WORKING THE FAILBLOG THIS MORNING REMINDED ME OF A REAL PAIN IN THE ASS OF A TEACHER I DEALT WITH AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE. I AM SURE SHE WAS A NICE WOMAN BUT IN HER TEACHING STYLE AND WAY SHE WENT ABOUT HERSELF, WE CLASHED HEADS.
I OF COURSE WAS AN IDIOTIC KID (NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY I ATTENDED STANFORD UNIVERSITY) AND I KNEW 'SUPER' HIGH SCHOOL WASN'T MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE. I MEAN WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING ANYHOW?
2 STORIES ABOUT HER CLASS. WE WERE A BUNCH OF MISFITS THAT KNEW THIS WASN'T OUR CAREER NOR WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS KIND OF BS. WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO FINISH THE CLASS WITH A 'C' OR BETTER AND WE ALL DID.
FIRST ONE WAS AN ASSIGNMENT BY HER TO DO A PRESENTATION IN CLASS ABOUT HER FRIEND'S BOOK. YOU TAKE A CHAPTER AND ACT IT OUT. IT WAS TOTALLY GHEY. BUT IN HER DEFENSE IT WAS A SLICK OPERATION. HER FRIEND WRITES A BOOK, POSSIBLY MEAGER SALES, SO SHE DECIDES TO KEEP HER FRIEND IN BUSINESS BY MAKING US BUY HER BOOK.
I REFUSED.
I BORROWED ONE OF THE GUYS' BOOKS AND COPIED THE FIRST CHAPTER ON THE PHOTOCOPIER AT THE SOUTH OFFICE BUILDING (TAX DOLLARS FINALLY WORKING FOR ME). I THEN FOUND A 3 RING BINDER AND TOOK IT TO CLASS. I MADE SURE I WAS IN A GROUP OF GUYS THAT FELT THE SAME WAY I DID ABOUT THE PROJECT (IT WAS BS) AND MADE SURE WE DID THE FIRST CHAPTER. WHY BOTHER GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE BOOK THROUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNBELIEVABLE COLORS OF WHATEVER IN BIG SKY COUNTRY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PRESENTATION SHE STOPPED US AND WITH AN UPTURNED NOSE SHE SAID "EXCUSE ME GUYS, ITS PRONOUNCED RON-DAY-VOO..."
AND I RETORTED "WELL, PEOPLE FROM BIG SKY COUNTRY ARE SO DUMB THAT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY BUT SINCE THEY WERE STUPID, THEY JUST PRONOUNCED IT PHOENETICALLY AS RON-DEZ-VOOEZ."
NATURALLY, THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS FROM. WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A C, AND WE DIDN'T NEED THE REST OF THE BOOK. WIN FOR ME.
SECOND ONE WAS BACK WHEN WE HAD TO TELL THE SAME STORY HAVING SOMETHING TO DO WITH OUR MAJOR TO THREE AUDIENCES. IT MADE YOU REALIZE HOW YOU'D SPEAK TO A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS IN YOUR FIELD, COLLEGE STUDENTS, OR YOUR PARENTS FOR EXAMPLE... AND THE DIFFERENCES OF WRITING STYLES BETWEEN THEM.
I HAD DONE 2 OF THEM, AND REALIZED ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS WHILE SHOOTING POOL THAT WE NEEDED THREE RENDITIONS. I PANICKED AND DECIDED TO WRITE IT TO THE AUDIENCE OF KINDERGARTEN KIDS. AND SINCE IT HAD TO BE THREE PAGES LONG, I WROTE IT ON THREE LINES TO A LETTER AS A KINDERGARTEN KID WOULD AND USED SHORT SENTENCES AND LARGE CAPITAL LETTERS. IT WAS ABOUT 4 "PARAGRAPHS" LONG, AND EXPLAINED FAIRLY WELL TO KIDS WHAT PLANKTON WAS. I WAS GOING TO SUPER HIGH SCHOOL TO BE A MARINE BIOLOGIST.
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.
III
PS... SHE CALLED ME INTO HER OFFICE AFTER THE SEMESTER ENDED AND ASKED WHY I WAS HOW I WAS. I TOLD HER TO GET RESPECT YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT AND I WAS FEELING DISRESPECTED BY HER IN EVERY CLASS I ATTENDED. SHE ASKED WHY I DIDN'T JUST DROP THE CLASS, AND I TOLD HER I KNEW I COULD GET THRU IT. SHE MADE ME WRITE HER A LETTER OF APOLOGY WHICH I DID IN MY SLEEP, AND I GOT A C.
I JUST CHECKED AND SAW I HAVE 500+ VIEWS ON 39 OR SO STUPID NOTES TO KEEP ME GOING IN THIS LIFE. THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING FOR ME OUT THERE, AND REALLY, THERE'S NO REASON TO LIVE ANYMORE. BUT I BET I HAVE HAD MORE VIEWS THAN HER FRIEND HAD SOLD BOOKS BEFORE SHE MADE ALL OF HER CLASSES BUY IT.
BITCH.
