Friends are
kind, friends have our back... Friends can also have a strange way of showing
interest and affection. Sometimes that way can be so strange it might make you
mad or angry. Make you question their initial intentions. Do they love to
torture me, or what?
If you step
back though and observe the situation from someone else’s point of view, it’s
very likely that you’ll rethink it. Let me give you a “yes, it happened to me”
example.
About ten
days ago I had to make a presentation in one of my university classes. Nothing groundbreaking
(I’m saving my scheme for making Ugg boots illegal for the end of the semester, I think it'll make really enjoyable term paper material), but still very interesting. However,
I was pretty stressed since I’m no good at presentations. and considering that this one was in English and my English accent is –hands up- practically
hilarious in a bad way, I had a couple extra reasons to worry about. That’s why
I decided to rehearse it once in front of my friends before heading to class. When
I finished talking I noticed that one of my friends had been keeping score of
all the “hmm” and “ehh” noises I made while speaking. To top it all, he also
made a list of all the words that I pronounced wrong.
At first I was
speechless. Then red. Then fast and furious –seriously, I stormed out of the room;
my reaction was pretty… explosive.
If I had realized
it earlier I’d probably frozen and refused to go on with my presentation.
Talking on
the phone about that incident with mum after a couple days she pointed out to
me that there were probably only good intentions behind it. “He wasn’t trying
to mock you, he just wanted to help. And I find the idea pretty smart. How did
you do after that?” Funny story, but my presentation went on really well. Other
stuff played an important role as well –the professor being as über handsome
and manly as always shouldn’t be neglected, yet…
…I’d like to
say thank you.
Family and
university professors are the same. There are situations when you can’t simply
laugh off your mistakes or make excuses. They might often give you a hard, hard time, but at the end of the day it’s
for your own good. Every cloud has a silver lining, even if it’s not that easy
to see it sometimes.
F.
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