I'm pro - secondary education, obviously, seeing as how I'm am becoming a product of the system. However, sometimes I wonder about the traditions and the frequent 'taboo' that still seems to be a necessary part of co-ed universities in the US. I didn't really realize until this year the things that our parents forgot to tell us, or that the government fails to mention before we pack all of our shit up and try to make new friends or live with smelly strangers for four years both socially within the system, and academically. Here we go, just to name a few that have pissed me off recently:
1. If you want to make money or get a job after college than you have no choice but to either major in business and management or go to a graduate school after spending $125,000 for your undergraduate degree. You see, businesses don't want eager English majors right out of college, they want you to get some experience working at your local Blockbuster before people allow you to join the workforce as a temp. So all of that stuff that you were interested in in college? Forget about it. Throw textbooks away, burn up emails of encouragement from your professors and mentors.. Start working on making a hell of a frappaccino.
2. You know the movies that portray a sleazy Prof-Student relationship and make you cringe over it's immoral scenes and uncomfortable professional situations? That could be you! Ohhhhh, Professors. Unfortunately, we cannot always be taught by 90 year old bats. Sometimes you get an extremely attractive, intelligent, humorous and decently dressed Prof who sometimes is/is not... married. First thing I do when I meet one of these men? Check the left hand... then automatically kick myself for even considering such a "Pool Boy at Sandals Resort"-like situation. Prof's like this are especially attractive when you look around campus and all you see is Frat Boy, Frat Boy, Taken, Frat Boy, Frat Boy. It's refreshing and it's so flattering when they take an interest in your work in their class. But when you start LOOKING for that flattery... RED FLAG!!! Face to face time with your cutie professor could lead to uncomfortable situations. Is he hitting on you? Are you flirting with him? Who crossed the boundary first? Where is the boundary? Did he just look at my boobs? Did I just flip my hair? No seriously... did I just flip my hair? How old am I? Dammit, control your hormones woman!!
(This, of course, has never happened to me........cough.)
3. "Lecture Notes" does not mean "You don't have to come to Lecture".... it means, "You will fail this class if you do not read all of the material suggested to help you in this class and then you'll have to take it over again and that's really fuckin' embarrassing to do when you're the eldest person in the class..."
4. Multiple Choice Exam = Hellishly 4 Hour-Long Exam
5. If your Prof says, "Don't hesitate to come to me during office hours." ... translation: "If you don't come see me in my office with a query or a concern, it'll work against you in the long run of your grade."
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