I'm Standing Here. But I'm On My Way. Searching To Find An Answer. I'm Standing Here. But It's All The Same. And I'm Running Out Of Patience
On Thursday evening Devil went to the university as part of the "induction / orientation" program that they had available...and within the first 10 minutes the lecturers and the class that He was in had already pissed Him off and He wanted to walk out.
It pissed me off that a large proportion of the class that I was in was comprised of [A] people who didn't speak English as a first language (and just sat there not knowing what the hell was going on), [B] people who were somewhat old and really hadn't any experience within a university environment (and were therefore asking stupid and retarded questions that if they actually listened to what was being said in the first place, they would have got the answers for) or [C] a combination of [A] and [B].
Ugh, my patience with the above categories was wearing REALLY thin and when the lecturer went to each and every person asking what their specialisation was...and then telling them who the coordinator was...I wanted to punch her out. Ok...fair enough they had time to kill but when the 8th person who is doing the SAME specialisation as the 7 people that were asked before...I think they would have all got the point as to who the coordinator would be!!
It was a total waste of time for me and to be honest, I didn't learn anything at all in that induction. I was distracted by the cheap novelty torch that was given in the 'gift bag' and was trying to figure out a way I could get it to catch fire in the class room. One of the international students (from Japan) attempted to introduce himself to me. His "English" name was "Mince".
I didn't speak to him any more after that. Don't get me wrong...I don't have (too much of) a problem with international students but I can't associate with someone who's name is "Mince". I wouldn't have cared if his actual Japanese name was something like "Teriyaki Wasabi", I could have dealt with that...but "Mince"...yeah...sorry...no. Get away from me.
I'm looking forward to starting the learning process...and I'm hoping that the people in my actual classes are a lot younger, can speak English and have proper names (or at least cool ones). I'll soon find out though. My first lecture goes for an hour on Thursday evening next week. Yeah...I have to be at university for only 1 hour. Lame. On the following day though (Friday) I get to spend all day on campus, like a university student should...whilst getting paid by SETEC to have the day off, like a specialist researcher should.
I'd also just like to quickly announce that I've now got a "Formspring.me" account. [The question form is on the right-hand column of the page]. Basically, it's a function (similar to Twitter) but you can ask questions of me either by logging in so I know who you are or asking me anonymously.
I don't expect a lot of questions to be asked because of the simple fact that this blog doesn't get a lot of traffic...but at least it's there if anyone happens to have a question that they want asked.
It pissed me off that a large proportion of the class that I was in was comprised of [A] people who didn't speak English as a first language (and just sat there not knowing what the hell was going on), [B] people who were somewhat old and really hadn't any experience within a university environment (and were therefore asking stupid and retarded questions that if they actually listened to what was being said in the first place, they would have got the answers for) or [C] a combination of [A] and [B].
Ugh, my patience with the above categories was wearing REALLY thin and when the lecturer went to each and every person asking what their specialisation was...and then telling them who the coordinator was...I wanted to punch her out. Ok...fair enough they had time to kill but when the 8th person who is doing the SAME specialisation as the 7 people that were asked before...I think they would have all got the point as to who the coordinator would be!!
It was a total waste of time for me and to be honest, I didn't learn anything at all in that induction. I was distracted by the cheap novelty torch that was given in the 'gift bag' and was trying to figure out a way I could get it to catch fire in the class room. One of the international students (from Japan) attempted to introduce himself to me. His "English" name was "Mince".
I didn't speak to him any more after that. Don't get me wrong...I don't have (too much of) a problem with international students but I can't associate with someone who's name is "Mince". I wouldn't have cared if his actual Japanese name was something like "Teriyaki Wasabi", I could have dealt with that...but "Mince"...yeah...sorry...no. Get away from me.
I'm looking forward to starting the learning process...and I'm hoping that the people in my actual classes are a lot younger, can speak English and have proper names (or at least cool ones). I'll soon find out though. My first lecture goes for an hour on Thursday evening next week. Yeah...I have to be at university for only 1 hour. Lame. On the following day though (Friday) I get to spend all day on campus, like a university student should...whilst getting paid by SETEC to have the day off, like a specialist researcher should.
I'd also just like to quickly announce that I've now got a "Formspring.me" account. [The question form is on the right-hand column of the page]. Basically, it's a function (similar to Twitter) but you can ask questions of me either by logging in so I know who you are or asking me anonymously.
I don't expect a lot of questions to be asked because of the simple fact that this blog doesn't get a lot of traffic...but at least it's there if anyone happens to have a question that they want asked.
Devil's Winamp: Linkin Park - My Reason
Devil's Mood: Hectic / Impatient / Annoyed / Intolerant
posted by Devil's Advocate at 20.2.10
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