Well, I think that the lecturers are full-time employees, graduate students that help teach are called GSIs (Graduate Student Instructors). At least the impression I got from the stuff I read was that these people have completed their schooling

And I've been assaulted by those "Jesus is my savior" people many times. Most of the time, they aren't drunk so I have to be nice or they'll get bitchy.... I might also be chickenshit.... *sigh* I think that you should do that whole "you can have death" during your last week there :]