Slight claustrophobia
Today was relatively unusual compared to how my Wednesdays tend to go.
Despite waking up at 7, I still managed to be a little bit late for my first class at 10 AM (I blame warm beds in cool rooms and Sanhora). Got to class at about 10:20 AM where we discussed LGBT experiences in school, and I got to reflect a little on my high school.
Mary's, while clearly dominated by heterosexuality as expected of co-ed Catholic schools, seemed to mostly ignore homosexuality for the most part. The usual teasing of openly gay boys occurred, but as far as I know, it never went more than jeering and displays of machism (they were strong enough to defend themselves, anyway, and the girls loved hanging out with them).
I think, however, that Mary's (at least, during my stay there, or perhaps just within our batch) seemed to look down more on lesbians than gays. I remember a couple of my friends becoming angry at another friend who got into a lesbian relationship with a girl from another class during our last year.
Admittedly, I was no exception - I remember recoiling when one of our butch batchmates tried to court a classmate (and, on one occasion, me - though, to be fair, I would have recoiled from a guy, too). I also remember crying because my classmates teased me jokingly about being a lesbian because I liked to hug everyone so much.
It doesn't really bother me so much now, but it's interesting to reflect on the trends you were sucked into during high school days. Perhaps the most controversial thing we discussed in our Christian Living class (besides abortion and euthanasia and stuff) was masturbation - I remember our teacher saying that it was okay to masturbate for self-exploration, but once you get married or turn 19 or something, you should stop. :|
Afterwards, went off to FA to interview nude models and the students that had to draw them - at least, that was the targeted plan. Turns out the models aren't around much anymore, not to mention that less than half of our group turned up, so we just interviewed sm16 and kalabasa_kuneho. Thanks for the time, dears!
FA is so big and open. I adore my college to bits, but FA was awesome~
Went back to the tambayan where wigiboy gave me a copy of Ghost Hound! I'm quite excited to start watching it, especially with the beginnings of a psychological background. Though I'll probably wait till the weekend because I get creeped out easily so I have to watch stuff during the day. ;o;
Ate a lot of chocolate and a mango crepe and had Milo Freeze for 'lunch'. Uguu sugar. ;A; I think the sugar rush sucked a lot of energy out of me.
Headed off to Psych 140 where we discussed self-efficacy. In the last half-hour of class, the lock on the door broke. At first, we thought our classmate was just having trouble turning the knob - eventually, we realized that she couldn't open it at all, and we were trapped inside.
The class flew into a light panic. Ma'am Bea tried to open it from the inside, then scribbled an SOS message on a paper to try and tell our classmate to call the guard. Another of my classmates attempted pulling out a card to slide it against the lock, while an upperclassman called someone (possibly Kuya Fred, our guard?) to come up and help.
Kuya Fred came up, and after a few minutes of fiddling, managed to get the door open. Somehow, the lock mechanism had broken, so they just stuck masking tape over the hole in the doorway to keep it from closing fully.
The whole thing couldn't have taken more than ten minutes, fifteen at the most, but I seriously felt scared at the time. Despite knowing that the door would eventually open, and in the worst case scenario, there was the window, I still felt the beginnings of panic.
Mm ... Headed back to the tambayan, and then FC Steps for the GA. Discussed AME Week and what would go on, and am now working on possible revisions and additional plans and stuff for the Quiz Bee event. Was kinda dazed on the ride home, hruu.
So, yep, that was my day.
Oh, oh, and a follow-up question from the second poll: What if a fanart icon was made, but credit was given to the artist because permission could not be obtained due to ... Say, a lack of contact details or the language barrier or something? Would it be acceptable for you?
~ Seiko-chan
Despite waking up at 7, I still managed to be a little bit late for my first class at 10 AM (I blame warm beds in cool rooms and Sanhora). Got to class at about 10:20 AM where we discussed LGBT experiences in school, and I got to reflect a little on my high school.
Mary's, while clearly dominated by heterosexuality as expected of co-ed Catholic schools, seemed to mostly ignore homosexuality for the most part. The usual teasing of openly gay boys occurred, but as far as I know, it never went more than jeering and displays of machism (they were strong enough to defend themselves, anyway, and the girls loved hanging out with them).
I think, however, that Mary's (at least, during my stay there, or perhaps just within our batch) seemed to look down more on lesbians than gays. I remember a couple of my friends becoming angry at another friend who got into a lesbian relationship with a girl from another class during our last year.
Admittedly, I was no exception - I remember recoiling when one of our butch batchmates tried to court a classmate (and, on one occasion, me - though, to be fair, I would have recoiled from a guy, too). I also remember crying because my classmates teased me jokingly about being a lesbian because I liked to hug everyone so much.
It doesn't really bother me so much now, but it's interesting to reflect on the trends you were sucked into during high school days. Perhaps the most controversial thing we discussed in our Christian Living class (besides abortion and euthanasia and stuff) was masturbation - I remember our teacher saying that it was okay to masturbate for self-exploration, but once you get married or turn 19 or something, you should stop. :|
Afterwards, went off to FA to interview nude models and the students that had to draw them - at least, that was the targeted plan. Turns out the models aren't around much anymore, not to mention that less than half of our group turned up, so we just interviewed sm16 and kalabasa_kuneho. Thanks for the time, dears!
FA is so big and open. I adore my college to bits, but FA was awesome~
Went back to the tambayan where wigiboy gave me a copy of Ghost Hound! I'm quite excited to start watching it, especially with the beginnings of a psychological background. Though I'll probably wait till the weekend because I get creeped out easily so I have to watch stuff during the day. ;o;
Ate a lot of chocolate and a mango crepe and had Milo Freeze for 'lunch'. Uguu sugar. ;A; I think the sugar rush sucked a lot of energy out of me.
Headed off to Psych 140 where we discussed self-efficacy. In the last half-hour of class, the lock on the door broke. At first, we thought our classmate was just having trouble turning the knob - eventually, we realized that she couldn't open it at all, and we were trapped inside.
The class flew into a light panic. Ma'am Bea tried to open it from the inside, then scribbled an SOS message on a paper to try and tell our classmate to call the guard. Another of my classmates attempted pulling out a card to slide it against the lock, while an upperclassman called someone (possibly Kuya Fred, our guard?) to come up and help.
Kuya Fred came up, and after a few minutes of fiddling, managed to get the door open. Somehow, the lock mechanism had broken, so they just stuck masking tape over the hole in the doorway to keep it from closing fully.
The whole thing couldn't have taken more than ten minutes, fifteen at the most, but I seriously felt scared at the time. Despite knowing that the door would eventually open, and in the worst case scenario, there was the window, I still felt the beginnings of panic.
Mm ... Headed back to the tambayan, and then FC Steps for the GA. Discussed AME Week and what would go on, and am now working on possible revisions and additional plans and stuff for the Quiz Bee event. Was kinda dazed on the ride home, hruu.
So, yep, that was my day.
Oh, oh, and a follow-up question from the second poll: What if a fanart icon was made, but credit was given to the artist because permission could not be obtained due to ... Say, a lack of contact details or the language barrier or something? Would it be acceptable for you?
~ Seiko-chan