Thinking about that time a fellow student ambassador reported me for AGGRESSION and said I induced panic attacks and vomiting.....I had only spoken one brief sentence to her....
Then in my interview for Senior I was very pointedly asked about my temperament and “conflict solving” abilities....
And before you ask, yes she was.
And this isn’t to say I didn’t like being an ambassador, it’s literally the best bloody job in the world and I met the most amazing students (current and prospective) and staff!! But there were a couple instances were I was like
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OMG this reminded me of that time in first year I was at a careers appointment, and woman said ‘you have such a gorgeous smile’ and I was like “thanks?” and she said ‘honestly before you smiled I thought, wow that girl has a stinking attitude, she is so sullen’ HUH?!!?
She literally said “on first look you come off very badly” WHEN I SAY I WAS ASTOUNDED
They way I’ve opened the flood gates...just remembered when a lecturer was completely gagged by my degree and asked me if the was ‘much ancient history where you come from’, then complimented my English skills
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Idk why but I keep remembering how weirdly people treated me at exe...like how can some locals call me a n*gger in BROAD DAYLIGHT IN THE HIGH STREET... that’s weird to me
I also think I was very unlucky because I feel like I encountered so much more racism than a lot of my friends did dhkkgjfjfhfh