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Bizarre dialogues, volume 0
by chris
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Bizarre dialogues, volume 0
What type of person are you dealing with when you ask someone behind the
front desk of the Academic Advisement Center a simple question?
I hope the dialogue below will shed light on this important issue facing
UF students.
Setup: I had just completed an advisement (that word just feels
wrong) session in which I was informed that to fulfil the language
requirements for my degree, I must either take another French course or
pass a proficiency exam. Not being terribly keen on taking another five
hour French class, I decided to pursue the exam route. I knew that the exam
was the SAT II French exam and was told a bit about it by the advisor. He
said their would be information sheets about it downstairs. So on my way out
I approached the front desk with a simple mission: to obtain one of these
fabled information sheets.
[After waiting a bit]
Chris: Excuse me, do you have any information sheets on the SAT II
French exam?
Lady: No.
[silince for a couple of seconds]
Chris: Do you know where I could get them?
[up until this point, this record has been paraphrased, but the
proceeding utterance, for I can only call it that, is recorded exactly]
Lady: Yeah, through that door (indicates door immediately to the
left of the desk)... All the sheets is on the wall.
Chris: Thanks.
Yes, that is correct, she said, "All the sheets is on the wall."
It is obvious that this woman, and many like her sit behind desks at UF with
the sole purpose of getting through students as quickly as possible, even if
there is nobody behind them.
I don't think this is a good environment for getting help for the problems
that arise as a student at a large university.
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