With midterms season upon us, I have switched from “Alright! Let’s go to class and do homework so I don’t get behind!” mode to “Blaaaahhhhhhh, I think Halo sounds like a better idea” and generally more complainy mode. Anyways, being the complainer that I am, there have been a few things that have been bothering me.
People who walk into classrooms before everyone else leaves
Alright, so if there’s one or two people left from the remaining class (at max 10), you can go inside. But when the class hasn’t even finished?! This is ridiculous. Besides the general principle of you’re already where you need to be and the people inside need to run to another part of campus so be nice and let them out, there’s absolutely no reason why people need to get into class 5-10 minutes early. Sure, you can get more comfy and get out your notes and stuff, but you can do that in 2 minutes just fine. Maybe if you have a midterm you’ll want to push and shove your way in so you can have as much time as possible for the test (and to cram/panic beforehand). But really, please explain to me why every time my EOSC 220 class is finishing up (around 1:47) the next class comes in like a hurricane, pushing to get through and sit down. I’m really quite curious.
People who don’t wear pants
At first glance, probably only a select few people know what I’m talking about and the others are either confused or think I’m talking about shorts and skirts. I’m talking about wearing leggings/tights as pants. I would add a picture for demonstration, but I’d feel like it would be NSFW, so I’ll link to it. That’s one of the better pictures of wearing them as pants. The best one I found to attest to why I hate it so much happens to be of Paris Hilton, so I’m not sure that actually counts. Anyways, aren’t leggings designed to keep your legs warm or be somehow fashionable and be under another piece of clothing? I have seen this way too much around campus and today I saw someone wearing some that were not opaque enough…and it was not pretty. No sir. That’s the kind of stuff you can only wear in your house. So if someone knows why this is a good idea and how these people do not know that they are revealing way too much, please enlighten me.
Majors
This has nothing to do with things that people do that bother me, but rather, with trying to understand what I like and what my major should be. I’m a science person. End of story. Well, kind of. I’m good at science, I liked it in high school because it was easier than history and English. I always thought what you’re good at you like because you can easily get a sense of accomplishment and such. You can like other things too of course, but for myself, someone who likes doing easy things that produce a bigger result, I stuck with what I was good at.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been EOSCing myself out and guess what? I don’t like it. For various reasons and compounded experiences from my classes and discussions with others, I’ve determined that I won’t be a geoscientist. But what about other sciences? I suppose I could, but that would add some time onto my degree and I still wouldn’t be very interested in it. So what should the science minded and bored Em do? Dual degree, at least until further notice. I like psychology, but I’m terrible at arts in general (which contradicts my previous thought of liking what I’m good at), so dual degree in Earth and Ocean Sciences and Psychology, here I come.