So I'm sitting in the OISE library, frustrated because the program I need on my dear computer won't open. I'm left staring at a sign in front of me that reads:
CAUTION:
DO NOT LEAVE PURSES,
BAGS OR BRIEFCASES
UNATTENDED.
DO NOT LEAVE PURSES,
BAGS OR BRIEFCASES
UNATTENDED.
As I sit here, in this building built on its reputation as being the Mecca of all things educational, I have to wonder...did they need to make the list of things not to be left unattended so lengthy? Would a simple "valuables" not have sufficed? Or am I overlooking some kind of socio-economic status, racial, gender, ability bias hidden in the term "valuable"? Am I assuming people of a different make-up than me would even CONSIDER a briefcase valuable?
This makes me curious.
There's some crazy graffiti in the carrels here, too. It's all academic and shit, which makes me laugh. Conjugated French verb tenses and math that's way too complicated for me to even guess what category it falls into. You'll find swear words here, but they'll be written in their original Latin.
This makes me curious.
There's some crazy graffiti in the carrels here, too. It's all academic and shit, which makes me laugh. Conjugated French verb tenses and math that's way too complicated for me to even guess what category it falls into. You'll find swear words here, but they'll be written in their original Latin.
I love this building for what it stands for, but can't help feeling disappointed in its inability to be held up to my massive expectations of what this year was going to hold. Am I bearing responsibility on how things have transpired? Maybe not enough. Probably not enough.
Meh.
I'm off to watch a movie about a man who changed a bunch of kids' lives by giving them a chance. These are the moments I love this building.
