{"id":2823,"date":"2017-12-09T12:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T18:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2025-10-07T07:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:35:49","slug":"the-echo-eavesdrops-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/the-echo-eavesdrops-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Echo Eavesdrops &#8211; December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12782 size-medium\" src=\"\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Josiah-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Josiah, RCTC student\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Josiah-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Josiah-1228x1280.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Josiah-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Josiah-1474x1536.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Josiah.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>\u201cMay I quote you on that?\u201d is a common question a journalist asks during an interview. Here are just a few of the colorful comments that we\u2019ve heard around campus<span class=\"s1\">. This time, we didn\u2019t ask your permission. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b> <\/b><b>\u201cI\u2019d sell my soul for an A in this class.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2013 in the Science and Technology area<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>\u201cThe REAL reason we\u2019re quiet in the library is to let people sleep.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u2013 in the Goddard library<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>\u201cYes, I chased a duck for 300 yards. No, I did not catch it.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u2013 in the cafeteria<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>\u201cGet a dog instead. Humans aren\u2019t meant for companionship.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">\u2013 near the bus stop outside Endicott Hall<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>\u201cI just want to be happy! I\u2019m going to focus on having the most beautiful Instagram and stop thinking about the likes.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u2013 in the Health Science Center<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Person 1: <b>\u201cInvest in bitcoin, man. I made a twelve-dollar profit over three days.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Person 2: <b>\u201cGet a job, dude.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2013 in the Atrium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMay I quote you on that?\u201d is a common question a journalist asks during an interview. Here are just a few of the colorful comments that we\u2019ve heard around campus. This time, we didn\u2019t ask your permission. \u201cI\u2019d sell my soul for an A in this class.\u201d \u2013 in the Science and Technology area \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}