How Was Your Break?

Since coming back to school I have had the unfortunate obligation of participating in one of the most repetitive and annoying college traditions, the "How Was Your Break?" conversation. I have MAde some close friends whose breaks I truly do care about but I have no desire whatsoever to ask the MAny acquaintances how their break was, it sucks! Some people have extravegant breaks full of beaches, clubs, bars, sun, and unique thrill seeking experiences that are once in a lifetime type experiences BUT the MAjority of us don't! So, when a kid I've met a couple of times proceeds to tell me about jet-skiing in Aruba I want to shove his words right back into his mouth. MAybe I am saying this because I haven't been on a vacation that wasn't a 3 or 4 hour drive in years regardless after talking to my roommates at dinner I realized that this is a widely shared sentiment. Spending 3 to 5 minutes talking about how I went to the dump and walked the dog doesn't seem like anything any other person wants to hear about so I try my absolute best to keep the details of my break minuscule. I wish that other people would try to do the same instead of rambling about every single Christmas gift and the juicy details of their New Year's party . MAybe this MAkes me a mean person and MAkes me seem uninterested in other peoples lives but frankly interaction is the key to human life and I think that all interaction should be worth something and more then a unwritten social rule that we all take part in. It isn't necessarily always the content of this conversation but the number of times that it may happen during a given day. I counted that I had this "How Was Your Break" conversation eight times today and no matter what the next person was talking about I still found myself flinching and feeling as if there were a million better things I could have been doing then suffering through another persons break story. Another reason this conversation is a trap is because it is a perfect segue to the "How are your classes/What classes are you taking" conversation. After every break for some odd reason people fake like they really truly care about what you are studying. I don't care if you took a philosophy course that made you wonder what the point to human life was, if you needed a class to come to that realization then I am wasting my time conversing with you. Although at times vital information, like how a certain professor or class is, can be attained the MAjority of the students at every college major in something different then you and will never even think about the things you've learned. In conclusion I will explain the above photo of Kevin Youkilis flipping the bird. I don't want to hear about your break, I wasn't there, I am happy you had fun, we all did, let's talk about something else! Thank You.