Are her “freckles” always in the same place? I’m just wondering how much effort she puts in to lie, and how different her life would be if she put the same effort into being honest and owning things she did or got wrong…
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Oxford offers an English and American studies masters, there’s a high chance she’s applying to that course given she can feed in her US trip and the fact she’s always mentioned that she likes learning about US history too.
Personally I don't remember much of her mentioning she likes US history at all. A vague mention of tea being a part of the Boston Tea Party, being a fan of Emily Dickinson, and running into the water at one of the beaches while exclaiming it is the most beautiful place she has ever seen (believe me, it isn't), hardly makes her a US history lover.
Has she studied the Revolutionary War? When visiting Concord she was right in the midst of it, but I didn't see her go to Concord Museum for the history and artifacts, or ask tour guides anything about it. What about Independence Day? How our government works and how a bill is passed? Any favourite presidents and why? Has she read about our founding fathers? The Mayflower and Plymouth Plantation? What about French/Indian Wars? Jamestown? Williamsburg? The raids on Historic Deerfield? The real reason for the Salem Witch Trials? The gold rush? The Civil War? And much more recent events? No. She has her head in the clouds and her eyes in children's books. She doesn't know a thing about American History, so she better not play up that card. If she was going for a Masters in American studies she ought to have studied, via undergrad classes, Early American Literature, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Wharton (she should have gone down to Newport RI to see the mansions to at least get a glimpse of how the families of the Gilded Age lived), all the authors and memoirs of the pioneers out west, as well as a hoard of authors from the 20th century.
Reading Little Women, touring a few author's homes, and sitting at a desk in Emily Dickinson's room to write for an hour doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of US history. Does she even know who all the Transcendentalists were, where they got their ideas, where they were located and info on their attempts at Utopian societies? She didn't tour Fruitlands in MA or any of the Shaker communities. Again, a major fail in her 3 weeks of touring in this area. This movement highly influenced the writings of Concordian authors. This is just another reason why I see the past year as being such a waste of time. If she were going for her Masters this would have been the perfect time to do a deep dive into a specific area and read immensely on the subject. Research like crazy. Tours come later. Playing roles is stupid and childish, to say the least. Learn about things, people, events, and be a pro on it so you can write your thesis. Because, unless getting your Masters in the UK is very different from the US and you actually take basic courses to introduce you to your chosen subject, Ruby has very little knowledge in history of both the US and the UK, their relationships with the rest of the world, and historical/political/literary dynamics. She is highly lacking in her education and would have done well taking a few extra classes this year in prep for applying. When you go for your Masters you are already supposed to be very educated in a specific discipline. Masters programs are for shining up that knowledge and writing a unique and scholarly paper on said subject. Not starting from scratch with a blank face!
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Oh help - now I've got that thought in my head. She'll pretend humility and try to arrange her face so she doesn't look smug. Urgh
You know what makes me even angrier thinking about it? Now that she’s re applying to Oxford she felt smug enough to put that stupid “my consistency isn’t always there” monologue to try and make herself seem ‘real’. It’s so obvious she’s just saying that because she’s a product/creator of toxic productivity & she’s preparing her announcement of applying to Oxford. She’s getting ready to do damage control.
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Wait until she starts getting marks and results in from her Masters (where ever she goes) and that whole video of ‘grades don’t matter’ will be thrown right out the video
Her whole personality depends on being academically smart, she can’t not depend on good grades for validation.
Her whole personality depends on being academically smart, she can’t not depend on good grades for validation.Maybe I'm being snobbish but nothing screams 'I'm not a good writer' more than using "this essay will..." at university levelOh hi hello look what I found
I remembered she had talked about "having a paper published" and I wondered what became of it, so I googled "'Ruby Bones' essay".
edit: It's just as we always imagined - word salad cobbled together from way too many sources and not a single original thought to hold it together.
What bothers me most is she never tells us how "private" and "public" are being defined by her, the critics she's discussing, or how they may have been defined at the time of Dickinson writing. You can't present an argument like this without defining your terms. Your whole god damn argument rests on how you define these terms.
If I've picked it out correctly, I think her core idea is interesting; a binary, public OR private approach isn't useful in understanding Dickinson's poetry or her intentions. There's so much potential in this argument and it's all wasted
The fact this was published in any capacity is astounding to me.
Yooo lemme tell you, I went to Cambridge for my master's after getting a first in undergrad elsewhere and it humbled the ever living duck out of me. And I didn't even have the same jumped up ego she does, I went in thinking applications to my course must've been sparse that year.
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I'd be shocked if she got into Oxford, even with how comparatively forgiving the Masters competition is. Jack Edwards is cut from the exact same mould as Ruby and looked like a shoe-in on paper but kept getting rejected over and over, so I think it's very likely she'll get bounced. They're not going to look at her samples of recycled work as forgivably as AXATAR would, especially if her statement is a meandering mess of embellished accomplishments and malapropisms, too. You only need look at her LinkedIn for a glimpse at what kind of crap she'll write.
Like Jack, Ruby's probably going to lean on her influencer "accomplishments" in her statement because she has nothing else going on and no real work experience (I imagine this is a big reason why she's rushed to work at her nepo-job at Pipers Corner, to get one quick example of "real work" on her CV before it's too late). I doubt it's going to impress them any more than Jack bragging about being a YouTuber and writing a vanity book did.
