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Why is it that when I tell people I am a student, they all say i am a lazy and naive?
First of all no one can judge me any my situation. I cannot drive and my parents never taught me. My dad never allowed my mom or any females to work for that matter, and they were over protective. I am a junior in college with a cumulative 3.5. People ask me what I do, and I tell them i am in college pursuing degree in nursing. The first thing they say is that i am spoiled, naive, sheltered and lazy. I work hard for my grades and I have tried to get job on campus, but bc i get pell grants i have never been awarded federal work study. I am sick and tired of being told I am SPOILED when I have to depend on loans, grants, and scholarships to get by in school. It's as if people think i am living large when in reality I am literlly broke. I don't even want 2 say that i a student bc people just speak down on me abt it. Why do people make this assumption and what can i say to them? I am tired of it coming up. I have NO family to turn to bc my mother recently passed away. I have controlling bipolar father who doesn't think 2 much of me bc i am a girl. If i were spoiled, i would have car and everything would be handed to me, but just the fact that i have loans, grants and scholarships in college show that i am financially dependent. I just wish that people would stop looking down on me w/o knowing my sitution. My bf who works at a restaurant for living says i have no idea what the real world is like, but how can he talk. It's not as if he's doing something big. He just works at a flipping restaurant. This just makes me want 2 drop out of college bc people think that i am lazy even though i am a fulltime student. most people who criticize me are college aged students who work. It's not as if it's my choice to stay in a dorm all day. But when you are in a small town, and have no car.. and there's no public transportation system... it's hard to get around
Public Comments
- there just jealous
- maybe they think you act think you add odd in class or you just tall for your age. but soon pepole will see you for who you are someday...
- it is not wise to listen to such people it's great that you are working so hard to create a better life for yourself just think about it, maybe they are jealous, you should feel proud of yourself for working so hard ignore all the negative poeple in your life when they say something to you, know in your heart that you are doing a great job, stuff your ears with cotton and move on
- my boyfriend's mother told him that he was using school as a way to get out of working and he hasn't talked to her in about a year...if anyone tells anyone that school isn't hard they should try going their selves...it is plenty hard,feel lucky if you got scholarships i know people that desperately need more help and haven't gotten it...I'm proud of you dear pat your self on the back.
- I'm sorry to hear that you have people in your life who are trying to bring you down. I would guess that the people who are saying these things to you aren't students themselves, or else they would know that being a student IS your job right now ... and when you are out of school will have to repay your loans while supporting yourself. My best guess would be that they are either jealous ... or threatened by the fact that you know what you want to do with your life and will soon have a real career, while they will still be working minimum-wage, no talent necessary jobs. Please, please, please don't let them bring you down. Stick with it and pursue your own dreams. Dropping out will only give them the satisfaction of wearing you down and winning. Good luck!!!
- People make this assumption about any college student who isn't working, because college is expensive and most people don't have the luxury, even with scholarships and loans, to do it without working. You are a little sheltered. Not because it is your fault, but that's just how it is. You need to find a job, not just because you need the money but because you need the work experience. You might have to look off campus, like other people who weren't offered work-study do. You need to recognize that you can not change the minds of other people, and stop worrying about what they say about you. Who cares if people think you are spoiled? Ignore them, change the subject, tell them they don't know your situation and it really isn't their business. If they are rude, tell them you don't let people speak to you that way and walk away.
- You should be proud your'e in college and doing well. If you're broke maybe you could find something within walking distance near campus. But if you could manage without a job until you graduate more power to you and good luck. People do get catty and jealous of college students. Don't let them get you down. It sounds like you are on your way to having nice things in life. Tell those people they don't know all of your business and they need to take their own inventory (trust me, I've been around that kind).
- Hold on! As I see it, some ignorant, rude and foolish people have said unkind things to you and you are contemplating dropping out of school. Why would you allow those negative people to ruin your future?. Success is the best revenge and the best way to prove your worth. Finish your degree, get a marvelous job, and let them deal with their envy elsewhere. In future, when remarks of that sort are made to you, simply say, "I am so sorry you have that opinion of me. I cannot imagine what ever gave you that impression." Then, change the subject. I am a retired college instructor, and I know how hard students work to earn their grades, and I have a sister who is a nurse, so I know how rigorous the training is. It would be nearly impossible to work and accomplish what is necessary to finish nursing school. What you are doing is worthy of respect. Stick with it, for your own sake and for the sake of the hundreds of lives you will touch during your career. Here's your star. You deserve it.
