Not Everyone Has to Like You

I just completed week four of culinary school and I have to say I LOVE IT!!!  The gals in my kitchen lab, (I call them the kitchen sirens), are awesome.  I love working with them. I love the chefs that I am learning from. I love learning all the techniques and even the book stuff. The kitchen is definitely where I belong.

The kitchen sirens and I are taking this culinary school thing seriously. Not only are we getting good grades but we are also very hard workers.  As a result we have caught the eye of our instructors and classmates.  In the case of our instructors this is a positive.  They see our hard work and initiative. We are the first ones to volunteer for the extra duties. In the case of our classmates it's quite the opposite, well, at least with some of them.  I don't know if it is because they see us as a threat, competition or that they see us as the suck ups.  Whatever the reason, they DO NOT like us.  It is very obvious and even other people have picked up on it.

Let me explain something, (that's for you Rosie).  I really could care less if they like me or not.  I'm not here to make friends.  This isn't a game or a way to pass the time.  This is my future.  So if they don't like us, that is fine.  They are one less distraction on my way to my goals and dreams.

It amazes me that in college people still behave like they are in Junior High. Grow up people!