Right now, the average conversation I have with the older generation, goes something like this :-
(For some obscure reason I’m just gonna call said person Mrs/Mr Nosey. Language of Nosey has been simplified in this version.)
Nosey : So… high school’s over, huh? You must be having a ton of fun.. on holiday for 3 months.
Me : Right.. actually I’ll be starting pre-U next month.
Nosey : Oh… that’ll be a breeze. Won’t be long before you finally set foot in the working world. We tend to call it the ‘real‘ world. Do you know why?
Me : (speechless at being spoken to like a 5 year old)
Nosey : It’s much, much harder than anything you’re going through now! So enjoy your schooling years while you still can!
Right. Thank you so much for your advice. There’s nothin I like better than hearing that all the torture I suffered during high school was nothing. Those assignments given weren’t exactly worth peanuts in the grading area, y’know?
And this year- my pre-U? Yeah.. I’m gonna have to study to get the grades to solidify my scholarship. And after that?? Why, what a surprise! There’s more studying! Yup, 4 years of slogging and lugging 2-ton textbooks around before I can finally graduate. But, wait.. there’s more! Behind Door #3 is : doing work without pay… before I can even apply for a job. It’s what they call interning. And you get paid in rice grains.
Yeah, lady or dude… thank you so much for telling me I have to enjoy all that. and the ‘real’ world’s waiting for me to be spit out so that it, in turn can devour me and start spewing out my guts. Way to encourage me, if that’s what you were trying to do.
Hell, I’ve changed my mind. I’ll drop out.. that way? My guts stay where they belong - in me.
Ass
(The title was a quote by Sir Arthur Eddington )
my FREAKING DENTIST asked me about my studies and crap.
i tell you, it’s a conspiracy, all this
Comment by irinaa — January 16, 2006 @ 3:08 pm
Yes!! Do they send out mass circulation booklets or sumthin?
Comment by dsass — January 16, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
they probably pakat y’know. ergh. i hate it when people ask me as well. sheesh. they should get a life of their own.
Comment by dsass — January 16, 2006 @ 3:51 pm