Archive for September 30th, 2008

So I came to a startling realization. I was in my writing class, sitting down being all scholarly and shit. My writing teacher, an atleast 80 year old Black Man from the Bronx. I can almost certainly make out his adult diapers, he most definitely has marijauna paraphernilia in his office and kind of reminds me of George Carlin. He is an eccentric, old genius that can talk for hours about something or other until you remind him that he has already answered your question. Then you get out of there as quick is you can.

Well, he announces that we will be reading Winnie the Pooh, not the pussy disney version, but the original. Then he proceeds to read Winnie the Pooh in a bad English accent and mistakenly reads the word “bush” as “bitch.” Teeeheeeee.

And at this exact moment I realized, I am going to this school for free. I go to an upper tier, artsy fartsy, liberal arts school, in case you haven’t noticed. Now, my school is around $55K a year. That’s a lot of money. 45% of students are on financial, but for at least 40% of that 45% the financial aid only covers 15%. 55% of the school can afford to pay without any help $55k a year. Almost everyone else can afford to pay around $46K a year. I am on full scholarships and aid.

The realization was that people in my class were paying $55K to hear an old man read Winnie the Pooh in a bad, really, really, bad English accent, simply so that he can tell them to spend the next 15 minutes writing a small anecdote in the 2nd person perspective.

I will never be one of those people that think college is a waste. Some people really need it. But the fuck- do I need it? The only thing keeping me here is the fact that I am here for free. That what I am gettin’ is worth over $200K. But other than that…

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