Today, I have been a nerd.
That's what chemistry is about. Honestly, no-one who is cool, hip and happenin' reads such a subject as a degree. Looking around the lecture theatre, it's obvious how true that is. We're all geeks, or nerds, whatever - I'm not really sure what the distinction is - but if you came to hang with the in-crowd, chemists wouldn't be it.
We're no social misfits, by any means, and that's what I like about it. Never would I be one to generalise (...) but overall, it appears we as a species of student are overwhelmingly...Ordinary? Normal? No, no, that's not it - we're all individuals and weird in our own ways, but what strikes me about chemistry people, I suppose, is how geniune people come across as, how easy it is to get along with just about anyone. No-one's 'above' anyone else, or too important to talk to the likes of you. We have our separate friendships groups, but there's always a place to sit next to someone or people with whom to have a conversation. I know people who, despite having studied at university for a year and a half, could not call any of their coursemates their friends. Yet, having spent the most part of every weekday with my colleagues, I've made many good mates, there have been some amusing moments, some downright hysterical. In-jokes based on our subject can often raise a smile, no matter how lame they are.
It's a little chemistry crew, all helping each other out, plagurism abound, because as long as it's the correct answer, it doesn't matter where you got it from as the correct answer is absolute and not subjective. It's so much easier to get to know people better this way, make new friends, if all other conversation fails, just ask how the reaction's going...
If you like a lotta science on your brainbox, join our club.
On the jukebox: High School Musical ~ We're All In This Together
'if all other conversation fails, just ask how the reaction's going...'
ReplyDeleteGenius :oD
I'd say the same about my history crew which seems to be in stark contrast with my american studies crew. History we're all lovely, american studies we're all stuck-up, it's strange how things go that way. However, I do bother, I do make the effort and I've gotten to know people - lots of americans. They're lovely people. xxx
I'll join!
ReplyDeleteActually, it's true. It may be to do with being on that side of things myself, but in general I find science students to be a lot more open and friendly than arts students. As Hannah says, it's not that arts students aren't nice people - they just don't tend to make the effort to talk in quite the same way, and when they do it's more constrained, somehow.
Then again, I'm probably not the most approachable person to a foreign languages student or whoever. Only physicists and CompScis are known for having worse social skills than mathematicians - and y'know what, I fit right in with 'em 8-)