Just need to vent.
I met with a relative today who I haven’t seen in a while. They’re an academic. I failed to get my degree which is a very sore point with me.
Most of the conversation was about university and academic stuff. They just went on and on and on AND ON. I actually felt belittled and drained at the end of what was basically a monologue.
Anyway vent over.
I think the word is a diatribe 
That’s what it felt like !!
Shows a lack of social skills on their part I would say.
I feel you. My step-dad is a retired professor who taught business for years at the local university. I’ve heard a million monologues, speeches and lectures. I was telling my sisters that when he gets going on one of his lectures it’s like he forgets anyone else is in the room and its like he is just sitting there alone, talking for himself and who’s ever bearing the brunt of this is just a shapeless blob faded into the background.
Did you just infer @everhopeful was a shapeless blob! Just kidding! 
I understand how you feel. I read a script for my job and sometimes i wonder if it gets a bit monotone lol😂
Education is great , unless it’s more important to you than your character.
Yikes. I probably would have fallen asleep!