Cornbread2
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One thing I couldn’t understand is how Roobs can go through three years of university and still come out the other end as sheltered and deluded as she was when she first applied to Oxford. However, what one must realise is that Ruby didn’t actually have a ‘university experience’, she basically just redid secondary school but she cut out the bits she didn’t like, ie speaking to others and leaving the house. Her results video is so depressing because it solidifies that there has been a complete lack of growth, academically or within adult life. I’ve mentioned it before but she displays such a severe state of arrested development, which is highlighted in that video. For example, remember when you were like 14 and thought you were the smartest, most original person ever? Ruby is still stuck in that phase. If you listen carefully throughout the video, Ruby never once says something along the lines of ‘My work got me a first, I’m happy with that.’ It’s always ‘they mahhrked me as a low faaahst…which is JAANINELY a RAHLLY good mahhhk….but two different professors will maaahhk work differently so it JANIUNELY doesn’t mean anything…’ throughout the video she highlights that she genuinely believes she’s been under-marked, that her professors, who literally have a phd, can’t see the genius that is her uni work and have given her a low mark because of it. Yes, she’s right when she says ‘marks are just numbers which don’t mean anything’, but she doesn’t mean it in the same way the rest of the world means it. She says it over and over to herself because she believes her work needs little to no improvement and should be noted as the work of a genius, and that she’s sO mIsUnDeRsToOd by her professors because she’s a tortured genius. This proves that she is undeniably thick as she has completed missed the point of going to university. There’s a reason first year doesn’t count in 99% of degrees. It’s literally because there’s a huge gap between studying for a-levels and studying for a degree, therefore you need to take into consideration that you will actually need to improve your work and listen to those with more knowledge than you, two things Ruby has not been able to do.
), I’ve been there and done that with grades! Top of undergrad class, top grade in masters, completed PhD with nothing lower than an A in coursework etc. I’m at the end of all that now and it seemed so vitally important at the time. But I never had a college night out until I was nearly finished, never did a holiday away with friends or joined and participated regularly in a society. I missed such a massive amount of college life! Then I had a little girl a few months back and realised it really meant nothing at all. I’ll teach my little girl to value her effort, not output. I’ll help her work smart and not hard (like rewriting notes and to do lists again and again!), and I’ll try to help her find some balance!
