i could fill your days with flowers
Barbara was in class this morning! Yay! I’d been sort of bemoaning the fact that I didn’t know anybody in my classes, and then there she was!
Barbara’s fun. She was in McCafferty’s class with me last year, and my partner in Danny’s lab section. A lot of people really don’t like her - she’s smart, she’s funny, and she always speaks out in class, asking questions above and beyond the level required. Some girls in McCafferty’s lecture last year gave her a hard time; I think it’s because they were quite threatened by the fact that she’s the obvious student to get an A, to get the scholarships, to get the recognition. And she refuses to conform.
Speaking of conformity - what is it with this whole idea of not appearing too smart? We’re all in post secondary, here. And yet, it’s wrong to speak up in class, it’s wrong to talk about anything other than heading to the bar on Friday night, it’s wrong to want to read Goethe and not care about the lastest sparkly shoes in at Churgin’s. I don’t get it. I really don’t. It could be that I’ve ended up in a lot of classes with freshmen, over the years, but I notice it even in higher years. And apparently grad school’s just as bad, but with more competitiveness and arrogance. Yeesh.
I have a job interview at 3 this afternoon, for a position as a paylot attendant. Yeah, it’s not a really remarkable job in any sense, but if I get it, I’d have a lot of time to read and do homework. And I really really want to get it. It wouldn’t pay as much as my contract at the DRC, but I’m really fed up with the bullshit there. The coordinator is incredibly disorganised, and I get a lot of flack for not being able to do all the work that they want me to. I’m an academic aide, not a homecare worker. I have no formal first aid training, I have no certifications or qualifications. They knew that when they hired me. And I’m getting annoyed with all the yes-you-hav-a-job/no-you-don’t that they’ve been pulling, so I’d really like to be able to say screw it and go to something else.
Geoarky class in an hour. Wheeee!
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