I did have something else that I wanted to write about today, but an occurance from this afternoon has completely forshadowed it and driven it out of my mind.
One of my classmates approached me around noon today and offered to pay me to write a paper for him that was due in a few hours. I refused, and when he kept pushing the subject, I finally told him that I do not cheat.
From there he begins to cross examine me, accusing me of having cheated in the past. I can tell you right now that I never have. Even if I didn't get caught for it, it would still be on my conscious, and I hate going on guilt trips from my conscious. So I do my best to go on as few as possible.
After I said that I don't cheat, he begins to call me a liar, proclaiming that everybody cheats, and there are no exceptions to that rule, which is a load of bull shit. (Forgive the language, but it really upsets me.)
To my great surprise and gratitude, nearly the entire class stood up to defend me, if not to directly defend me, to at least make him back off. But he continued to keep to the subject until I found that a better response to his claims was not to respond at all. The upside to the whole situation was that I got a lot of good studying done for my exam tomorrow.
The thing is, I do not appreciate having my integrity called into question by people who do not know me at all. And this guy couldn't even remember my name. There are a few people who know everything about me, and maybe one or two of them actually reside on this campus, and they are all girls. I'm pretty sure I was being attacked by a guy today who I had never met till this semester, and have spoken to maybe five times.
It really hits a nerve in me when people do things like that because of what I and many of my friends have experienced in the past. But I have moved past the point where I will let peole say things like that and get away without some kind of response on my end. I am not a door mat anymore, and I am sick and tired of having people think that I am.
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You go, girl.
You know what? I am really, really proud of you. You really stand up for yourself. You've been showing examples of it for the past few months, and it is AWESOME! I could do with taking a leaf out of your book in that area, I think. :)
Oh, also, I talked to my dad, and it turns out that either the day before or the day he picks me up, he's going to a job interview near Columbus! He might be working for the governor. :D
But yeah, if it's the day before, he'll be staying in a hotel that night, and if it's the day of, he'll have the interview before he picks me up. Which unfortunately means you won't be able to come with him to see my campus. :(
I'm hoping sometime REALLY soon, you can come up with my mom to see everything. Because it's so awesome up here!
Also, I was gonna call you earlier today, but I was so wiped out I crashed on my bed after class until 7:30....when I got some dinner and then went straight back to sleep. ^^; Many apologies, dahling! I'll call you tomorrow and end this horrendously long message.
I'm sure he wasn't personal. Maybe he felt defensive because he *is* the type of person to cheat and didn't like feeling like he was the only one. Misery loves company, you know. :)
Good for you for sticking to your guns!
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