As
people come in all shapes n sizes, so do 'library-goers' so let's begin…
First
up are the 'entertainers', these 'kinda'
have the 'coolest and loudest ringtones and where else to show off these catchy
tunes than the serine thatcher-environs
where the tranquility just gives you the go ahead!...after all everyone gets to
hear it because apparently their phones lack the silent mode! People in this
category also want the whole world to know they are being 'YouTube bambwad' a
reason for Nicky Minaj to seriously sound the alarm because there are certain
little gadgets called earphones so that we don't have to suffer the agony of
hearing what you are watching.
The 'consensus-terians' (excuse my English
here),just happen to be in this category because others are in some category so
they just had to fit in, maintaining the status quo.Their futile attempts
of visiting the library every now and then to show off
their 'intelligence' is based on the assumption that 'everyone goes there
anyway', whose everyone by the way?somebody?anybody?
Some
myopically hold on to the belief that going to the Thatcher-environs makes them
true citadels of academic success, the only mark there is for excellence that
there is little or no room at all for a social life, these are the 'straight-jacketers'.You can even notice that
there is really little to say about this category.
Dreamers, on the other hand, are the ones you
find aimlessly starring at the window and keep glancing at their watches every
5 seconds and basically anyone who passes by. If you sit next to them, remember
you've been warned, you'll definitely be part of their wide range of optical
nutrition.
Now
when it comes to style or is it 'stylo',no one can beat the 'fashionistas' for they have it all together
when it comes to the matching all the
way to the mixing and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that…everyone
should make an effort but seriously wear your heels somewhere else and if you
have certain soul ties to 'em then get
sound pads for them instead. Also on a
polite note invest in earrings that don't make everyone on the floor you are
trodding on think you are on the African
Safaris with all the jingling!
The 'idlers' are one of a kind as they have the
propensity of leaving behind 'notes' wherever they happen to pass as if to
allude 'I was here too!' These are the brains behind the phone contacts asking
for queer services and the common 'mind your business' in the lavatories,
making one wonder who is supposed to mind their own business here.
Well
there is nothing wrong with exercise. Definitely good for your health but when
you do it in the library then you fall in the category of the 'hyperactive'. These well up with buck loads of love for walking up and down
looking for the 'best' sitting areas and are ever on an unending search for
'academic materials'. They also keep relating with their mobile phones for
hours on end you would think it is the very air they breathe!
The
next category is a little tentative to describe, maybe the 'know-it alls',may work for the kind that are
in their own league, not the football one, but that of the Einsteins as the
only reliable source they have ever known is google.com but their assignments
usually mysteriously contain a long, and I mean a looooong list of reference
books that date back to the dawn of creation. They have interacted with authors
we have never even heard of or are yet to or just simply these authors do not
live on this planet or universe or even in the Milky Way, our very own
galaxy!...mmmh!quite interesting I might add.
The realists are a balanced bunch and although I
am not to play favorites as a writer, I must admit that I find these ones quite
compelling as they know and understand that education is more than books and do
not exaggerate their visits to the Thatcher-environs as the very fabric that
holds them here on campus. In a way they are flexible, know why they go to say
hi to Margaret and generally just have their own styles of doing things.
Sadly,
I end this article with two 'special'(and not the good kind of special) groups
that am yet to assign a category to as even after taking their time to read
this entire article they still don’t what 'Margaret-Thatcherterians' means, and
for some strange coincidental reason may think I am bubbling about myself. The
other group has 'heard' great, amazing things about 'Margaret-Thatcher
building; but somewhat believe it is a celebrated academic myth for if you ask
them to point it out you may suffer a mild heart plunge as they are not sure
where to place it on campus. I'll assume two things here, that they never did
Geography in high school so their sense of direction is a bit amiss or there is
a great need for the 'orientation program' at campus to be very practical and
actually involve students visiting every corner of the campus.
So
which type are you?
Margaret
C Tanui
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