School rantings...

So there are a few things on campus lately that I am not liking...

The minor thing...Second Cup. So since Second Cup opened on campus, they have refused to accept SPC. Eventually, my friend and I decided to email them about it. So we sent them an email saying how it's ridiculous that a student discount card is not being accepted at a campus location. A few days ago I got a reply from Second Cup saying that they followed up on that and that the campus location should be accepting SPC. And what happened today? They tell me they don't accept at this location. !@#$% Yes. It's probably less than $0.50 difference per cup of coffee, but I/we deserve our privileges. It's my right.

Another minor thing. While heating up food during lunch, somebody came up to me and said that she heard my sister's quite girly and asked why I'm so "cool". -_-'' WTF?! First of all, only one person in my program has seen my sister. Anyone else that has ever "seen" her would have simply been through FB, which would have been one single picture. So what do you know about my sister?! Second, what does my sister's style have anything to do with me?! We are two independent people. Third, what are you implying? One other person often calls me "cool", but in a good way. This person, today, obviously was hinting at other things. But it's none of your business.

But the thing that bugs me the most is related to the sharing of prep course materials that's been going on within our class. In attempts to prepare for this upcoming exam, everyone is trying to get their hands on materials from various courses and organizations. Some people are getting all these things for free, because Big4 companies will pay for it all. Then there are people like me who are paying for these courses and materials on their own. And then there are those people who have decided not to take any courses and study on their own. What really pisses me off is the fact that those people who chose not to take courses are getting everything for free. They are simply borrowing other people's stuff and photocopying it.

Before signing up for the course, I was 100% sure that I could have gotten any material I wanted from my friends and classmates for free. But in the end, I decided to pay the $1400 and take the course myself because it would be absolutely unfair if I just got everything for free from other people. If I want to use these materials, then I have to pay the cost. If I want to get stuff from other people, then I should also be contributing. So I dished out $1400.

And now, at least 1/3 of the people are getting everything for free. I understand that it's expensive and people don't want to dish out money. But shouldn't you at least share part of the cost? Why should you get it for free while we pay over $1000?!

One of my friends ordered nonrefundable materials from one organization before deciding to take a different course. Because she has offered to share the materials with me, I have OFFERED, out of my own will, to pay half the cost ($150+). Why? Because there is no reason why I should get the full benefit for free while she pays the entire cost.

I'm not rich. If anything, I'm pretty sure most people in the class are much richer than I am. I have yet to pay the $400 fee to write the exam that's coming up. I work a part-time job partly because I don't want to spend my parents' money. These few months, I've been watching my bank accounts continuously decrease and, for the first time in a long while, feel the pressure that I will actually use up all my money.

But I will never rip off my friends and classmates.