Ten Minute Rule

I don't know when it was that I first heard of the Ten Minute Rule in relation to tardy professors. It might be an innate truth that might actually be encoded in our very DNA. Or, more likely, it is one of those things you learn so early in life it becomes part of your very being, like brushing your teeth in the morning or pulling your pants down before you go to the bathroom. So, I would go as far to say that the Ten Minute Rule is a universal truth of the universe.

So, how is it, that my Neuropathology teacher completely ignores this Law of Nature? When his lectures start at 8am, he blames it on the early hour as he walks in at 8:14am. And now today, when lecture was scheduled for 10am, he sauntered in at 10:18am. And, to put a little bit of icing on this unnatural, and downright rude, cake, he then assumes that he has the right to run-over on his allotted time since he started lecturing late. I do not know what illogical universe he is living in.

I guess though, he has learned of another universal truth through experience. Medical students are nerds, and we will wait 18 minutes for the professor to show up. And, we are too respectful to get up and leave at the scheduled ending time. I guess that's what you get for trying to pin down the universe with simple truths...