The Dolores Umbridge of MIC

Have you watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? If you have: you do remember Dolores Umbridge, don't you?! Shall I tell you something? She is just a copy! Bah! A mere imitation. If you want to see the original, you have to come here. I had an amazing lecture today - well, I don't even know if I should call it "lecture". College is extremely schoolish here. You have hardly any lecture halls but rather class rooms with your own desk etc. For your illustration: First years get a booklet on..
... How should I take notes? (MIC's answer: "Be there", "get a good seat", "write the date at the top of the page"... - I see! You need to be there to take notes!)
... Coping with nerves when giving oral presentations (their advice: "prepare, rehearse, remind yourself that feeling nervous is normal" - aha)
... How to deal with exams ("make sure you know the date")
... etc.
I thought I'd drop down this extremely useful advice for all my fellow students. Just very much like Oscar Wilde, who said: "I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself." Oh bugger, that should have been my next week's quote.
Anyway - to come back to Ms Umbridge: At five o'clock a very dominant, plump lady entered the classroom. "My powerpoint slides will not go: onto the net", smile, "they will not go: onto the net." Then, a kind of dictation class started. "Think for yourself", smile, "t-h-i-n-k for yours-e-l-f". I stared at my colleague in utter disbelief. Was that a class on the development of modern drama? "Have you watched Harry Potter?!" I whispered. "Huh?" - "Have you..." "Would you mind...?" Ms Umbridge stared at me. Well, some kind of smile-staring. I stared back. I really was at school, I thought and hesitated. Did she want my chewing gum too? I lowered my eyes and watched my left hand. Was there some burning inscription? "I must not talk in class". No, J.K. Rowling must have made that up.
"With tho:se thRee wRiters, Realism bece:me the coRnersto:ne of modeRn theatRe", smile, "the coRnersto:ne of modeRn theatre. With tho:se thRee wRiters, Realism bece:me the coRnsto:ne. The coRnersto:ne. The c-o-R-n-e-r-s-t-o:-n-e."
Ah, cornerstone, what a good word to start a wordplay with.