I apparently am running into an array of annoying people lately.
For the most part i am a pretty easy going person. At least i think i am.
The problem with blogging is that you aren't able to convey all of yourself within the words that you express. To me a blog is like a movie, you get the overall gist of things; Plot(my life), Character( me), and Sub Characters( everyone around me) but you don't get the inbetween moments, the behind the scenes info(which is me lying around watching episodes of family guy), and my personality. I try my best to convey that here but sometimes i question if i get it across accurately.
My personality is pretty easy going. I don't complain much and take things in stride most of the time. I kind of go with the flow in certain situations and hopefully appear up for the challenge. There aren't many things that annoy me about other people, because in all honesty i see so many faults in myself I don't even contemplate them in other people. The only time i get annoyed with people is when there is this overt negativity about their personality. Like Bitchy, Snobby, Annoying...things like that. Like when you have to make it noticeable that you are all those things or more. Annoying is a little bit more difficult because it can be inherent( Annoying Guy) or you put it out there because you can. When i do get annoyed it is usually based on a personality trait that just clashes with mine.
Yesterday it was annoying Guy...today i met annoying girl and i simply don't think i can take anymore annoying people.
Annoying Girl is in my Business Writing class. Though it sounds like a dreary class i'm actually pretty happy that i decided to take it. Jack Black is a pretty awesome professor and the people in the class are easy to talk to. Today we were assigned groups to go over some documents we had to write for HW yesterday.
In our groups we were suppose to read each of our documents out loud, and then pass it around in the group so each memeber could critique it. No problem right. Unless you get in the one group out of 20 people who does not want to do the assignment despite Jack Black checking in from time to time to make sure we are doing the assignment.
As soon as i get into the group The Annoying Girl says "Listen this isn't 1st grade and i don't see why we have to read our papers out loud. I mean this is so stupid". I give her a look like "come on it's not going to be that bad" but she keeps going on, "I say we just swap papers read it to ourselves and be done with this."
?????
Aparently i was the only one not feeling her approach to the assignment which i told her: "It's not that bad i mean we should at least attempt the assignment. what happens when he comes to our group and sees that we aren't working?"
Annoying Girl: I mean if you really want to read your paper go ahead but it's a waste of time.
And like that the rest of my group went along with her because they were frightened to say anything. I reluctantly took her paper (and i instantly became aware why she didn't want to read her paper out loud) and went along with the plan. Until Jack Black came over and asked how we magiclly read all of our papers out loud in the span of 4 minutes in which he was gone from the room.
And like it was nothing Annoying Girl goes: Oh we finished reading all of them out loud. Hee Hee.
I made the strangest face ever, kind of shook my head, and tried to send out smoke signals to the professor that she was lying. Right in front of his face. The lie came too natural for her, it made me uncomfortable.
I have the misfortune of ending up in a group where i am the only one who does work. It is incredibly stressful and not something i ever want to be apart of again. I find it incredibly annoying because i like feedback on my work and i am begining to appreciate criticism because it can only help.
Not only was i annoyed by the whole group situation but by her general attitude that she was better than the assignment. We have a final group assignment due towards the end of class and I hope beyond all hope that she will not be working with me.
I haven't done this for a while, but i think i am just going to hide away from the world under the safety of my covers.
3 comments:
okay, ms beckett, advice from me as both a student and a professor.
studently: fucking group work. i was always the one who did all the work, or at least cared about making a pretense of doing the work. i always got saddled with slack-ass jerkfaces who hadn't done the reading, weren't interested in anything, and generally just pissed me off.
professorly: fucking group work. i rarely assign group work for exactly this reason.
now here's the important part, and i mean it: you should email Jack Black and let him know what happened in your group. i KNOW it sounds like tattle-tale, but we (professors) WANT to know when shit like this happens. you don't need to point out Annoying Girl, just say: our group shared essays instead of reading out loud, and i'm kind of hoping I can work with a different group for other/final projects.
this is a totally legitimate and responsible thing to do. we, professors, understand that slackers and assholes exist, or that sometimes a group's dynamic just sucks. and you, since you're a paying student, have every right to request a more amenable situation.
seriously, doll! email jack black and let him know. throw in a line about confidentiality, and you're all good.
Hi Ms beckett I just feel compelled to apologize to you for my last comment. Now that I've thought about it all week long (that's basicaly all I could think of) He probably deserved those words maybe even more. I dont think you are a harsh at all. I actually think you're an amazing person from what I've read in your blog.end I too like watching family guy. which makes me wonder if you watch [adult swim] on cartoon network? later
I'm with boots - you really should tell the teacher. I know, I know, that seems petty, but it is YOUR grade and you don't need someone like that taking over. Just my two-cents worth.
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