogs also. You know, you don't beat dogs. We're not Michael Vick here. So you raise dogs to be man's best friend. Just like children.

Children. And no, the children are not specifically your best friend. But, like, you know, Dr. Arn with his pit bulls, you love them. I mean, he says they're just like children. So it's sort of the reverse angle of that. Wait, does Dr. Arn own pit bulls? Yeah. I forgot about this.

He loves his dog. That, that, like, goes against, like, the right-wing Twitter culture. That's very interesting. As someone who wants to teach, would you say that you have any embarrassing childhood stories in school or otherwise that, you'd like to avoid, maybe create some for the youth of America? Can I ask about a specific one, about a 13th birthday party? Or lack thereof. Being canceled and you potentially actually just being 22.

Yeah, yeah. So there is a year of my life that never got celebrated. So who knows if it actually happened? You know, like most boys, I was a bit of a jerk when I was around. 13th and I was a bit of a jerk around my birthday when I was 13 and so I lost my birthday that year. But as far as teaching goes, something that always stuck with me is something my grandma told me when she was teaching is there was this kid that was acting up in class and she looks in and dead in the eyes and says, you know, Johnny, are you acting up because your parents fight at home?

and then he kept standing up and she came around and kicked him in the back of the knees to make him sit back down. So these are the things that motivate me. Kicking children. Good to know. Also, since you're going to be hired by probably classical ed schools,

I wanted to ask, are you a Marxist and what is it like to be a vaxed and woke liberal? Yeah. So as the most woke person, on Hillsdale's campus, as I call myself Hillsdale Liberal. It's a brutal world out here. I truly am an oppressed minority, but Joey Randolph would think that I'm a Marxist. But like Miles Smith, the 4th, I believe in structuralism, but there are some things that roads and redlining cannot answer. So speaking of other similar teaching things, you also work

at the Writing Center. What's your weirdest encounter there? I mean, recently I had a guy come into the writing center that really had a lot of beef with his professor. And so you kind of have to be like the liaison between like helping them write and also helping them, helping the professor have their instructions come clear and not have the student hate the professor. Or had people come in wanting help on their midterm. And I have to be like, I'm sorry, that's a midterm buddy. Yeah, no, the writing center is a good time. No one knows how to write conclusions. That's the thing I've noticed.

Would you say that there's a particular class or department that people struggle with the most? My guess would be great books, but... Great books, yeah. I love the days where you are working like a two-hour shift, and it's broken up into 30-minute segments, and you will have one person come in, Dr. Whalen. All right, here's my Dr. Wailen paper. In the next section, here's my...

a doctor wayland paper and then you see the person next to you and they're sitting down and they're discussing a prompt and you're like i've heard that prompt before and the whole day is just one professor so would you say that there's a big discrepancy in how baby and adult waylan grade papers i don't know that's an interesting question maybe i feel like i feel like as you approach tenure you can get a little little nicer yeah also we can take this out if we want but this just reminded me that i found an old a writing center appointment slip of mine from Dr. Barclay books, written by Michael Bachman's sister Elizabeth. This was my first times in the writing center, and this was for an assignment due the day before, or the day after, and it said, quote, he asked some questions about the

rubric, but had not put pen to paper, unquote, the story of my life. That happens more often than you think. There are people who will come into the writing center and say, hi, my papers do at 5.30. They'll come in at 2. And you're like, okay, so what have you? written and look well we're here to discuss my thesis you're like just go right just leave run run michael bachman's sister is a published author so that really salt in the wounds for you okay um i didn't write these questions truman did um so i'm really intrigued about this and i'm just going to read it uh as written can you tell us about jacob carson's time in whitley forward slash funny stories

perenn. Didn't he enjoy taking the lint out of the dryer trout? Oh my gosh, I'd so forgotten about that. Oh, I love that boy. Me too. Yeah. You may be a little bit more.

Yeah, no. So I would finish my Spanish class at 2.15 and he would come into our room at 3 and just sit there and talk and it was great. I remember one time I have this video of him looking at my ID because he was just shocked that I was turning 20. I was like, yeah, yeah.

Why would make sure to have like a pack of cheese-its? Because he would just eat all my cheez-its. So I had to have like a special Jacob Carson pack. But yeah, no, he loved his lint drawers. When I would be switching my laundry over, I'd knock on his door and be like, hey, Jacob, come on out. It's your time. It's your time to shine. His current roommate, or housemate, I guess, Peter Reagan often has cheeses in his room that Jacob will go and steal.

So that's saying strong. But I'll only buy them when they're on sale at Kroger. So he often resorts to trickery and robbery. Also, Claire, are you aware that Jacob had a fan club on GroupMe back in our freshman year? I most certainly have not. Oh, really? Well, folks, I think it's still active. You know, look it up.

just the Jacob Carson fan club on Hillsdale GroupMe, you know, smash that notification bell, subscribe, whatever. I had no idea I was dating such a celebrity. We also have the Michael Bachman fan club and the Lincoln Teddy fan club for those who are wondering. Also related to people that you have lived with, kind of a sad story, actually. Why did you leave Truman as a roommate? Yeah, I remember looking at Truman dead in the eyes and saying, I don't love you anymore.