If she mentions her YouTube channel in her personal statement, someone's going to look at it, and it'll only take a quick glance at a few videos to realise she's a lazy, fake and dishonest moron with a fragile grasp of the English language. If she brags about her AMMILY DICKENSON SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, they'll see a dead TikTok channel full of directionless, poorly-produced content which attracted almost no views. If she mentions her school job, they'll see a very short, very late tenure at the private school she attended and has close ties to (and she'll likely use her old teacher as a reference), which won't make her world look any less small, sheltered and privileged.
If she does get in, that'd be the worst thing for her. She won't have Blakeney doing half her work for her this time, her academic laziness and shortcuts aren't going to fly and she won't be able to benefit from Exeter's grade inflation any more. She'll be held up to an incredibly high standard and much closer scrutiny. She'll be woefully out of her depth. The moment she gets less than the First she thinks she deserves, she'll be having a breakdown and crying on the internet again over how unfair it is. Can't wait.
Like Jack, Ruby's probably going to lean on her influencer "accomplishments" in her statement because she has nothing else going on and no real work experience (I imagine this is a big reason why she's rushed to work at her nepo-job at Pipers Corner, to get one quick example of "real work" on her CV before it's too late). I doubt it's going to impress them any more than Jack bragging about being a YouTuber and writing a vanity book did.
If she mentions her YouTube channel in her personal statement, someone's going to look at it, and it'll only take a quick glance at a few videos to realise she's a lazy, fake and dishonest moron with a fragile grasp of the English language. If she brags about her AMMILY DICKENSON SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, they'll see a dead TikTok channel full of directionless, poorly-produced content which attracted almost no views. If she mentions her school job, they'll see a very short, very late tenure at the private school she attended and has close ties to (and she'll likely use her old teacher as a reference), which won't make her world look any less small, sheltered and privileged.
If she does get in, that'd be the worst thing for her. She won't have Blakeney doing half her work for her this time, her academic laziness and shortcuts aren't going to fly and she won't be able to benefit from Exeter's grade inflation any more. She'll be held up to an incredibly high standard and much closer scrutiny. She'll be woefully out of her depth. The moment she gets less than the First she thinks she deserves, she'll be having a breakdown and crying on the internet again over how unfair it is. Can't wait.
I’m so torn rn. For the sake of fairness, acadAYmia, and the world in general, I don’t want her to get into Oxford. But my spectacle-loving, popcorn-addicted, snark-obsessed lizard brain desperately craves the cringe it’ll bring.
EXACTLY!
does she deserve it? no
will it be entertaining for us, the audience? ABSOLUTELY
i hate myself for it but the cringe will be so epic that i’ll allow it
I love your honesty & echo my own feelings exactly. Super big thumbs up
I don't think getting into Oxford would be good for her mental health. For one she'd have to leave the comfort of her bedroom and she'd be in a new place, people would see her as a poseur almost immediately. I also think the rigour of it would be too much for her. She wouldn't be able to get away with Blakeney or spark notes. I think it would give her the humbling she needs, though.
Warning: Crazed rant ahead!Maybe I'm being snobbish but nothing screams 'I'm not a good writer' more than using "this essay will..." at university level
What bothers me most is she never tells us how "private" and "public" are being defined by her, the critics she's discussing, or how they may have been defined at the time of Dickinson writing. You can't present an argument like this without defining your terms. Your whole god damn argument rests on how you define these terms.
If I've picked it out correctly, I think her core idea is interesting; a binary, public OR private approach isn't useful in understanding Dickinson's poetry or her intentions. There's so much potential in this argument and it's all wasted
The fact this was published in any capacity is astounding to me.
Yooo lemme tell you, I went to Cambridge for my master's after getting a first in undergrad elsewhere and it humbled the ever living duck out of me. And I didn't even have the same jumped up ego she does, I went in thinking applications to my course must've been sparse that year.
Please don't feel snobbish. You are absolutely correct. It is such a poor sample of writing. It is not worthy of being published anywhere. You've hit the nail on the head too, with her failure to define terms. A total waste of an argument. I worry that younger, more impressionable students will see her published work as something to aspire to.
This is why Ruby angers me. Her focus on busy work nonsense, aesthetics, planners all decorated, vibing with a candle and some tea....this tit is not conducive to ACTUAL productivity. Her essays and written 'arguments' are awful. Her book reviews are so empty and vague. The way she summarises texts, whether orally or in writing is so meaningless. I see her as the opposite of a positive role model. My lifestyle during my undergrad and postgrad years looked nothing like what she presents in her content. My overall grades were excellent and I am proud of them. They were not achieved by doing any of the crap she does. At what point will she receive a wake up call? Are the people around her giving her dishonest or insincere feedback?
I am convinced that her obsession with Hermione is the motivating factor behind her academic career. Not a love of learning, not a love of books or knowledge. She wants to be seen as a smarty pants, old-fashioned, good little girl that can boss others around. Her smug superiority pisses me off and I really hope her content is not negatively impacting students.
This. Absolutely this. The only institution or committee that I could see possibly being impressed by her socials is a library looking to hire someone to put returned books on the shelves or work in the early childhood reading corner
So when exactly is she starting the teaching aka „normal job”?
she should have already started, according to the website term begins on the 5th
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