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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
The pen is mightier than... than... ??!?!
This is not just an ordinary pen. Why's that?
Here's why. It's given to me by my Professor, this middled aged western woman, when I went into her room to collect my essay.
The following is the action and speech transcript (not to 100% accuracy obviously).
"Good afternoon Ma'am, I'm here to collect my essay."
"Oh hello welcome here find your name and sign beside it."
I didn't have a pen on my hand, so I asked to borrow her pen on her table. She turned her armchair around and reached for this pen and then handed it out to me with two hands, "Here, this is for you. It's always good to have a pen around."
I smiled and replied "No no it's ok." but she insisted. (?!?!)
"Ma'am you're not serious are you."
"As a matter of fact I'm. You can keep it."
So I signed beside my name, which was circled, but there were many other circled names on the list too. She told me to reach for the shelf for my paper.
I got it.
It's a D. A big fat D.
Shit. I mean, I know I'm probably a mediocre student, but am I that bad?
She told me to take a seat opposite her, and began to talk to me.
"As you can see, your paper wasn't very good............"
I flipped my paper. It was full of red. 满江红. (manjianghong)
The worse is yet to come. She then proceeded to talk about ivle, and the course website, and the lecture outlines in them. Her facial expressions were as if I'm some lazy student, who doesn't go to school or even check the site.
Some lines include: "You click the box that says lecture.. and in it.. it gives.."
"..Just like we talk about in the previous lecture...about..divorce..."
I mean I WENT TO THE LECTURE DAMN IT. And then she ended by telling me to read up my readings, and email her a meeting time so we can discuss and I can ask her questions and clarify my doubt.
I appreciate her professionalism and dedication in tutoring students, but perhaps I think too much, and her words were seemingly sarcastic at times, like slowing down her pace when talking about the course website. What?? I visit it every week man.
Argh I just hate this feeling you know? Sorta like people looking down on you, but they probably aren't. And before I left she reminded me take the pen.
So I have 2 theories on this pen. It looks brand new, and the price tag half removed so that we can't see the cost of it. Why did she give me this pen?
1) She's trying to mock me by saying I don't have a pen. Sorta like I give her the impression that I'm such a slacker and I have no stationery?? I was carrying my school bag that day anyway. So she just conveniently reaches out for some pen and gives it to me.
2) She bought a stack of pens and planned to give out those to D students like me.
As a form of mockery? Or encouragement? It's anybody's guess.
This, then is the story of the pen.
Stupid !!#$%^!@!@$">!@#$%^!@!@$! pen.
triggering Mr Ng HS |
This is not just an ordinary pen. Why's that?
Here's why. It's given to me by my Professor, this middled aged western woman, when I went into her room to collect my essay.
The following is the action and speech transcript (not to 100% accuracy obviously).
"Good afternoon Ma'am, I'm here to collect my essay."
"Oh hello welcome here find your name and sign beside it."
I didn't have a pen on my hand, so I asked to borrow her pen on her table. She turned her armchair around and reached for this pen and then handed it out to me with two hands, "Here, this is for you. It's always good to have a pen around."
I smiled and replied "No no it's ok." but she insisted. (?!?!)
"Ma'am you're not serious are you."
"As a matter of fact I'm. You can keep it."
So I signed beside my name, which was circled, but there were many other circled names on the list too. She told me to reach for the shelf for my paper.
I got it.
It's a D. A big fat D.
Shit. I mean, I know I'm probably a mediocre student, but am I that bad?
She told me to take a seat opposite her, and began to talk to me.
"As you can see, your paper wasn't very good............"
I flipped my paper. It was full of red. 满江红. (manjianghong)
The worse is yet to come. She then proceeded to talk about ivle, and the course website, and the lecture outlines in them. Her facial expressions were as if I'm some lazy student, who doesn't go to school or even check the site.
Some lines include: "You click the box that says lecture.. and in it.. it gives.."
"..Just like we talk about in the previous lecture...about..divorce..."
I mean I WENT TO THE LECTURE DAMN IT. And then she ended by telling me to read up my readings, and email her a meeting time so we can discuss and I can ask her questions and clarify my doubt.
I appreciate her professionalism and dedication in tutoring students, but perhaps I think too much, and her words were seemingly sarcastic at times, like slowing down her pace when talking about the course website. What?? I visit it every week man.
Argh I just hate this feeling you know? Sorta like people looking down on you, but they probably aren't. And before I left she reminded me take the pen.
So I have 2 theories on this pen. It looks brand new, and the price tag half removed so that we can't see the cost of it. Why did she give me this pen?
1) She's trying to mock me by saying I don't have a pen. Sorta like I give her the impression that I'm such a slacker and I have no stationery?? I was carrying my school bag that day anyway. So she just conveniently reaches out for some pen and gives it to me.
2) She bought a stack of pens and planned to give out those to D students like me.
As a form of mockery? Or encouragement? It's anybody's guess.
This, then is the story of the pen.
Stupid !!#$%^!@!@$">!@#$%^!@!@$! pen.
triggering Mr Ng HS |