At the library
July 6, 2010emily No Comments »In the lobby, a tutor is helping a coed learn Trigonometry. I hear snippets of their (one-sided) conversation, but not more than that. “See, if it’s on the inside… then if it’s on the outside…”. His charge is staring off into space. After ten minutes, he has her work a problem by herself. Across the room, a guy with a grating, nasally voice is having a conversation for all the world to hear. He doesn’t seem to realize that there are twenty other people in the lobby, some of whom might not want to hear about what he did all day. “Yeah, and then I took a nap at about 11:30. Then I went to the gym. Then I showered and took another nap.” I silently hope that his sleep schedule isn’t interfering with his studies. Two guys studying next to me audibly hope that he shuts up soon. Meanwhile, the coed has finished her trig problem. It’s unclear if she was successful. Her tutor asks her if she has any questions, and when she doesn’t, he fires off a few of his own. She’s nodding her head, but it’s debatable that she’s taking in anything. Just as I’m contemplating whether or not I should move to a quieter area (though I’d miss the coed-trig tutor saga), Nasal Guy makes another phone call. Time to relocate.
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