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Originally Posted by Rezdaddy Longlegs
Obviously this is not in the military but I feel like I can relate and am slowly learning that same lesson currently in my life. After about 5 years out of high school I am returning to school to get my BA degree. Many of my teachers have had issues with me for whatever reason and I take it personally and make a big issue out of it affecting my grade and experience in the class.
What my parents told me helps, just stfu and take whatever stupid rule or attitude they give you and look at the big picture which is getting that degree. Pick the battles you want to fight, and dont just pick every single one that will get in the way of what you are trying to accomplish.
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I found that getting my BSc was quite straight forward. They set down rules with exams and essays etc but I did not have any problems with that. The lecturers were really accommodating. I used to be made fun of by my botany lecturer for wearing so much pink (and pink accessories) and dressing really girly (because 95% of geography students were in katmandu/sports clothes). I teased him back so it was fun.
I actually found the most issues with people were when I was working at a media company, a very mainstream office where you had to keep out the politics. I had a bit of tension with one of the girls in my group because we were both competitive and I got offered another job in the acquisition team that she wanted (I turned down the offer). But the HR manager was the *******. She was sleeping with one of the managers and she didn't like me one bit. I was super pissed at her for convincing the CEO to get rid of my team manager who was also the company trainer, during a restructure. We ended up with this new manager looking after our team who was really useless and unsupportive. She kept moaning about our numbers of websites we were completing. She wanted us to do more and more because there were so many web pages to be completed. In the end there was another restructure and she got the boot. I was so happy to see her leave.
The experience certainly made me realise how careful you have to be with what you say to people and about people. We were always watched like a hawk. I feel better now about it, I know when I get a job in IT it will be fine as long as I stay vigilant and smash their expectations.