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Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:01 pm
A problem.
Right now, I'm hating my 3rd sister A LOT! She's rude and so annoying and bloody idiotic. The worst thing is that she's RUDE. I hate her! She has no sense of respect for the elder. NONE. She makes me so mad I wish I could hit her hard. I see red everytime she talks rudely to me. ARGH!!
But other than that, I'm quite happy. Especially for the fact that I'm getting along with my friends. I'm suddenly feeling confident and good-natured among my friends. Usually I'd have this pissed off feelings towards my friends. But this month, not that much. Well, except for that one day where they hated me for expecting better for a group presentation.
I'm in control of my emotions. That's good. I feel good and I want to stay this way. I shall go about the world with little worries. I won't get so self-conscious, wondering what people think about me or are saying about me when I walk past or turn my back, which would lead me to low self-esteem and therefore, no confidence at all.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt.
That will be the quote I'll live by. No one can make ME feel inferior without MY consent. Got that?
And now, problem of the day: How do I make a friend see that I care, instead of her thinking that I'm such a bossy, arrogant, insulting person?
See, this friend of mine might as well not go to school. She goes to school, attends some lectures but most of the time she doesn't pay attention. She'd be talking on the phone in hushed tones with her boyfriend. It's getting on my nerves. She might as well not attend the lecture!
And her boyfriend. How could he continue the conversation when she's in the middle of a lecture? Doesn't he want her to pay attention in class and do well in school? He calls at least once per lesson. And I just don't understand why my friend should answer his calls just to tell him she's in class and then hang up! Can't she wait until the end of class or lecture?
Not only does she hardly pay attention in class/lecture, she skips lectures too. A LOT of lectures, more than 5 I'm sure. So now, I've already said that she might as well not attend the lecture if she's talking to her boyfriend almost the whole time and not paying attention, but in addition, she's skipping lectures, she might as well not attend school at all! She's already caught for getting other people to help her tap her card for attendance but she still does it! She still asks others to tap her card for her.
I wish I could tell her: "Hey, you know, you might as well not attend the lectures. You're not paying attention. And you're skipping lectures, wouldn't I make sense if I say that you might as well not attend school at all?"
But I'll sound mean and disgusted and bossy and proud. How do I make her -pay attention in lectures and classes, -make her stop answering her boyfriend's call in the middle of lectures and classes, -make her tell her boyfried to stop calling her when she's in lectures or classes and -make her attend lectures?
How do I tell her that she's bonded and she has to get good grades because of that? How do I remind her that she had said she wanted to work hard but she's not doing what she's supposed to do? How do I ask her whether she wants to get good grades and if she just want to stop at borderline, average? Doesn't she want to go further, better herself?
How do I say all these to her without being seen as bossy or naggy or insulting? Am I mean and sarcastic and harsh? Or am I caring? I thought that's what friends are supposed to do.
I don't know how I'm going to go about doing it when I'm predicting that she'll give me the insincere plus sheepish smile, telling me that she won't change her mind to not skip lecture, to not talk on the phone during lectures and classes? She'll probably turn her back on me to another friend so that I won't be able to see her face and give a frown, saying that she hates me for telling her all this.
What the hell do I do?

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