It's been almost a month since another school year started. It started quite slowly, but once we got our schedules and our assigned course instructors, it changed. The slow pace began to gradually quicken and it wasn't long when my schedule got loaded. I still have free time, but mostly I spend it with school activities and my hobbies. I barely have time to rest since, as much as possible, I wanted to accomplish them all. However, like my past rants, there are really unexpected stuff that comes my way, and they often disrupt my schedule. Thankfully, I can still manage to balance them, but I know I'm bound to sacrifice something just to get the urgent tasks done.
Those emerging threats to my peace of mind doesn't only limit to school stuff but also the people in it. It didn't help that there are professors who are too feeling competent. They said that they can relate to us, but in truth, they're all just yapping. They like to share about how they're able to accomplish things competently, but honestly, I felt that those aren't inspirational at all. Maybe it's their bragging tone or their condescending looks that imply they're much superior to us. I know they just wanted to assert their dominance, but is there anything new that they can share?
It's tiring to hear them talk extensively. I know real-life examples do make interesting discussions, yet most of the time, it becomes dragging and redundant. You're probably wondering why I'm ranting about this, but it's something I can't just forget. My mind was exhausted from the long and quick tests she made us answer. I understand that she wanted to assess what we've learned, but there are times she goes out of bounds. Like that one time she suddenly tasked us to make a reaction paper for four videos individually. I'm not fond of rushed tasks because I don't like the feeling of making half-baked outputs. As much as possible, I prefer to put effort into everything I do, and since she chatted late at night—which I'm fortunately still awake because I'm finishing my notes and was about to sleep—I was forced to watch them and then make a rushed reaction paper.
I thought the agitation I felt would go away today, since it's been almost two days since that happened. Yet she strikes again and just abruptly announced that she'll have a quiz today, and that's it! I really don't understand she likes to torment us. Maybe it's because she was tormented in her previous workplace that she also wanted to train/torment us with tons of schoolworks. We heard that she had overcome ordeals in obeying her higher-ups, so I guess she's unconsciously (or perhaps consciously) mirroring what she experiences to us. We have two courses under her supervision, so it's really double trouble!
Enough with this, I guess that's enough venting for today. I don't know if she's going to strike again tomorrow, but I do hope she won't. I'm exhausted now because I just finished doing the PPT that's also for one of her courses. I'm praying she'll take a break in her terror-streak...so yeah, hopefully that'll happen.
All of the pictures used are mine.