tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218952692011-04-21T18:21:55.911-07:00laughing while I still have my souldarcy12http://www.blogger.com/profile/06260477354177183272noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21895269.post-1138937524637528912006-02-02T19:18:00.000-08:002006-02-02T19:32:18.866-08:00hazing is still embraced by some communities<br />some people lean real hard on the reps of their undergrad and grad schools<br />no one cares about improving the pedagogy--at least no one cares enough, those who have been successful in the system like it the way it is just fine<br />I am not an audio learner and I still loathe lectures<br />21-22 year olds can be v. annoying now I understand why some people did not like me in grad school<br />BUT they can memorize a lot and get by on little sleep hence my great success in grad school<br />resigned to coffee addiction whenever I am a grad student<br />other people never really understand<br />you are bonded by your shared pain and lack of sleep<br />no one ever takes you to the side to teach you how to speak well<br />being able to type quickly is an advantage in some contexts<br />laugh a lot while you still can<br />no one will come for your soul if you do not first give it up at the door<br />the golddigging husband seekers really are here<br />it is the land of tiny women, many quite well groomed thso esilly boys over in Japan seeking teh elusive petite feminine ideal could have just gone to law school....<br />have not learned it yet but have several hypotheses what a lifetime of anorexia and/or bulimia will do to a person<br />lots of short men in law<br />lots of tall women<br />everyone assumes that you are young unless you look older <br />men cry a lot in public sometimes<br />if you want interesting you have to give up stability, you want the latter, you have to give up the former<br />all white people are the same to some people but some places have a greater variety of white people, some of just one or two European origins--those whites tend to look different<br />Sexism is still going strong<br />ditto homophobia<br />ditto classism<br />ditto religious prejudices<br />did I mention how much sexism persists to be a problem?<br />things are still run by old white guys from east coast schools<br />reinforcement of my belief that how a person acts when they ahve someone else in a vulnerable position is v. telling <br />as long as you belive in it it can be true but stop believing in something and pursue some alternative values and you may enjoy yourself a lot more<br />standardized tests are still lazy assessment<br />admissions brings in a lot of money<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21895269-113893752463752891?l=winterkisses.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>darcy12http://www.blogger.com/profile/06260477354177183272noreply@blogger.com0