Dear everyone who will interact with a college student over the up coming holidays,
We aren’t going to ask for much here, just don’t ask us about school.
Reason number one, it’s the easiest question. I am know I am in school, you know I am in school. Odds are neither one of us actually want to talk about this. We both know you chose this as a quick way to stop the awkward silence of this gathering.
Reason number two, I am more then my schooling. I am more then my grades, and the classes I am taking. I am more then my volunteer work, and extra circulars. By leading with this question you are insinuating that my schooling is the only thing about me and my life that matters to you. I mean it’s the first and only question you have asked me, so how I am supposed to feel?
I get it, you’re busy, I am busy. Let’s catch up! But if I looked you dead in the eyes and said “I am currently trying to dismantle the unhealthy mindsets I have that have entangled my success within my schooling and my self-worth. As well as trying to create a healthy work life balance, and would therefore prefer not discuss the state of my schooling.” , I would probably be labeled as just another victim of the liberal arts agenda.
It’s not that I don’t want to talk to you, and heck it’s not even that’s it’s not that I don’t want to talk about school. It’s that right now I want to relax (as much as one humanly can when thrown into a room of people they see once a year ) and eat. I don’t want to be reminded of the stresses that come with school.
I am sure there is some other “kid” here that will happily boast about all the great things they are doing in school, go find them and ask them about school. Then we can both feel inadequate, and under performing together.
Sincerely,
Seriously if something amazingly terrible or fantastic happened it would have wound up on Facebook (And it did)
