Well, well, well. Here we are again. Back at school. Back to the daily grind. Back to all that junk.
And well, that’s fine I guess. No major problem with that. Some stuff we learn is honestly kind of cool. Some people we interact with are honestly kind of cool. BUT.
What I would just rather not deal with that always has to happen every year is the meeting of new people. “OH LOOK, LOOK AT HIS ANTI-SOCIAL JERK THAT HATES PEOPLE!!” you might say. No, it’s not like that. Not quite. I’m talking about meeting with people and going through all that interaction crap to just not even end up talking again. Seriously, what the hell’s the point.
Example:
I’m at breakfast eating with some people I already know and am friends with. We are having a conversation already.
New people come in and ask to sit. All conversation must either completely change or be altered to adhere to these people who would otherwise be lost.
Now new conversation starts. Basic conversation. The only kind of conversation you can really have with people you don’t know much about. So there’s the exchange of names and majors. Perhaps interests are brought up, but if nothing passionate is in common quickly, that can lead to a dead end.
The meal ends and everyone heads their separate ways and never have a conversation with each other again.
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…you…you catch that last part? NEVER HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN. Because nothing interesting came of meeting each other the first time!
And this happens over and over and OVER again in the first week or so of class. It happens in classrooms, in the dining halls, on buses; you name it.
And it’s tiring. Oh so tiring. I DON’T CARE what your major is! I WON’T REMEMBER your name! I’m sorry, it’s more me than you, but please, the chances of us becoming friends is slim to none. You know how many friends I have? Not all that many (on purpose I should note)! Well, ok, on Facebook like 200 or whatever, but still not as much as most people my age! You’re not getting in that easy! I actually need to see you, talk to you, and like you on a semi-regular basis. And know your name. That kinda helps.
But I won’t remember it unless I have a reason to. Unless you have some freakishly memorable name or you do something really memorable right away, I won’t remember you and you won’t remember me either.
Basically, I say all this because these conversations are so BORING. It’s like reading a freaking resume, or worse, a student directory. “Oh, so you say you’re a freshman (but technically a super-senior in credits), took a bajillion classes in some thing I have no knowledge of, are majoring in something I don’t know, live in Schlock Hall 4252pq345 and have an annoying personality upon first impression? Please, do tell me more. No seriously, please, I don’t need to hear that shit, tell me stuff beyond that I might care about.”
….and THAT’S why everyone loves me. For my friendly and accepting personality! ….right, guys?
….guys?
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HAHAHAHA MATT YOU’RE AWESOME
Okay, I have to tell you about this freshman who wouldn’t shut the hell up in my calc class yesterday. I’ll just quote him; he does a better job of representing himself than I ever will:
“Yeah… *stretch* I’m technically gonna be a junior after this semester. Took all those credits in AP, you know.”
“Man… I just like FACE-TO-FACE communication, you know? Everyone is so digital these days. It’s…a bummer. Like, I like to write my essays BY HAND. It adds a personal touch.”
“Well, I’m pretty much gonna never show up to Chem II lecture like, ever. Gonna be the easiest class I’ve ever taken.” (Most people flunk out of Chem II, fyi.)
“So like…can you text me how to write your name? I like to call people by their REAL NAMES.” (Talking to a Korean girl sitting between me and him, who offered her (EQUALLY VALID) English name when he couldn’t pronounce or spell her Korean one.)
I LOVE FRESHMEN THEY ARE SO GOSH-DARN CUTE.
I hope y’all understand the jokes I made about freshmen while you guys were…freshmen. NOW YOU GET TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN. ❤