I recently sat down with one of my BTC teachers, the teacher that is currently teaching us to write business proposals and instruction manuals. She got her Masters from Western Ontario, which is the same school I used to go to before I switched into Seneca. Originally, I thought that the idea of "college students are retarded" was just the impact of social media; I could not have been more wrong. The main kicker in the conversation was when I said this:
Me: You've been to Western Ontario, so you must have noticed the quality of students here are...frankly, more retarded than university standards. (yes, this is EXACTLY what I said)
Professor: ....Yeah, I agree.
And that's when I knew the next two years are going to be incredibly difficult. Don't get me wrong, I have my own Marvel Super Hero Squad of ambitious friends from Seneca, but the majority of the class spend their time talking while the professor is lecturing, 4Chaning, looking at penises and other incredibly stupid things they shouldn't be doing in class. Is it my age? Maybe, but I could have sworn we were taught when we were younger to not talk while somebody else is talking, especially in elementary school. And by no means is the professor speaking somebody like Barb Czgel who can't teach for her life, I'm referring to professors that almost all of us agree are great professors.
It's not as if I don't end up flipping open some games once in a blue moon; especially during presentations. But I'm not in the back making prank calls on an iPad while the teacher is lecturing. Seriously speaking, some of these kids need to get their ass beaten, Asian style, bu their parents.
Two other points are English standards, and fitness standards. Okay, I understand not everyone is from Canada but can someone explain to me how is it that Chinese students from mainland (whom I still hate for fucking up Lineage 2) to study at Western or University of Toronto have better grammar than me, yet when you enter college you've got a bunch of inbred dumbshits who can't separate there, their and they're or compose a complete sentence. These same inbreds end up graduating...just wtf?!
Last and final point. I understand Seneca College has very shitty sport activity and school spirit; but regardless at Western Ontario and University of Toronto there are a fleet of individuals who are "health aware" or just doing it for the sake of doing it. I cannot think of a single person in Seneca College, including professors, that is health aware and physically fit. I still believe that personal fitness plays a LARGE part in one's self-control, self-esteem, and willpower. I respect those who can out perform me, and greatly respect those similar to me. I, however, did not believe that fat people would choose to be fat until I came to Seneca. Some fat kid, in my class, was telling me how he just wants to keep eating because food is so good; then bitched to me about his shirt size doesn't exist.
Perhaps all of this is happening because the class room size of College is smaller than my 1000 student classes in first year, therefore making me more aware of the types of people who attend school. But that doesn't disprove the fact that multiple professors have agreed that college students are stupid...it wasn't until spoke to my BTC prof that it hit me as hard as it did now. I suppose now I've got two choices:
Work my ass off.
Become a dumbass.
I've broken stereotypes before, and I'll break this one as well.
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