For those of you who have ever taken a legit English class (or maybe just an English class in general), you know exactly who I'm talking about.
This girl is obnoxious, usually very confident in her knowledge of literature and her abilities in interpretation. It's usually because she's not very good at any other discipline. She either never raises her hand before she speaks or raises her hand in the weirdest, most annoying way ever. But nevertheless, she speaks all the time. And she usually has an annoying voice on top of that as well, or maybe just her voice inflections are annoying. She usually carries herself with a certain posture, the kind with her nose ever-so-slightly (5 degree incline) up in the air.
Now, disclaimer. There's nothing wrong with being intelligent. There's also nothing wrong with being an enthusiastic participant. There's even nothing wrong with leaning towards one academic area - in fact, it makes planning your life so much easier.
But it's that ungrounded arrogant pride that gets everyone. That's why people think English majors are half chain-smoker, box-inhabiting geniuses and half snooty, hyperemotional academic snobs that never reach a solid conclusion.
And honestly, some people just really bother me, and it makes me ask, must you act that way because you just want the attention?
And then I take a step back and I have to think. Maybe she's insecure. Maybe she just wants people to acknowledge her. Maybe she has bad memories from math class that makes her want to overcompensate in an area she feels strongly about. Maybe she has such a passion for English language and literature that she can't help herself. Maybe she's not used to adjusting to a broader social setting. Maybe she needs love.
Not praise. Not admiration. But love.
And though I probably will never talk to that girl in my Lit&Law class this semester, I can try to be understanding and loving in my mind/heart as much as possible. Because honestly, disliking her and rolling my eyes at her takes so much more energy than just being peaceful and loving.
Verse:
"Be humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." (Ephesians 4:2)
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they exist is architecture studios as well. the one girl in the green hate who has to put up 5 boards instead of one or two, wastes a ton of space, and then talks for about half an hour while the rest of the class talks for about 5-10 mins. she has to ramble on and on about all these new technologies, yet none of them work well with her design, nor is her design any good. yet she must talk on and on in a really annoying, high pitched tone and always has on that smile that says "i'm better than you."
hee hee...i believe we've had a conversation like his before : )
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