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Post by JC on Sept 16, 2009 19:45:05 GMT -5
So, being an older student has it's advantages and it's disadvantages, but can I just complain for about 5 minutes about how much I've grown to hate the 17-22 year old crowd?!?!! OH MY GOD if I hear the word "like" more than 3 times in one sentence again I'm going to lose it. But what bothers me the most is the freaking know-it-all attitude they all have! This girl today started talking with me in class and then just rambled on about how freakin great she is and how she already knows all this stuff and calculus 2 is an easy A for her.. blah blah, then next class, "my dad is a scientist, I'm taking 21 credits, my parents pay for everything... i'm a spoiled rich brat..." UGHHHH! I'M SO TIRED OF IT! I am purposely anti-social at school because I have absolutely nothing to talk about with these freakin brats. They are awful!! I'm not exaggerating! I don't know what it is with my school but everyone walks around trying to talk big. Maybe that's just the nature of being a pre-med but seriously, I'm too f*ckin old to give a sh*t about what your mommy and daddy buy and do for you and how this class is sooo easy cause you took AP whatever in high school last year. I DON'T CARE about your stupid high school life that was 3 months ago. This is university now, GROW UP!  UGHH!!!!! If anyone has advice on how to deal with this then please feel free to comment cause blasting an ipod in my ears just isn't enough of a signal to people that I don't want to be spoken to. UGH I could complain about this all day!! |
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Post by Karen on Sept 16, 2009 20:20:30 GMT -5
I used to teach high school, I can relate. Big pet peeve was when students used texting abbreviations instead of real words on tests and quizzes. I can completely relate to why you're frustrated. On the flip side of things, you have what a lot of them are dying for - a husband/married life, stability, and the ability to legally buy booze.  |
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Post by jjuls22 on Sept 16, 2009 20:55:15 GMT -5
i would say, "wow, what are you going to do when you have to grow up and actually pay for stuff yourself?" or, "wow, did mommy and daddy buy your way in, because you don't speak like you're smart enough to be here" or hmmm let me think. "This isn't high school, so no one cares what grades you got in high school, this is a whole new ball game" or just be straight up and say ya know, i have to work my arse off to pyut myself through med school and on top of it all, i have a chronic pain disease that i have to deal with by myself. Sometime you have to grow up and i suggest that now is a good time for you to start, no one wants to hear how much money your parents have, this isn't the high school lunch table." Ha, or "if i have to sit here and listen to your immaturity any longer, i might go an ask the school for a refund b/c i think i'm losing brain cells from listening to you" wooo.. sorry jenaya, i'm almost 27 and going to a community college, i can always spot the just out of high school kids. LMAO in my one class i had this high schooler sitting behind me, man was she dressed to the NINES! had her make up caked on, her hair was fantastically done and she had this fake flower clip in her hair that matched her shirt and her lipstick! i almost threw up in my mouth when i saw her. hahahaha. Oh the stories i have. ;D Hang in there, they will all most likely drop out when they fail some classes and mommy and daddy stop giving them money.  Hehehe. I love being mean to people, especially when they think they are tough doo-doo and have no idea what they are talking about. |
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 16, 2009 23:33:03 GMT -5
My hubby went to school two years ago to get his paramedic. He was the oldest there (31) and we have the three kids. Everyone else was that 17-22 crowd and all booze crazy, idiots. The one guy cost himself a job at graduation and got a DUI and another got kicked out because he wouldn't get enough sleep on the weekends and slept through all his classes. You and he could have a lovely conversation about the dorks in the younger generation
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Post by JC on Sept 17, 2009 4:35:50 GMT -5
jjuls, HOLY CRAP I'm coming to you from now on when I need some kid bashing statements. HAHA Those were so funny!!!
My husband said to tell them, "Oh good for your mommy and daddy to be so well off. They must be so proud. Maybe one day you'll have something like this to say for yourself!"
