There comes a time in a students life where they have to actually get rid of the notion of summer, and mentally (not 100% physically), move on to the dreaded "Fall semester".... where swarms of airheads walk around spewing tall tales of their elaborate summer excursions and how awful mommy and daddy are that they didn't get them the chic apartment in soho, but instead the studio in Kew Gardens.
Yep, welcome to NYC.
Look, I'm not bitter...(okay, maybe a little) but really??!! The conversations that take place in the hallways of FIT could very well be unlike anything else you have ever heard in your life. It seriously a subculture inside of a subculture.
Often times, I question what the fuck I'm doing here considering I have found common ground with about 10 people, but I have to grit my teeth and bare all of the mindless conversations I will have to participate in now through December 19th.
I'm not saying I'm a decedent of Einstein, and I'm a outstandingly cultured person of society , but there has to be more to life than talking about haircuts and your fabulous internship at Chanel.
There was a moment in time where I was actually extremely intimidated by these people, it seemed that they had so much experience and knew exactly what they wanted to do with their lives. Being in my last semester, I can say I'm still not completely sure what I want to do with my life and being with the same people who I like to call, "extreme interners", has made me chuckle that I actually was taken aback by these pretentious assholes. From working in retail for years, I have more experience than any of these people who are getting coffee for the office of these big time companies.
Again, I'm not saying that I'm better than any of these people, because in fact, they're list of companies are pretty lengthy and impressive, but knowing what I know now compared to when my journey first started, I'm in a pretty good boat.
Although I am very thankful of my educational opportunity, there are things that really annoy me about FIT and the people who attend the school. Like for example, on Tuesday I waited 4 hours in between classes(I didn't make my schedule that way, the guy let us out after 10 minutes..) and the teacher never showed up. Obviously, it's life, things happen sometimes that we can't control....but where was the fucking decency in this day and age of technology to shoot out an e-mail apologizing that you couldn't make it? It still is not okay in my opinion to miss the first day of a class but it would have softened the blow. The fact that the teachers do that to us and have the nerve to take attendance after that makes me shudder. In what planet is it okay for you to be completely absent without a single trace but if we are 20 minutes late due to a train delay, you have our head on a platter?
So I'm leaving this post on a lesson that the sooner you find out, the better off you will be.
Don't ever expect anything from anyone...you will be disappointed. I know that sounds really cold, and the world really isn't out to get you, but when you lower expectations of your reality, you will be happier.
XO!
I am Samantha K. and I approve this message.
