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Ego problem??

Someone explain this to me, whenever I say the things that I can do intellectual wise I have to prove it. The people who want proof are not giving me a job they're not introducing me to someone who will give me a job but they need proof that I'm good at what I do. To top it off, it's my professors that do this. I have professors from different countries so they speak multiple languages and I speak multiple languages the second they see I speak more than them it just cannot be true and they try to humiliate me (which never works). But I'm not trying to compete with my professors I don't think I'm better I just wanna get my degree and move on. What's up with that?

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FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M

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Genesis · 26-30, F

@FloorGenAdm Let's switch I'll take the check and they can pay my tuition

FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M

@Genesis [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZocpwWLsyE]

Genesis · 26-30, F

@FloorGenAdm I needed that. 😂😂😆😆😆

SW-User

Some of those who can't do anything, they teach. Your professors may fall in that category. They must have chosen those careers for the heck of a job. Some people are pretty bad at dealing with their own ignorance and always handle things with ego.

Genesis · 26-30, F

@SW-User That's sad but true. Some of these professors are really brilliant but can't handle if one person may be better than them. There's no competition I'm learning from you

SW-User

@Genesis Their aim should be to produce students that are better than them.

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Genesis · 26-30, F

@SevenYearAche You got a point.

Beetlegeuse is also one of my favorite movies

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LyricalOne · F

How do they try to humiliate you?

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LyricalOne · F

@Genesis School should hopefully feel like a positive experience, not torment.

SW-User

@Genesis They think you have a big ego? Hmm... if all your professors are doing this, maybe your body language is giving off a wrong message.

Genesis · 26-30, F

@SW-User I hope not I usually just sit on the side and try to listen. I may crack a joke here or there with other students but that's it. I turn my work in on time and when I don't know something I ask for help.
If you're right though I gotta be mindful of that.

SW-User

Fight for your right

Genesis · 26-30, F

@SW-User You're right, this been going too long

GerOttman · 61-69, M

They are teaching you the way of the world. Be grateful and learn to overcome to obstacles they place in your path. You will be stronger in the end.

Genesis · 26-30, F

@GerOttman Well, I'm going deaf, been hit in the back of the head with a laptop because my skin color, called everything from a to z because of my skin color, choked twice, two people have tried to drown me on two different occasions, been burnt with scalding water and this was all before age 15. I'm pretty acquainted with parts of the real world.

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@Genesis And it never ends

texasdaddydom · 56-60, M

how are they "seeing" you speak more languages in the first place?

Genesis · 26-30, F

@texasdaddydom It gets mentioned by fellow students. Example, French professor speaks five languages and she was telling us about it. A fellow student said well genesis speaks thirteen. The professor didn't need to know that it was irrelevant.

SW-User

@Genesis Ah, maybe it's because people are pitting you against each other and they start thinking that you're thinking that you're better than them.

Genesis · 26-30, F

@SW-User You're probably right. I don't wanna leave that impression though.

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