So as most of you know, I'm back in university and doing a second bachelor's degree. I'm in class with seventeen year olds. And they complain about the most ridiculous things and say some of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Here's the best example. I'm in Women and Religion and we're discussing some passage from the Old Testament and the girl next to me raises her hand and says, "That's from Hammurabi's Code" and for a second, I think she might have something interesting to say, until she continues, "you know, back in Mesopotopia." Uhhh, it's Mesopotamia, and Hammurabi's Code is Babylonian, but I guess she tried. Seriously, MesopoTOPIA?
Here's a good one from a second year Greek religion course: "What's the Aegean Sea?" Uhhh, the body of water between Greece and Turkey?
Then, the other day I heard these girls in my intro to Women's Studies class complaining because our professor ONLY lectures, and doesn't use powerpoint, and you know, some people are visual learners and it's hard for her to know what to write down. Awww, poor thing, do you need the prof to hold your hand too?
Where do these people come from? I'm just aghast at some of the things they aren't aware of, don't know and the lack of respect some of them show in class. I can't even tell you how much I have to refrain from correcting someone when I glance at their notes and notice spelling mistakes. HOW DID YOU EVEN GET TO UNIVERSITY?
/end rant.