Monday

Occasionally the teachers will announce that a company is looking for help, and a bunch of us scramble to jot down the name and apply. A little over a month ago, a job opening came up that was awarded to a classmate who definitely deserves it -- she's excellent. Well, she obviously shares this view, because she comes into class each day and rambles on about how awesome it is. They're so nice! We drank wine yesterday! They let me work from home! They said I'm great at Javascript! They paid for my very own domain name! The work is really fun and easy!

It's obnoxious and really insensitive. I was not one of the people who applied for the job (thank god) but what about the poor schmucks who did? I know it's supposed to be a competitive atmosphere but she crosses the line between "discussing new job" and "openly gloating".

Don't get me wrong - I was happy for her (and happy for me -- with her already employed, I won't be competing with her for future jobs). And for someone her age, indulging in some bragging the first day or so would seem natural, but it's become an accepted daily event.

Our teacher encourages it and makes it part of the class. "Sarah has a real world job!" (I know, it's like we're 5). He takes up huge chunks of class time to help her with work-related issues. They're constantly talking about her job. Never mind the rest of us, working just as hard on sites we aren't getting paid for! I had my hand up for like 10 minutes the other day while I waited for him to finish answering a question she had about a work project.

The BEST was on Friday: I emailed my teacher to ask what we were working on that day. He said, "Sarah came to me with a bunch of questions for her work. As you know, she has a real world job that needs sorting, so we're going to help her with that today."

WHAT?!

Yeah, I stayed home.

Good news: we have 3 weeks left of this portion, then they teach us Flash (I can't wait), then it's on to the big Industry Project. Yea!!