And I think it's better that we go our separate ways. And I mean, looking at him today, you can tell that he's still living with the trauma from that. I mean, it's not the most traumatic thing I said to you. I think the thing that I'm proud is the most, the most, the thing that I'm the most proud of is when I looked at you and I said that I'd be sad if I died before you because you were fat. I just like to stay for the record That did actually get me to lose like 20 pounds Bullying works Bullying in certain context

Can work If it's among friends Or recently broken up roommates Something to take into your teaching Yeah exactly A kid says oh I'm being bullied I'm like well Obviously

Did you deserve it? Is it gonna make you a better person? Yeah it certainly worked for me I have one of my favorite Collegian quotes. I was quoted for an article. This is the only time this has ever happened. I said that I was bullied and it worked and then I became cool and awesome. And then I started bullying others in high school to help them out. And speaking of bullying, of course, you were listening to Truman and Clear like people on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7. So also we were just

talking about, you know, Whitley, where you lived with, well, you weren't like roommates with Jacob Carson, but you lived near him. I did life with him. Yeah, you did life. You did life with me and Simpson. You're currently the house. Truman dropped the paper. I dropped the paper.

It's Jover. So you're now the house director of the sweets. So can I ask, in your heart of hearts, block or Whitwatt Way? Okay. So I won homecoming with Whitwitwaway. So that was a great time. Love

You know Will our way is dead And I'm not going to say Who killed it We all know who it was But I love my time in the block Now granted there is one Dorm in the Block

That I currently have a lot of beef with And they know who they are But the other dorm I was just going to make up beef with someone Okay Yeah You do you Chris comes with his own beef.

I've got so much beef. Oh, I'm like Wendy's, man. I'm a meat market. Is this related to our meat party during the blackout last year? Meat party was great. That was so good. Meat party was so fun. For those who weren't at the most epic meat party of all time during the blackout,

you know, obviously our fridges weren't working per se. So at the suites, we just got our grill out and, like, grilled meat. It was awesome. Chen had some fish. I got out my puerto congelly verde. It was great. But love the block. Being Ken was really fun.

Working with that team was really good. Again, one of the dorms, I love, the other dorm. We're on a rocky terms right now. Speaking of the sweets and, you know, meat party, obviously, do you think the sweets has culture? Oh, sweets has culture. Most definitely. I was walking around the suites right before break,

and I saw three pieces of paper with drawings on them, and I said, wow, that's culture. Look at that. Look at that. We had 10 guys come to Banner Night, non-R-A's. That's culture. That's culture.

Do you think that Nathan Stanish is part of the culture at the suites? Nathan Stanish, the 8th, R.A., one-eighth R.A., definitely part of the culture. You look at that pink jacket. You look at the jacket he wore for Sweet Shark Tank. Tell me, that's not culture. That's true. Do you think that he should be the next class president,

or do you think that he should be bullied for being pedantic? Or both? Yes. I threatened to kill Nathan Sandich about four and a half times on a drive to Phoenix because he was so pedantic. But no, he should be an ex-president. He gets my full endorsement. Him, Jack Cody for social chair.

Big fan of Jack Cody. I think Jack would do a great job. I think he would. I forget who else is running, so I don't want to. What do you think is the dumbest, weirdest, weirdest, worst sweet story that you can share on the air? What immediately comes to mind is there's this guy that would wake me up at 6.30 in the morning frequently. with the loudest, I can't think of another word, banging sound, um, directly above my bed.

And it kept happening, kept happening in that I finally emailed him. And he was doing cardio at 6 in the morning, um, in his room. The sweets, things are so chill there, man. You go there to be chill. Do you think that, uh, freshmen or sophomores who are listening right now, under men, uh, should consider the sweets? Rush sweets, definitely. Um, we have money.

So much money. the amount of money we have is crazy. So we get to do fun stuff. So it's like the opposite of that grooming or in terms of money, you have a lot of money. Yeah, in terms of money, we have money.

So also, speaking of very real beef, why do you have beef with John Ritchie, house dead of need, fellow? Ritchie knows, but primarily it's because he wears transition lenses. And it just has the worst taste

in beer. You know, if you look on his untapped, he has his top-rated beer, Truman, do you know this? No. What do you think his top-rated beer is? Bud Light. Miller Light. What? I was close. You were so close. But he's not that kind of guy. He's not a Trumper. Oh, yeah. I forget that now Kid Rock likes Bud Light. And Trump. And Trump. And Trump. Trump likes Budweiser. Yep, good American brand. The first time I saw someone with transition glasses, I was going on my brother's Cub Scout trip. And this kid was super annoying. His name was Giuseppe.

