Being a film student I often have to deal with a lot of very artistically inclined people. Generally some of them are very strange, some are very down to earth and others are just snobs. Whenever I encounter said snobs several thoughts run through my head but the first are usually "Oh good God, please don't try to talk over everyone in class again, nobody thinks you're that smart," or "dear lord you're a jerk." Now I know that these aren't nice thoughts and I have tried to come to grips with why I feel this way about these people but I keep coming back to the fact that they're just snobs.
Now, when I say snob I mean that they think they're the smartest person in the room... nay, the whole school. They also tend to think they are better than all of their peers and possess more talent in their pinkie than the whole school combined. Yes, some of them are talented but not talented or well known enough to be as snobby as they are. The fact is, I won't get away from them until they graduate or have a complete personality change, so I have to find a way to deal with them.
My strategies include several methods that are not always full proof but for the most part get the job done. They are as follows:
1. Just don't talk to them
2. If not talking to them fails, ignore their comments with a smile or laugh
3. If they try to put me down by talking about their accomplishments and sarcastically remarking on mine I ask, "Do you want a cookie?"
4. Pray to God that I don't strangle them and do some silent meditation if the above 3 don't work.
Most of the people I work/study with in the Hollins film department are great, friendly and polite people but I know there will always be that one person who thinks their poop doesn't stink; so now is the time I should learn to get over their rude and mean comments and move on. I know that I have talent and that my work will take me places one day and that's all that matters, even if I have to deal with a few film snobs along the way.
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