1 Reason Why...

I end up irritated by the fact that I go to a university overrun by trust-fund babies: Some students don't take certain classes seriously.

I am taking an online poetry workshop this semester because I couldn't get to campus to take one. I've been wanting to take a workshop like this since I got to college, and now in the final semester of my senior year I'm finally here. But you know what I found instead of a bunch of poets wanting to share their work and hone their craft? I found a bunch of spoiled kids looking for an easy "A" and it pisses me off. These people have no balls. We're supposed to respond to each other's poem postings in a forum, but all I and everyone else ever gets is, "Ohhh this poem was really great! I liked it. Good job!" Every responder, every poem, same response, or at least a variation on that same response. What.The.Fuck?????? Is it that hard to really give a poem some thought? Is it that hard to pay the courtesy of actually giving constructive criticism? The only real feedback I ever get is from the professor. I'm glad for his help, but I'd love to have more than one opinion that I thought someone even put a little thought into.

I'd love to put an anonymous posting on the board telling all these kids who are just looking for that last elective to go screw themselves, or grow some cajones, or at least pay these people and the creative efforts they've put forth some respect. But then I have to think, if these people are responding so lackadaisical, how much effort are they really putting forth in their writing, and do they even care that I have a real opinion? They probably get pissed off every time they see that I have something of substance to say about their poetry instead of "Ohhh, that was good!" Ugh!!! I just get so frustrated. I want to write better poetry. I can't ever get something published if I can't make my work better.

OK, I just had to vent. Done!