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[aliseadae]

It's really annoying when people won't admit they don't know what they're doing. In theatre IB, Johanna, Jessa and I went down to the auditorium to help Spanish immersion theatre set up. When trying to get the light board and sound board working, we (Amanda, Johanna, Jessa, Anna, Cece and I) were invaded by freshmen who claimed to know what they were doing when we didn't even know what we were doing. Light and sound boards are more complicated than a lightswitch or a boombox and the freshmen wouldn't admit they didn't know what they were doing. They kept pointing to things and saying "I know how to work that and that so I get it." when really they didn't know how to work even those parts. They'd keep flipping random switches, not listening to me as I told them that they didn't know what they were doing, that I didn't know what I was doing, that the only part of the board I could work was the microphones and that I had 3 years of experience in theatre and they had none. I admitted that I did not know what I was doing, that I only knew how to turn on the microphones and tried to tell them that they couldn't just try random switches and play with random things. They also kept trying to get up on the catwalk. Arggh.

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[fablehill.livejournal.com]

i know the feeling, i'm sorry that annoying freshman are so prevalant at your school! Just remember, we were all freshmen once...i was noe last year, and I thin I did that a couple times. But i know how annoying it is, I'm sorry you got stuck with that crap!

although, I can't blame them for wanting to get up on the catwalk. I know ours at least id pretty darn cool, I'm not surprised everyone wants to get up there!

[zehlyi.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that must have been really frustrating. I hate it when people do stuff like that... although I admit I'm sure I've done it myself once or twice... but still. They should respect you for being older and wiser, and at least listen to you...

[alec-jw-1221.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. But, you gotta admit, the catwalk is really awesome.

[marimbaqueen.livejournal.com]

Freshman are often obnoxious.