frequently asked questions
are you related to the general?
no. no relation. according to family lore, general patton's great great grandpappy was a criminal fleeing imprisonment (or worse). on the way across the atlantic someone with the last name patton died during the voyage. so the general's great grandpappy assumed the dead man's identity in the new world.
what's your major?
i am a social sciences major. i study history, geography, psychology, sociology, and economics. i have already completed two minors in anthropology and german.
what does a person do with a social sciences degree?
they teach high school and/or middle school social studies classes.
when are you graduating?
i realize that this is a perfectly reasonable and innocent question. but please don’t ask me. my chest gets tight. my throat gets swollen and fat watery tears come to my eyes. thinking about the considerable time and money that i squandered while figuring out what to major in stresses me out considerably. now that i’ve finally figured it out, there is still no light at the end of the tunnel. i have 21 hours of education classes to complete including student teaching.
now please don’t ask me again. im seriously sensitive about it.
what does it mean to be a dentonite or a dentonian?
well that is a very complicated issue. this is the buckle of the bible belt so the locals are mostly composed of staunch conservatives with good 'ole family values. but on the other hand a bunch of hippies settled here after the sixties, making this a town of contrasts. an uneasy truce between right and left. granola and hymnals. dread locks and ford 4x4's. tolerant but judgmental.
what does this attract? you'll find that unt and twu students aren't overwhelmed with school spirit and pride. they're artsy people who wanted a chill place to look and feel artsy. they're commuters who really aren’t apart of the community at all. they're frat boys with beer bongs. or they're here cuz unt was plan B. i fall into the latter category.
i haven't seen you in ages. where have you been?
ive been drinking coffee, going to the gym, and smoking a pack a day. but most of all ive been feeling sorry for myself and wondering why i allowed myself to slump from a self-sufficient woman of integrity into a needy pile cuddle vomit.
honestly rita, what where you thinking?
honestly guys. i don't know.
however i'm pleased to annouce that with the infinite patience and wisdom of my close friends, i'm slowly starting to awaken from the cryonic turpor that has plagued me since mid-december. thank you guys i love you very much.