Business trip

What a rotten thing! I was asked to attend this seminar, but it was the coldest day of the year! In the coldest place! From the very beginning, the instructor asked me to attend this seminar and publish papers. I have been very unhappy. It’s not my thesis, and it doesn’t help me graduate at all. Why should I go? Besides, I have to prepare a report paper, but as a student, what can I do in addition to accepting it silently?