"It's a struggle."
A couple of years ago, my friend Jana and I were at the cast & crew screening of a movie we worked on when we ran into our former boss. She was prepping Fat Albert at the time, and when Jana asked how it was going she sighed and said, "It's a struggle."
After we walked out of the theater I couldn't stop complaining about that phrase. A struggle? Isn't that a bit of an overstatement? It's just a job. A job for which you're being very well compensated. I definitely understand that preproduction can be stressful, but if you think long hours and bureaucratic snafus = a struggle, you're just begging the universe to throw you into a wheelchair or something. That way you can live off of government assistance and not be able to get through the turnstile at Pavilions to use your foodstamps to buy day-old bread.
Can you tell I'm a little frustrated with my classes? Ugh. So much studying to do. So much to memorize so quickly. But I'm trying to keep the whining to a minimum. I'm lucky to be able to take these classes and I'm just going to do my best. I got an email yesterday from my cousin Gary who's a physician in Florida. He said "Please keep it all in perspective. Useless information, but important to getting through the process. Make the most of being a college boy again!" So I'm doing my best to think that way.
After we walked out of the theater I couldn't stop complaining about that phrase. A struggle? Isn't that a bit of an overstatement? It's just a job. A job for which you're being very well compensated. I definitely understand that preproduction can be stressful, but if you think long hours and bureaucratic snafus = a struggle, you're just begging the universe to throw you into a wheelchair or something. That way you can live off of government assistance and not be able to get through the turnstile at Pavilions to use your foodstamps to buy day-old bread.
Can you tell I'm a little frustrated with my classes? Ugh. So much studying to do. So much to memorize so quickly. But I'm trying to keep the whining to a minimum. I'm lucky to be able to take these classes and I'm just going to do my best. I got an email yesterday from my cousin Gary who's a physician in Florida. He said "Please keep it all in perspective. Useless information, but important to getting through the process. Make the most of being a college boy again!" So I'm doing my best to think that way.
Labels: Hollywood, Jana, Postbacc Program
2 Comments:
Okay, sure. Everyone struggles with SOMEthing. I'm just saying that all challenges aren't equal. I'm trying to keep things in perspective and not cast myself as a martyr in some Great Epic Struggle. Which Chemistry 105 is not. Neither, for that matter, is Fat Albert.
If you want to see struggles, watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
my father told me that he pay me to study. to do revision. to score in all papers. and to obtain a degree.
but he doesn't know one thing.
students are struggling overtime worker.
...Good luck.
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