I bet she has dreams of becoming a Bernadette Banner kind of character, who basically live for the aesthetics. But I don't think Ruby is equipped to work as hard as Bernadette does on her video editing skills, or make any kind of actually researched content.I don't see her getting a real job after uni, at all. She'll probably turn this channel into a "history" channel and indulge her Victorian cosplays to her heart's content.
studying/uni is her niche. it's how she earns money. and she's admitted to everyone that she doesn't like it anymore..I still can't get over how casually she let out she isn't enjoying uni
Any school that employed someone like Ruby in either a teaching and/or a pastoral role would be massively irresponsible. She lacks maturity and life experience, and simply would not be able to cope when faced with the kinds of challenging situations that working with young people can throw at you. You can’t ‘romanticise’ your way out of a situation where a child discloses abuse to you, you can’t suggest ‘making a list’ or ‘use Notion’ when a young person comes to you struggling with school work. It’s utterly bizarre to me that anyone would suggest that Ruby work into schools so that she can hold on to her own fantasies of still being at school - that would be incredibly dangerous for anyone for whom she would have responsibility. She’d be employed to do a job, not faff around as some kind of therapy for herself. She’d be better off staying in education, at least she can afford it and she wouldn’t be putting anyone other than herself at risk.To be fair, I think she could probably teach (private) primary school children. But I don't think she'd be able to handle teaching secondary, for all the reasons mentioned above. I can definitely imagine her romanticising teaching haha I think she would fancy herself as a Miss Honey type person. I remember someone in the Ruby thread on another website saying that they went to the same school and that Ruby had very much tried to take on a sort of 'mentor' role with the year 7s etc that wasn't in the job description for head girl. I can imagine her working with younger kids. I think maybe she'd struggle with workplace politics (in any career) because she's so eager to be liked
I’ve been saying that for ages, it’s been really obvious that ever since she start at uni it hasn’t lived up to whatever expectations she had of it. She wanted to go to boarding school (in the 30s …) and not university at all.I still can't get over how casually she let out she isn't enjoying uni
I miss it, but only in a regret/"I wish I could do-over" sort of way. I had such a shit time mentally during secondary school and it reflected in my grades etc.I think she's still over that Oxford rejection which is why she's not enjoying as much. She would have been eaten alive if she'd gotten in.
For me personally, I hated school but even for people I know who enjoyed it, they don't miss it as much as she does. At the age of 21 you're over that part of your life and thinking about your present and future. I don't know anyone who misses it as much as she does.
She absolutely needs therapy if she's still missing her school days. It's kinda sad that she's not over that chapter of her life.
I'm the same in a sense that I wasn't in a good place during my exams so understand where you're coming from with thatI miss it, but only in a regret/"I wish I could do-over" sort of way. I had such a shit time mentally during secondary school and it reflected in my grades etc.
The local prep school where I live created a ‘well-being lead’ role who would do the PSHE lessons, yoga, meditation (this is what you do when you pay for your educationAny school that employed someone like Ruby in either a teaching and/or a pastoral role would be massively irresponsible. She lacks maturity and life experience, and simply would not be able to cope when faced with the kinds of challenging situations that working with young people can throw at you. You can’t ‘romanticise’ your way out of a situation where a child discloses abuse to you, you can’t suggest ‘making a list’ or ‘use Notion’ when a young person comes to you struggling with school work. It’s utterly bizarre to me that anyone would suggest that Ruby work into schools so that she can hold on to her own fantasies of still being at school - that would be incredibly dangerous for anyone for whom she would have responsibility. She’d be employed to do a job, not faff around as some kind of therapy for herself. She’d be better off staying in education, at least she can afford it and she wouldn’t be putting anyone other than herself at risk.
To clarify, when I say I can imagine her doing it, I don't think that she should be doing it !It’s utterly bizarre to me that anyone would suggest that Ruby work into schools so that she can hold on to her own fantasies of still being at school - that would be incredibly dangerous for anyone for whom she would have responsibility.
I wonder if we are from the same area or if this is a common occurrence. A woman at my local primary school had the same role when her BMI was in single digits. I never could understand why she was employed in this specific role and the impact it could have on students. Sadly she died not so long ago, from A, and again I wonder how the children managed that. It wasn’t her fault, but I do think it very irresponsible of the school. And I see it a lot in ballet schools too, where teachers clearly have significant difficulties with weight, which is even more dangerous and harmful, I think.The local prep school where I live created a ‘well-being lead’ role who would do the PSHE lessons, yoga, meditation (this is what you do when you pay for your education) but employed somebody who has a severe ED and looks severely underweight to do it. I’m sure she’s great at the job but I was astounded that impressionable kids were being taught by somebody who looked so ill.
I did something very similar as one of my Masters modules (I made an interactive Wordpress blog on ETA Hoffmann’s work and adaptations of it primarily looking at adaptations in ballets and films etc) and it was an awesome part literally showing you how to make research etc easily accessible via Wordpress blogs etc - it certainly demystified academia a lot for a lot of us, but I think it’s not the actual work that’s strange, and I actually think the idea of Death By Dickens (there are probably better authors like Doyle that would just fit better but it is a Dickens module so fair) as an escape room is kinda cool and has legs if done properly, it is more that Ruby is “okay” with doing it rather than living her dark academic dream
I think I just find it kind of surreal because imo if you're doing an undergraduate degree designed to improve your understanding of literature (and heaven knows Ruby needs it), analysis of literature should surely be the objective here? It doesn't seem fair that an influencer is going to be able to use her advantage of having loads of followers to market to in order to improve her grade. Her analysis of literature comes across as so childish and basic, and tasks like these make me wonder how much she's actually learning about literature. I can see projects focused on making research accessible to the public being useful at Masters level and above, but not at undergrad level imo.I did something very similar as one of my Masters modules (I made an interactive Wordpress blog on ETA Hoffmann’s work and adaptations of it primarily looking at adaptations in ballets and films etc) and it was an awesome part literally showing you how to make research etc easily accessible via Wordpress blogs etc - it certainly demystified academia a lot for a lot of us, but I think it’s not the actual work that’s strange, and I actually think the idea of Death By Dickens (there are probably better authors like Doyle that would just fit better but it is a Dickens module so fair) as an escape room is kinda cool and has legs if done properly, it is more that Ruby is “okay” with doing it rather than living her dark academic dream
personally, as messed up as this will sound (and which now, years later, i realize), when i was around the age of 12-13 i was "wannarexic" (wanting to be anorexic, as the coined internet term well describes). i did things that ruby has done. i read books about it, i learned about it, tried restricting (but was bad at it) and my daily life revolved around anorexia.Yes, months before the pandemic she was putting the anorexia books on her Goodreads, calling attention to the books in her videos, filming herself eating only half a bagel, and memorably filmed herself going out to dinner with her family and, when they ordered dessert, she made a point of asking for a side of vegetables instead. It was like how a non-anorexic might (wrongly) imagine someone with anorexia would act. And very reminiscent of how Ruby/Erimentha (again wrongly) thought people would recognize her as a child prodigy if she memorized lots of stuff, always put her hand up in class like first year Hermione, reminded the teacher to set homework, and sneered at those who were interested in tv and make-up.
The trouble is that after flirting with anorexia for a year or two, she really does seem to have developed an ED.
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