Getting Better

Jul 20, 2007 10:06


Well here I am, a full time student at a rather serious school, and things are getting better all the time. Not constantly, perhaps; but often enough to manage the predictable ebbs and flows atop the deeper pattern ( Read more... )

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Whew! anonymous July 20 2007, 22:17:06 UTC
Stop! You're tiring me out just reading about all that activity! :D

And someone should tell that prof that if the whole class does poorly it's not the students' fault.

Too much activity here too. Not much progress, but certainly activity.

"René"

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Re: Whew! diverged July 22 2007, 19:36:13 UTC
It's not my fault you're old and tired! You need a serious vacation. Why can't you just go on welfare like all those other people who hate working? It's normal behavior around here!

(Haha, I suspect you secretly like your work, essentially, except for having too much of it. Is there any truth to that?)

There seems a common notion that professors should use their first exam as a litmus test to sort out the quitters, etcetera. I don't agree with that theory, nor do I think it necessarily applies to this particular professor-- but, I'm willing to wait and see more before giving her direct feedback. I couldn't even try that unless I were well prepared to do so, because she seems very set in her ways, and it'd be hard to say anything without making her impossibly defensive. If I truly come to feel she's unfair, however, I need to do something for the sake of my fellow students. I'm expected to be a good example for my peers, and in my mind, that entails advocating for them. We'll see what happens!

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Re: Whew! anonymous July 22 2007, 20:33:55 UTC
You are correct to a certain extent:
There is satisfaction in creating new from raw material as well as in repairing the broken. There is no satisfaction in endlessly typing in numbers, and utter frustration in any endeavour that proves unsuccessful even if it is unimportant. Getting that old lawnmower, that Cole found alongside the road, running was pure ego trip.

And I would have told that teacher she was an ass to start with; at my age I've no time to waste on fools. Of course, I would have done so in High School as well. No wonder I was always such a populr student! :D

You, on the other hand, will go and do it all right and proper. Could you just once leap to the wrong conclusion and do something horribly wrong? Your inter-personal perfection can be quite annoying to those of us who have none of it. :D

René

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Re: Whew! anonymous July 22 2007, 20:35:08 UTC
You are correct to a certain extent:
There is satisfaction in creating new from raw material as well as in repairing the broken. There is no satisfaction in endlessly typing in numbers, and utter frustration in any endeavour that proves unsuccessful even if it is unimportant. Getting that old lawnmower, that Cole found alongside the road, running was pure ego trip.

And I would have told that teacher she was an ass to start with; at my age I've no time to waste on fools. Of course, I would have done so in High School as well. No wonder I was always such a popular student! :D

You, on the other hand, will go and do it all right and proper. Could you just once leap to the wrong conclusion and do something horribly wrong? Your inter-personal perfection can be quite annoying to those of us who have none of it. :D

René

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