So it’s no secret that I absolutely loathe some of the students I am in charge of helping out. Don’t get me wrong, my usual bitching on here is anywhere but the norm. The bulk of students are well-mannered, attentive, and have helpful questions to ask.

But then, there are the stupid ones.

The frustrations that these students have been placing upon me this semester have kept growing and growing to the point that I cannot wait until I turn 21 so I can drink before the night class in order to stand it better.

Let me demonstrate some of the finer points:

1.) A secretary that works on campus is in a certain special section of CSC 199. She works with office documents all day. Yet, when she steps in here, she forgets everything. It’s like she’s never touched a computer in her life. The more stinging part is that I have it on excellent authority that she gets the students in her office to complete it for her. Not only is that the true definition of academic dishonesty, but in some small part, my tuition is paying for her to a.) waste my time and b.) to cheat and get the grade.

2.) We have a foreign student in one of the day labs. He doesn’t have the finest grasp on the English language, but he can understand what you are saying. However, as far as I as well as some of my colleagues are concerned, he is one of the most frustrating students we have. He constantly comes in late then expects us to catch him up, without trying to go through the book and doing it himself. Then at the end of class, myself, the other lab assistant, and the GA all have to play 20 questions. Bad part is, he asks us all the same questions every time. Usually to all 3 of us. And then, at random, he’ll have one of us answer selected questions again. I wouldn’t be so upset if he didn’t demand so much, and I don’t get paid enough to help to translate as well. If he had a better grasp on the English language, I do believe he could absolutely excel in this class. But that’s something that I can’t and wouldn’t provide.

3.) The airhead. *sigh* Everything is a struggle with her, as she really means well, but asks some stupid questions and forgets some of the basic things at the most inopportune times. It turns into trouble, because I have to retrace the steps with her. And sometimes once isn’t enough. And for some reason, the book doesn’t help her enough as she gets lost in it easy when she has to turn back and forth to try and find the concept we already covered.

4.) The people that already know me. Those that know me know that I am a patient, giving man. I’ll do just about anything for you, even when I may miss out on something that I really wanted to do. The only thing about this is that you have to understand that I’m a student as well, and that when I’m not in class, I’m not a lab assistant, I’m a person studying, taking classes, just like you. There are some people that know how giving I am before I take the class, and then keep asking of me like they always have whenever they get into the class. I usually don’t mind, but some are known to kick it up a notch. And those are the ones that can really hit on my last nerve.

I guess that’s really all the bitching I have for now on the subject of that class. By far the most organized bitching I’ve had about the class before.