Nicole
I have standards. As an educator, I don't let my students get away with
bullshit. No, you do NOT have the right to plagiarize. I LOVE to catch
cheaters. It gives me such a thrill when I can prove to them how dumb it
is to copy a paper off the internet. I can use Google, too, dumbass. I
always hold them to high standards of performance. I expect that by the
time one gets to college, one should be able to use correct grammar and
structure an argument properly. They either need to make the effort to
do it right, or face the consequences in their grades.
I've chosen a profession in which it is difficult to succeed, and even
more difficult to make money. I intend to succeed at it, and I intend to
be self-sufficient.
I'm boycotting television, mainly because I don't want to expose myself
to the sexist garbage and exploitative marketing ploys that fill at
least 22 minutes of every hour on TV. If I'm not satisfied with a form
of entertainment, I find something else with which to entertain myself.
The main point of most commercials and many programs is to tell women
that they are somehow lacking, and can make up for that lack by buying
the advertised products. Rather than get subconsciously inured to the
idea that women smile and laugh like moronic children because they use
the right kind of shampoo, I simply unhooked the cable. Problem solved.
I'm a geek, and I consort with geeks, and I don't take flak for it. I
refuse to accept that being a geek makes me "unfeminine", or that it
automatically implies that I have no social skills. What it means is
that I have an active imagination and an appreciation for some of the
finest and most fun literature and film ever produced, and that I get
great enjoyment out of being brainy.
I also kick major ass at Scrabble.
Yes! I want to read more from Real Life Heartless Bitches
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