Some people don’t get chances in this society
I applied for a college course in marketing & communication on 10th of August and patiently waited to receive a call back for an college interview. I waited for almost 2 weeks and i still did not receive a call back and so i took the initiative to call and ask about my application. All of sudden they managed to get back to me and sent me an email telling me i need to make a motivation video along with a motivation letter (i know seems redundant, but i still did it) and send it via email.
They set me up with a very tight deadline. They did not answer me for 2 weeks and all of sudden i had to send a motivation video the very next day before 00:00 Midnight…but i still managed to do it. I put all my time and effort into trying to make it work and it was all in vain…i traveled for almost 2 hours back and forth to college only to receive a very vague explanation as to why they rejected my application…they said it had something to do with my motivation and did not further elaborate.
This isn’t the 1st time…it’s actually the 3rd time that i’ve been rejected on some vague claim of my motivation not being good enough. I even remember the time i applied for a hair dressing course…and it seemed like they were actively trying to discourage me from entering the course…mentioning my race (i’m black) and saying i must be aware that i will be taking care of European type of hair and not black hair and how it might be an obstacle for me in my college course…i also applied for a cooking college course and they kept mentioning ”the high costs” of the college course. But then they still rejected me not because of they money, but because they believed i would not be motivated enough during the college course.
I gave it my all with the motivation video and letter, i even showed them an original formula i created in my free time to solve a math problem called ”triangular numbers” just to show them my willingness to learn and that i love to study…i showed them my grades from my previous college course, 80% mark for math, 90% mark for language (Dutch) and none of it mattered!
This has been happening to me for years, all the way from childhood to young adulthood (now 25 years old) and i can’t seem to get ahead in education despite showing my willingness to do so and having results to show it. The education i did receive is so poor and low that it can’t properly support myself through life.
It makes me severely depressed and makes me want to give up on everything and just not exist anymore.
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I hear ya. That’s the story of my life- no matter how hard I try, and no matter how smart I am or better qualified than the other person, I can never get ahead in life. Don’t know what to tell ya other than life fucking sucks sometimes (or most times).
It sucks indeed. The rejection is exhausting…i have been through it my whole life. The one positive thing it did for me is that i became a self made individual. Learn how to play guitar or piano…? do it yourself! Study mathematics without the aid of a teacher…do it your self! and so on .
Also- they make you APPLY and interview to TAKE college courses now? If that’s the case, man, I’m sure glad I went to school years ago.
They do here in The Netherlands…it’s part of gate keeping in education.
Now, that makes me mad! They seem biased as heck. I can’t even believe, that someone who keeps trying that hard, can even be unmotivated! What am I then? I stopped trying right after school.. Just keep trying, I hope the next place treats you better ): such shitty people. Unfortunately I know a lot about “being the forgotten one”