I was talking to a person who goes to school at the LA Fashion School yesterday, someone in my training group at Hale. (I'm starting to really love this new job, by the way) She asked if I was getting my AA from Reed and I was like...No, I'll get my BA there. And she said "Oh, I thought it was a community college." I looked at her for a second, wide-eyed, and just stared. I managed to let out a little laugh, though maybe a tad disdainful. I never know what to say in these situations. I quietly sputtered out "Uh, it's actually a really good school." And that was it.
Another thing that I thought was cute: A guy, when introducing himself to the group, mentioned his college along with "maybe you've heard of it, one of the best 100 colleges in Los Angeles". Now that was REALLY hard to keep quiet on. I'll stop my bitchy commentary there, because I don't want you all to know how elitist I really am.
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reed, in part, makes us elitists. well, not just reed. the fact that reed is such a good school and yet so not well known forces us to take the defensive and give people what they deserve - a kick in the pants and an "our school's the top undergrad according to princeton review" look.
don't worry, i have to stand up for reed all the time at PSU because those psu kids like to make fun of us. well, in their face. we're smarter!
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