And he was telling everyone about his cool new transition lenses. And we went on a hike on Old Ragged Mountain in Virginia. And he fell down and they broke. And I thought it was really funny because I didn't like him at all. Bullying works. Yeah. So that's all I have to say about transition glasses. Also, Richie never sings when we go to karaoke.

So. Loser. I know. All right. Also, one question that someone from the audience wanted me to ask, if you were a muffin, who would you trust to take care of you and not eat you? This was asked to me on my birthday, actually. And I think I'm going to say the same answer.

I would say Heather. Because, I mean, and this is a. assuming she doesn't know that I'm a muffin. Mm-hmm. Yeah. One, either she doesn't eat the muffin and I get to live. Or two, she eats the muffin. She has a good muffin.

And yay, she gets a muffin. What muffin would you want to eat? Poppy seed. That's a good answer. Yeah. Lemon poppy seed muffins go so hard. Yeah. Speaking of muffins.

Speaking of muffins. I was going to say speaking of going hard, is like, no. Stop. Speaking of something, you're listening to Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.1.7 FM, Truman and Clear like people. Let's do the Rapid Fire section. Who is your other than your own? Who is your favorite couple on campus? Right now I'm thinking John Gregg and his wife.

Professor Dr. Greg. Love that. No. Maybe Dr. No, I can't see professors. That's so lame. Oh, Elise. Elise and Jonah April.

Yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah. Great. Jesus says that we should love other people. Who do you love the least? Would you consider this person your op? I think an op is an honorific.

If someone rises to the level of op, that's giving them a worth. Yeah. And I don't know if I want to give this person worth. As someone well-versed in dorm culture, which two dorms would you make co-ed? I think townhomes and suites. You just have the two no-culture dorms. come together. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You just said a sweet step culture. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I know. I'm a liar. Get used to it, buddy. You've known me for four years. When have I ever told you the truth? When you said I was fat?

Oh. Truman. Oh, buddy. Everyone drop a compliment for Truman in the chat that we don't have. Truman, Truman, I never lied to you when I said it loved you. That's good. Truman, I I like you.

Thanks, Claire. I like people. Like the name of the show that you're listening to right now. Do you like me, Truman? Yes. Hey. Here, Mr. Education, what's the worst grade you've ever received at Hillsdale? Okay, can I ask? Yeah.

Was it grammar? Grammar, I got a B minus. Oh, I resurrected that. That was me in Kelk 3. It's not the same semester, actually. Like, I was not doing well in that class. That B-minus is like one of my proudest grades at Hillsdale, like, ironically.

Easy A, no. Hard B-minus. Yes. I did get a B-minus in history of Scandinavia. I got a B-in-that class. Actually, B-plus, I think. First time Truman's hit a dub over someone in this question. Oh, in the entire show.

I got a B-minus. Yeah. Never got a C. Oh. Chris, I've gotten three Cs. Yeah, well, you're a math kid. I'm major in. speaking and I have also gotten three schools.

Okay, well, that's kind of a rip-bozo moment. Yep. Not all of us can do it. Now I'm employed, so I'm planning on getting five Ds this semester. Nice. Wait, where are you employed at? I just got a job. I'm going to be executive producer of documentary at the Daily Caller.

Oh, wow. Let's go. Documentary, kind of hard. Yeah. Thanks. I'm putting that on my resume. I kind of have a documentary. that's due tomorrow that have I started?

No. I'm sorry, Buddy Morehouse. I never took that class. Did I have? Yeah. Yeah. Stay a ninth semester. Okay.

I will. Just for Buddy. Where do you see yourself in five years, not professionally? Oh my gosh. Married with kids. Okay. With the dog. Do you have a cat?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay. If you can't, because when I encounter and the gos and the cats, Who's your favorite fundy? Matthew Tolbert. It's been one of the first straightforward answers. No one ever wants to answer that question, so I'm glad that you did.

I'm a truth teller. I tell him like it is. We love you, Matthew, if you're listening. I don't know if you know who Chris is. He knows who I am. Okay. I've talked to him. Okay.

Good. He's a wittly guy. Yeah. Yeah. You know, we got big wittly connection. Drew Hicks, favorite fundy. Never mind, Matthew Tolbert. You're out.

He's in. He's my favorite fundy alumni. Okay. Who should be on our show next? I mean, I want to say Caleb, but, you know, we can't have two people of the same, same ilk. So, Matthew Milkey. Ooh, that would be a good one. That actually could be a good pick.

We'll consider it. But we never do the ones that people tell us, so he won't be on the show. That basically anyone who they say should be on the show will never be, blacklisted. It's a trick question. Truman, how much would you say that you liked this? interview on a scale from, make it abstract, from a scale of yellow to purple, how much did you like this interview? Okay, so we're leaving red and orange out. I'm going to say, I'm going to say indigo and give the biv and the rainbow some love. Actually, like, indigo, but very, very close to

violet, to be clear. Okay. I would say, yeah, I would say indigo also. Wait, how do we close this show? It's that time again. He's true. Truman and she's Claire. And I'm Chris. And he's also Chris and we like people.