go forth and educate yourself.

linguistics 
–noun (used with a singular verb)
the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.



I am about to do some bitching....but keep in mind that no matter how much I bitch I actually find linguistics fascinating and I am determined to finish college even if I do it wearing depends undergarments and flashing my AARP card at the bookstore.

Also my bitching is a testimate to why a person should finish college in their twenties like it's meant to happen. I am very very pro-education I believe everyone should educate themselves in some fashion...BUT when a woman starts to reach middle age her patience or tolerance starts to really really wane.

3 hours of linguistics

first day of class

Thinks she's hot, girl in front row:
I hate hearing all this goody goody talk about self esteem. You need to watch your child's self esteem. Do you have self esteem...blah blah blah. More often than not I run across people who have too much self esteem. They have a very over estimated concept of themselves. This girl was one of those who thought what she said was important and had value. She believed herself to be intelligent and expressed opinions constantly even if they made her sound like a dumbass. I had to hear her bullshit for 3 hours.


Girl with big lap top next to thinks she's hot girl:
This girl had no job, lived with her parents, no career goals (all this she announced to the class), but a lap top that was freaking huge. She took it out take notes but only typed 3 words in it the whole class. How do I know this because she sat in front of me. It's commonly known that if you have a huge freaking lap top with a very bright screen sit in the freaking back.

Myself a menstrual cramping tired mother of 4:
I had a very hard time sitting in class because I was so uncomfortable the freaking desks are like airline seats and I get that restless leg thing. I sit there tortured the whole time because I want badly to stretch my legs & walk around. That right there is a definite sign of aging....think about it, old people are always walking around because their legs bother them if they sit too long. I then fell asleep TWICE during a video about the origins of language...which was crazy because I was interested in what the video had to say, but I couldn't stay awake. I don't know if I can blame my age on that one...I blame my period which always exhausts me the first couple days & the fact that my 9 month old thinks 4:30AM is a great time to play.


So there it is the first day of class...hated it the whole time...but will I keep going "yes."
Will I work hard so I can pass "yes."
Do I think it's vital to my future for myself & family that I pass and continue on to my degree "yes" Do I enjoy school anymore "hell no."