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Post by hellsbells on Sept 17, 2009 7:11:22 GMT -5
Aaaah, the joy of youth. Plenty of put downs there jenaya, I can't think of any better. On the other hand, I pity them a little. They have no idea what's going to hit them after college when they have to enter real life and pay rent/mortgage and tax (eeeuurgghh still bugs me) and buy their own food.........just smile sweetly, tilt your head, say 'Aaawww' and pat them on the head. That should shut them up. In the meantime, we all support your ranting about this cos, yeah, kids can be annoying! :-)
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Post by ouchy on Sept 17, 2009 14:06:32 GMT -5
Hahah! I love the pat on the head thing! That rocks! Having been pre-med fresh out of high school, I can say that there is strong rivalry to get the top score on exams and practicals. We even had competition who could dissect specimens the best! It was insane. And exciting. However, we never rubbed it in the "older" students' faces, though. Never. Also, no one bragged about getting help from their parents. The ones who did kept quiet about it while the rest of us bitched about not being able to get financial aid, how many jobs we had to work, etc. And for that matter, we all respected those who were older than us and actually had (our dream jobs at that time) jobs working in the hospital. This was 10 years ago, though. Judging from the little sh*ts I have had to deal with as of late (if the hag downstairs is any example), I'm sure that 10 years makes a LOT of difference in how the early-20's-crowd was raised and how they carry themselves in public. Wishing you the best.  |
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Post by ouchy on Sept 17, 2009 14:09:09 GMT -5
Oh oh oh! I did go back to finish my degree up and wound up being one of the oldest in the class. I just pretended that I was still young, and I beat the pants off of all those young punks on the tests. They figured out my exam scores by figuring out which grades corresponded to the last 4 digits of the social. They hated me, and I loved it.  |
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Post by ouchy on Sept 17, 2009 14:15:13 GMT -5
I guess if you really want to piss them off, join the rivalry on exams and beat the pants off of them.
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Post by ouchy on Sept 17, 2009 14:16:39 GMT -5
OOOH! And when they ask to "share" your notes...tell them that you dont' take any--that you're an auditory learner and just remember everything you hear. LOL
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Post by JC on Sept 17, 2009 17:33:05 GMT -5
^^ lol I actually don't take notes... but that's another subject.
I think the issue with my school is that there are a lot of rich areas here so there's a lot of rich kids that have parents practically hold their hands through the entire process and fork money over left and right. So it's kinda bragging rights here to have rich parents. I remember I was at lunch one day with a group of classmates and we got into a discussion about what our fathers did for a living. This was the conversation:
Girl #1: My dad is a physicist and does protein structure research at John's Hopkins University.
Girl #2: My dad has a PhD in biochemistry and is a professor at harvard.
Guy #1: My dad is a diplomat from Bangladesh and so am I.
Me: My dad is a truck driver!
lol it was awesome, but it was even more awesome that I was WAY more proud of my father than they were of theirs.
And when I mention that I worked in the ER for 8 years before starting my degree, I don't get looked up to and respected, it's just more fuel for them to find something to brag about. I stopped telling people what I do and pretend I'm dumb and keep to myself. The only time my age comes up now is if someone notices my wedding ring and asks me about it. Then when they find out I'm married I get the frown confusion look and the "wait.. how old are you?"
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Post by chloelouise on Sept 18, 2009 3:28:19 GMT -5
So Im like totally only 21 so like fall into this age gap and totally like dont see anything wrong with using like the word like as many times as I can in a sentence.... like.  You should just beat them at everything!! I would think that them trying to put you down is jealousy. I think there's a massive differance between 17-22 and living off mum and dad and being 21 married with a baby! This just makes it even clearer to me!! How about... 'unless mummy and daddy are going to buy you a hospital to do your residency in might I suggest you shut the f up and get on with it' then you can do the whole annoying 'zip' thing if after you've said this they keep coming back with something just say 'zip' 'no no zip' they will all think your so annoying they'll leave you alone pretty quick!!! |
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Post by JC on Sept 20, 2009 7:31:01 GMT -5
^^ lol that was funny. Yeah definitely being married with a baby will grow you up. I am more annoyed with the ones that think whoever the hell their parents are is who they are too.
I feel like the "beating them at everything" approach only makes me fall into the crap that they pull. I'd rather just not be bothered.
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Post by sunshine78 on Sept 22, 2009 2:39:09 GMT -5
OMFG, I completely hear EVERYTHING EVERYONE HERE just said.
Once, going into what I thought would be a class full of very intelligent people who didn't use filler words, I was rudely face-planted into reality, with one part of a conversation I couldn't help but hear (one of those superbly annoying, high-frequency, nearly-nasal voices): "Like I like didn't like wanna like go like to like that like other like school like because like it like didn't like offer like what I like wanted."
It took the patience of a thousand saints for me not to fly across the room and choke that bitch to death, before ripping out her larynx, and announcing to the class, "Should any of you make the mistake of auditory assault that this girl did, the same will happen to you."
Same with that AP shyte and the competition... seriously, I couldn't give two shytes if I do better or worse than you on this test, and I'm not going to cry for you if you ONLY come out of this class with a B. Because I HAVE TO WORK, and buy my own groceries, and clothe myself, and take care of my apartment, wash my own clothes, I consider a C success, so suck on that, baby face.
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Post by JC on Sept 22, 2009 4:10:23 GMT -5
^HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAA!!!!!!!! Seems as though we hit a nerve with you?
UGH I hear ya though! I'm so tired of them. I have a lab today and it's the most annoying ever in there because it's full of 18 year old egos.
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