aren't you supposed to have this figured out already?

A sophomore just knocked on my door to ask for help writing her paper on the Symposium. The same girl came up to me a couple of weeks ago and asked for advice on how she should talk to a professor about her grades. I had advice and a few ideas for her paper, but it's just really odd - there's a status game going on between all of the years, especially first years and anyone older than them, that dictates that we should be asking them for advice, not the other way around.

And I think it's crazy that I'm so submitted to this age = status thing, and that it would confuse me so much to have someone who is "older" and "more experienced" come to ask me for help/advice. This wasn't a problem until I came here, where people tend to ask your year before your name.

Speaking of papers, mine has reached 4 full pages with plenty left to be talked about...but I have only 20 minutes left before I have to go to work, so I'm going to clean my room now instead.