Grad student: This quarter has just been so hard.
Me: Well, don't worry, it'll get better as you go through the program.
Grad student: Oh, yeah, the tech guy is telling me that it gets better.
Me: Actually, I went through the program myself.
Grad student: [shocked] Oh! You did? Wow! When did you graduate?
Aaaand....Scene.
She proceeded to be much more open to my advice after she found out that I had the right pedigree. If I'm ever this rude to you, please feel free to shoot me off of my high horse.
2 comments:
She's not going to go too far in this realm with that sort of snottiness./
yeah. you really shouldn't need to feel validated by such ignorant students. you know you've got the "pedigree" plenty of others do, too.
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