Caitlyn Boyd
January 29, 1997
Hey everyone, how are you doing? I am okay I guess. I am very tired already
and it is only the third week of classes. I must be getting old;). It is
getting harder and harder to get up for my 8am class on MWF; I am not sure
how long I will be attending that class every morning. Nothing much is
happening right now- I feel that I lead a pretty boring existence. All of
this doing nothing is giving me time to think about next year. That is a
really scary topic. I don't really want to go to med school next year even
on the off-chance that I actually get in somewhere. But that leaves the
question of what to do next year. I really have no idea. I have been
thinking about staying at school at least for another semester. My parents
want me to go live at home and take classes at the near-by pseudo
university. I don't think I could live through that year being with Rob. I
will definitely go insane if i live with them. My point is that if I am
going to be taking classes anyway, why not stay at school where at least I
will be happy. I prefer not to think about next year because I feel like I
am going to have a panic attack every time people bring it up. I guess I
will have to think about it sometime but not today.
I have a topic I sort of want to
discuss. This week one of my roommates said
something that I just couldn't believe. I guess i have to give you some
background first. She is extreme about everything- how many hours a week she
exercises, how many calories she eats, if we have anti-bacterial soap or
not, and she goes a little overboard in her attempt to get good grades. Last
semester she was in Physics and she failed the first test. She was sick so
she went to the prof. to whine. He told her that if she improved on the next
tests that he would take that into consideration. Well, she did a lot better
on the next tests, but when it came time to study for the final, she
released that she failed the test because she had no idea what she was
doing, not because she was sick. She got a B+ in the class, quite an
accomplishment if you ask me. But did she feel this way, no. She went to the
prof. and said since she worked hard, she deserved an A. Whatever- first of
all, working hard and getting an A don't necessarily follow. Second- who
cares that she worked hard? Just because you work hard doesn't mean you
produced A work. Well, the prof. was a wimp and my roommate reminded him
that since she WAS SICK for the first exam and improved that he should raise
her grade. He did finally raise it to an A-. I thought this was awful. It is
the prof. fault also but why do that? It is not like the prof. miscalculated
her grade and she deserved something higher, she just thought she deserved
an A. I don't think I could ever be proud of a grade that I knew I didn't
deserve but when I asked her this, she said she didn't care, it added points
to her GPA. I really like this roommate as a person but everything she
believes, I find repulsive. I don't want to get into politics but we
disagree on every issue. She also tries to argue these points with me in an
attempt to change my mind I guess but it is really annoying. She gets upset
when I don't get defensive and argue back. I don't need to rationalize to
myself what I believe. I am very comfortable with what I believe in. But one
of my biggest dislikes is dishonesty. That is why Pam and I think
differently on this grade thing. She thinks our school should have grade
inflation because in her mind, we worked hard to get in here so we should
get all A's. If she wanted to get all A's, she should have gone to UVA where
there is immense grade inflation(no offense to anyone who went there).
Anyway, I will stop complaining now, but this has been bothering me all week
and I just wanted to say something. I hope everyone has a great week and a
fun weekend- Star Wars is playing this weekend!!! Talk to y'all later.
Caitlyn
cxboyd@maila.wm.edu
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