Dear Ivory Tower-Ensconced PHuDs ( Read more... )

Just got a call from the corporate HR office of the district I was slated to start work with this fall. Since I failed my certification test (237 out of 240) they won't hire me. There is no way to appeal this score, or, currently, re-take the test, even though the next exam is scheduled for the day after tomorrow; and there are no future exams ( Read more... )

Incubating a fever, scrambling to finish Quantum homework before it hits, and listening to weird al, of all things.

Suddenly realized I'm very happy.

For the first time since the semester started, all of my problems seem surmountable.

there is something wrong. ever since my crippling flu-ish thing around spring break, I've lacked the energy to climb stairs, complete classwork, and overcome my socio-phobia enough to bother my advisor -- who's on sabbatical this semester-- about the classes I require that aren't in the course schedule ( Read more... )

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"We're going to need a semen sample."

Words that sound semi-innocuous until you experience their ramifications. They give you a sterile cup and tell you to make sure to drop it off at the lab within an hour of collection.

The lab is more than an hour's drive from my house.

angular momentum; tension; friction

"I cannot be a Sociologist. I am not full of enough shit."
-Carrie in response to a required reading article in a required class that based many of it's conclusions on factually inaccurate premises. Like 'all poor people have lead poisoning.'

Three weeks ago I confidently told the Noyce Scholarship people that I had a better handle on things and expected my GPA would improve ( Read more... )

Pre-Script: The intro to this ended up longer than I intended. Just skip to the line that begins "I haven't heard from you in months," if you want to skim to the meat of this post ( Read more... )

I was given a simple pseudo-assignment in my vector calc class. Find the mistake in this mathematical proof stating that the square root of 2 = 2; also read the class policies and comment on one thing you liked, and one you disliked about them ( Read more... )