Settling in
Starting university is like starting high school all over again, with more hormones and more booze. I take great pleasure in going through the same 3 questions with everyone I meet on campus, which go as follows:
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Hi what is your name?
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So what are you studying?
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And where are you from?
Apparently those three questions are enough to make acquaintances (I dare not use the word “friends” just yet) and can also ensure that you are able to determine what sort of person they are.
This leaves me with a number of insecurities.
Firstly, what should I say, as first impressions can soon solidify to life-long friendship? Secondly, if I make the wrong impression will I be stuck with the wrong people (boozehounds, misogynists, bad poets) for the rest of my life?
After numerous mishaps, and more than a dozen occasions of having to explain that just because I’m doing a Bachelor of Philosophy it doesn’t mean I HAVE to actually study philosophy, and confusing practically everyone, I have settled with just saying I’m doing Arts.
This way people will presume I am lazy, lack a direction in life, and am full of my own wit and importance. That is the best I can do for now.
The big axe said,
February 21, 2008 @ 1:49 am
“confusing practically everyone I have settled with just saying I’m doing Arts.” yep, i was one of them
“I am lazy, lack a direction in life, and am full of my own wit and importance”
its not as serious as you think, people are much more tolerant.
go with the flow and don’t worry so much, because in that way life becomes simpler
The other massive phallic symbol said,
February 22, 2008 @ 1:55 pm
“This way people will presume I am lazy, lack a direction in life, and am full of my own wit and importance. That is the best I can do for now.”
eh, they would’ve caught on eventually anyhow. Better to get it out of the way now to avoid the inevitably awkward realisations later
Doctor What said,
February 22, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
Being a person who is extremely smooth in social situations, I advise you to reverse the order of the three questions when you meet new people on campus. Leave the first question until last, or don’t ask it at all. You should also yell the questions at the people. That way, you can make friends more easily.
- Doctor What
PS Miss you already