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Cathryn (formerly catslash) ([personal profile] remindmeofthe) wrote2008-02-10 05:19 pm

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OH MY GOD YOU GUYS.

So on Wednesday I left my once-a-week Varieties of Non-Fiction class early due to still being sick and pushing myself a little too far a little too soon. And last night I get an e-mail from a classmate letting me know that the essay we have due - oh, I'm sorry, I mean the ESSAI, it is FRENCH, guys, I'm taking a class where I write ESSAIS and the instructor uses "intentionality" in an actual sentence in an unironic fashion, like, could I have FOUND a more pretentious class at SMCC, I think NOT - but anyway, my classmate kindly e-mails to let me know that the ESSAI is due on Monday. For a Wednesday class. Naturally. I appreciate this gesture because I was just going to ask her during our Monday class if we missed anything, so that would have gotten interesting in a hurry.

So we're supposed to e-mail the ESSAI to the instructor by nine tomorrow night, and the instructor herself (whose name I will not be using as I have seen a member of the flist get almost-screwed by vanity Googling, and my instructor - kinda strikes me as the type) e-mails to let me know that she requires the ESSAIS as Word doc attachments. So I tell her, hey, I have a Mac without virus protection that could potentially pass along something nice and lethal to your PC, so can I copy/paste into the body of the e-mail?

Her reply?

"My system will block any document without virus protection, so I guess you'll have to paste your essai into the email. I hope I can copy it into a Word document. We'll see."

You'll see? You'll see??? IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT CTRL+C FOLLOWED BY CTRL+V THAT ESCAPES YOU? IS THERE A NUANCE IN THERE THAT YOU ARE NOT GRASPING? HIGHLIGHT. COPY. SWITCH PROGRAMS. PASTE.

WHAT THE FUCK YOU GUYS. She does have very exacting requirements regarding length, but it's not like I don't HAVE a word processing program, and one that is highly superior to fucking Word at that. I would just like to avoid killing her computer! I'm so sorry my attempt at courtesy is such a pain in the ass! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go write an ESSAI instead of working on my Wellesley transfer application that I already lost a fucking week and a half on because of being sick because the ESSAI is due two days before the motherfucking class!

I'm so glad this class is only once a week. "Intentionality." Christ.

[identity profile] leethaithbetht.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps she doesn't realize that you have keep holding the "CTRL" button? I mean, that's not something that everyone knows!!!

[identity profile] remindmeofthe.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So THAT'S how those tricky bastards get you!

Also, icon! <3

[identity profile] badninja.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
On some systems you don't actually have to, so that's... actually a valid excuse, if she got used to one.

As much as I hate defending an idiot like that. XD;
Edited 2008-02-10 22:57 (UTC)

[identity profile] leethaithbetht.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, regardless of the method, you'd still think she'd know how to copy and paste. But, maybe she's not a tech person.

[identity profile] cacopheny.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
... holy shit XD That is some quality dumb, right there. "We'll see". Hell, a lot of people I know don't even know ctrl+c they just right click on the mouse and go "copy"! She could always do that!

[identity profile] littlestclouds.livejournal.com 2008-02-12 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
ESSAIS? Is this class in French?

[identity profile] remindmeofthe.livejournal.com 2008-02-12 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
NO. It is pure English. Except, apparently, for the one word in French.

[identity profile] littlestclouds.livejournal.com 2008-02-12 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
How . . . pretentious! Or should I say prétentieux? :D