Friday, January 4, 2008

Whaa?!

Posted by Lauren at 11:02 AM

This is a snapshot of a conversation between a student at a beauty school giving me a pedicure after Christmas:

Pedicurist (that's a word, right?): What do you do?

Me: I'm in graduate school. (hoping the conversation ends there)

Pedicurist: oh. What are you studying?

Me: Well, I'm in seminary.

Pedicurist: Oh, so you're like, studying history and stuff then?

Me: No, not really. I study theology, Christianity and the church.

Pedicurist: Oh, so you're going to be like an anthropologist then?

Me: No, not really. Seminary trains church leaders and things like that.

Pedicurist: oh.

 

3 Comments:

  1. Anonymous said...
    January 05, 2008  
    Kind of scary, huh?
    Anonymous said...
    January 13, 2008  
    I don't understand your point in writing this. It sounds like she was asking honest questions.
    Lauren said...
    January 13, 2008  
    Well, my fears in starting a blog (that people actually read) has just been realized. Sorry. I didn't mean to offend. I've had a lot of strange experiences with people after I tell them I'm in seminary from "Oh. I'm not religious." to not having one clue about what I'm studying even after I've explained it to them. Usually, they're funny, as I thought this one was, seeing as how she thought I was studying anthropology even after I explained what I studied.

    I certainly don't mind being challenged on this blog, so thanks for your comment. But to truly engage in dialogue, it might help to know who you are.

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