Most of my disdain for first-years is due to my intense resentment of any and all fun that they may be having. I wasn't allowed to have fun in my first year, so why should they? ("Allowed" may not be the most accurate choice of words, but the overall outcome is the same.) I curse their carefree, perpetually excited well-adjustedness. ATTENTION FIRST-YEARS: Wipe that stupid grin off your face, learn to share the sidewalk (four people walking with arms interlocked = unacceptable), and for God's sake stop hogging all the advisors because apparently we are experiencing a shortage and some of us need them more than you.
It's that time of year again. (Which is to say it's one of the nine months out of the year during which one is at college...) Freshman season is upon us, and after only one week of their presence and fewer than two direct interactions with any of them I am already severely annoyed with all of them. Yes, ALL. I am not afraid to make an enormous generalization based solely on their year. My annoyance encompasses every last one of them. (Except maybe the two that I know personally. They're alright.) I know, I know- We were all first-years once, it just takes some adjusting, they don't mean to be obnoxious, blah blah kumbaya peace and understanding blah. Not this year. As a third-year I believe it is my right to make blanket statements about the inconveniences that they are. Such is the hierarchy of academia, the circle of life, natural selection and whatnot. You don't see sharks giving minnows directions to the Special Collections Library, do you? I didn't think so.
Most of my disdain for first-years is due to my intense resentment of any and all fun that they may be having. I wasn't allowed to have fun in my first year, so why should they? ("Allowed" may not be the most accurate choice of words, but the overall outcome is the same.) I curse their carefree, perpetually excited well-adjustedness. ATTENTION FIRST-YEARS: Wipe that stupid grin off your face, learn to share the sidewalk (four people walking with arms interlocked = unacceptable), and for God's sake stop hogging all the advisors because apparently we are experiencing a shortage and some of us need them more than you. |