Dude, every time I would fuck something up when I was at home (even before I was technically a freshman here!) everyone would be like “Oh, so you go to MIT, huh?” and make fun of me. I was never allowed to miscount anything or ask for technology help or anything like that. It was fucking annoying.
The Christmas of my freshman year I went to visit a friend back home. He had another friend at his house whom I met there for the first time. The friend-of-the-friend (in his mid-twenties) tells me he’s working on some coding project and asks “Oh, you’re studying computer science at MIT? Maybe you can help me” and goes on to describe some problems he’s been having with his code– mostly database and server stuff which just goes right over my head. I told him I couldn’t help him (because at the time the only 6 class I’d taken was 6.00). He replies “Oh, well then I don’t feel as bad for not getting into MIT.”
christ, what an asshole! it’s like he was lording his knowledge over a semester-old freshman, then implying, “oh since i’m better than you, i’m better than MIT”. maybe he was bitter about that rejection letter however many years ago.
unfortunately, there is that ‘you should know everything’ perception that we have to keep reminding non-MIT people isn’t true – i mean, 4 years can change us, but we’re still people with limits who aren’t unlike other colleges’ people with limits.
anonymous 7:18 pm on July 3, 2010 Permalink |
oh and have you fixed the printer yet?
Grrr 1:23 pm on July 4, 2010 Permalink |
Dude, every time I would fuck something up when I was at home (even before I was technically a freshman here!) everyone would be like “Oh, so you go to MIT, huh?” and make fun of me. I was never allowed to miscount anything or ask for technology help or anything like that. It was fucking annoying.
ouch 4:18 pm on July 7, 2010 Permalink |
The Christmas of my freshman year I went to visit a friend back home. He had another friend at his house whom I met there for the first time. The friend-of-the-friend (in his mid-twenties) tells me he’s working on some coding project and asks “Oh, you’re studying computer science at MIT? Maybe you can help me” and goes on to describe some problems he’s been having with his code– mostly database and server stuff which just goes right over my head. I told him I couldn’t help him (because at the time the only 6 class I’d taken was 6.00). He replies “Oh, well then I don’t feel as bad for not getting into MIT.”
Anonymous 4:50 pm on July 8, 2010 Permalink |
christ, what an asshole! it’s like he was lording his knowledge over a semester-old freshman, then implying, “oh since i’m better than you, i’m better than MIT”. maybe he was bitter about that rejection letter however many years ago.
unfortunately, there is that ‘you should know everything’ perception that we have to keep reminding non-MIT people isn’t true – i mean, 4 years can change us, but we’re still people with limits who aren’t unlike other colleges’ people with limits.