I was in Cultural Geography class yesterday morning, and overhead a splendid little conversation between two girls (who, incidentally, text almost constantly during class):
Girl 1: So, did you finish your response for ethics?
Girl 2: Yeah, finally. It was such a pain in the ass.
Girl 1: Yeah, I know. I don’t get why the professor wanted it typed.
Girl 2: I know. I didn’t type mine up, though. I had my mom do it.
… She had her mom do it. The girl is in her twenties, in college, and her mother is typing her work for her.
I must admit – I briefly considered tackling her, but then thought that such an act would probably be taken badly by the campus administration, particularly the security branch thereof.
Then again, I don’t know why I was surprised. These are the same girls who never take notes, instead opting to text in class, and then act shocked when they get Cs and Ds on their exams. Oh really? I never would have imagined such a thing would happen.
Me? Bitter? No, not at all.
Tags: All Entries, college, conversation, Overheard
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It’s the simple things in life Josh that make it fun. Take for instance, the pleasure of observing twits in a foreign and hostile environment, haplessly unaware of the dangers that lurk in every term paper and unable to process the unfamiliar sounds of professor-speak.
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Indeed, I too have experienced other people doing absurd things like that, although not as extreme and letting mommy do the work! Ehh, I guess that can be solid idea of the competition you’re up against. haha
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Tom: Foreign, perhaps. Hostile? I’m there, it’s not hostile.
Lasha: To be fair, there are many smart folks at college. There’s just an awful lot of idiots, too.
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What format is it in to begin with that it needs to be typed?
When I was in college, I wrote everything with a quill pen on a streched and tanned sheepskin hide. I would repeat that process three times until I was satisfied with my work. Then, it was time to bust out the semaphore flags…
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The idiots help with both the grading curve and money flow for the university.
Embrace the idiots. They help you more than they know.
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I never texted in class. I surfed. And played flash games. And when I got Ds, I didn’t complain, cuz I knew they were coming. And I liked it.
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Oktober Five: Okay, then. You liked spending time in class and not paying attention, just to get Ds?
No comment, I guess; I don’t understand.
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No no, Josh. Your reasoning is all wrong. You’ve obviously not thought about this deaply enough. You need to reach further if you’re going to understand philosophically deep meanings such as mine. For instance, look at sarcasm, exaggeration . . . or humor in general. These things take a genius to comprehend.
I guess next time I’ll just be perfectly serious … and boring. Because that’s fun and requires no sense of humor to understand.
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Oktober Five: I took your comment as serious because there are plenty of idiots who spend thousands of dollars to attend college classes, just to play Flash games and browse the internet during class, all the while distracting the people who actually want to learn something. Considering I’ve seen such things over and over, I apologize if I automatically assumed you were serious.
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No worries–After all, I think it was my first comment on your site. I should automatically say “I’m never serious” before each comment I make
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No problem.
I’ll keep that in mind from now on.Also: 1) I love your “About Me” section on your blog. Quite true, I think. And 2) Are you German, or do you have an interest in German? Oktober is how the Krauts spell said month.
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I definitely have an interest in German–it’s in my blood.
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Kevin,
My apologies that your comment initially slipped through the cracks of moderation!
Did you have to kill the sheep yourself?
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When I was in college, a boy was expelled for keeping a llama in his room. A certain girl, whose mother had been a prodigy opera singer, was assaulted in the video editing room by a Moorish midget, and I myself was busy making a name for myself as student prince and carver of inappropriately dressed chessmen.
But seriously, times may have changed, but that ten percent of college kids who squander their education and then weep, certainly hasn’t.
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