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I am exhausted and my period finally showed up so I unthinkingly took a knockoff Midol on top of a Benadryl. Both of which make me drowsy. Thankfully the combination did not put me into a coma.

However it did make me forget that I had a six-thirty Electricity Principles class prior to my eight o'clock lab for that class. So I waltzed into the class at eight thinking I was on time. Oops.

I am the only girl in the class and the only one without any prior experience working with electricity and all the dudes are kind of dismissive towards me because of it. Last class I had to remind everyone repeatedly my name was not "sweetheart" or "the girl".

They picked on me for being late quite meanly actually. Well past friendly joshing. I ignored them.

Then we had to take a test on the material they covered before I arrived. It was multiple choice, open book, and pretty basic. We were allowed to work in groups but it seemed pretty straightforward and I was ignoring everyone so I did it myself (some of the answers were still on the board, ffs!). I breezed through it and then read some Lemony Snickett for twenty minutes waiting for everyone else to finish. I second guessed myself a couple of times but decided not to show weakness because I got some side-eyes for finishing quickly.

Towards the last ten minutes a guy asked for some help and the rest of the men ganged up to convince him not to listen to me because "She can't even read a clock, what do you expect her to know?"

Cut to the guy grading my work checking every single one of my answers off as correct as the teacher went through them. I did not make eye contact with anyone else in the class. I did not say "So there motherfuckers," or even make a slight sassy face. I just calmly collected my test after it was graded, wished everyone a good night and left the class. Like a boss.

Does it count as being the bigger person if I did it to feel even more superior and smug?

I don't think your intent matters here, so I vote for it counting as being the bigger person.

You are awesome.

And a much stronger person than me; I would not be able to put up with that bullshit, I'd probably end up leaving the class in tears.

Heh. Thanks. I'm not sure passiveness and internal dickbaggery counts as awesome but I'll take it!

I think it helped that I haven't been very impressed or intimidated by them so far so I didn't really care what they thought of me. Plus I'm kind of used to people being asses at this point. I've built up an immunity. :D

Like a boss.

Your classmates sound like assholes. Way to take the high road and not give them the satisfaction!

Oh they are. I have that class right after work. My uniform is a faux sports jersey that has my name in big black stencil letters across the back. They definitely never have a chance to forget my name.

I like the teacher though.

Damn understandable.

But seriously, I feel bad that you have to go through that. I went to college for Computer Engineering (which is like electrical and programming merged into a weird major, as my school did it) and I never had any direct insult because I was one of the few women in the program (3 or 4 when I was a freshman, one dropped out, one had to retake classes and graduated a year after me. Granted, only 4 or 5 men graduated too). Nobody ever called me shitty sexist nicknames or anything. I don't know if it's because I kept to myself or I was lucky or what. I just hate that you have to go through that.

Thank you for the concern but don't worry, I've already been already used to this kind of hostility for a while and this is probably as bad as it is going to get.

It's a small class (12 total) and most of the others are older and know each other from other classes and shared job sites and have an intention of working in the industry.

There has definitely been a conflict in group projects where others expect me to stay out of the way and let the "real" students practice and then just let them give me the answer when they're finished but I'm there to learn -- not watch others learn, so I always demand at least some involvement or at least an explanation of how they got the answer.

There's definitely a ringleader though, without him leading the charge I don't think the other guys would really have verbalized anything (I think I would have been cool with some of them), and now they're all competing to be the biggest, coolest asshole by getting a reaction. Which I have no intention of giving them because I know how that ends up. Hopefully they get bored soon.

I'm kind of having a rapidly degrading week but I honestly hate this city. I no longer find it funny when people who've moved here from literally anywhere else are asked why they would do that by a bewildered, concerned local.

Thanks for letting me vent though. It made me feel better.

And, hey, congrats on your Computer Engineering major! :D

You're a boss and your actions showed it too. You're a more badass boss than me, that's for sure! ;)

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