A funny story
So, my roommate, Anthony, and I were at Publix getting groceries, when a woman stopped us and asked if we went to Lynn, since I was wearing a Lynn Basketball shirt. Of course we responded yes and she asked how we liked it. We responded we liked it and it was a great school. She then procceded to tell us that students at Lynn are students who couldn’t make it at other schools.
As understanding as I am of other people’s beliefs, this made me want to just look at her and rip into her, but I decided to be polite and I explained to her that most of the students at Lynn could and are smart, yes some might not, but they are also the ones that are barely, if at all, making it through Lynn. I also explained that with the new admissions policy it is making it harder to get in.
She then proceeded to ask us where we were from, so we told her, and her response (since we were both from out of state) was that people from Florida didn’t like Lynn. Again this is false because a large number of students at Lyn are from Florida. Then she went further and said she works with some students from Lynn and that Lynn students are hood. Anthony and I looked at each other with confused looks and told her that wasn’t true. I kind of felt like the football coach from Oklahoma State, Mike Gundy, and saying “That’s not true!”
She walked away and Anthony and I started laughing and joking around afterwards. Anytime we saw her we just wanted to start acting hood to see what she would say. I told one of the basketball players the story and he gave me the funniest look of confusion and then started laughing.
Ahh, the joys of dealing with ignorance.
