Comments | giallarhorn: If the bottle could talk

giallarhorn

If the bottle could talk

Oct 15, 2013 08:04

Thank you (or thanks?) everyone for all the happy birthday wishes! I didn't actually do very much other than go out for coffee with twilightlver89 and another friend after classes. Maybe I'll properly celebrate nearing the holidays. I don't feel older, or at least no older than I felt when I went 'oh hey I'm in grad school ( Read more... )

higher education is a trial, general life

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etoiledunord October 15 2013, 13:43:25 UTC

Grading is one of the... let's say special delights of being a teacher, especially if you didn't make the assignment/test and can't figure out what's even supposed to be going on, let alone what the students did with it. >.>;

giallarhorn October 16 2013, 03:53:11 UTC

Yeah, it's even harder when you're not entirely clear of how partial credit should be handed out, but I guess it's based on the assumption that TAs are infallible when it comes to grading? Cause no one asked me about the grading, though they were rather offput by it.

sarahblack October 15 2013, 20:56:40 UTC

Happy birthday! I hope you had something delicious when you went out for coffee to celebrate. ^^

Why are PIs never in the country when you need them, and always around when you want them to be on the other side of the planet?

giallarhorn October 16 2013, 03:55:51 UTC

Thanks! Haha, I probably should've gotten a cupcake to go with it, but I settled for a danish instead because it seemed like the most filling thing that was there.

It's because in the process of getting their PhDs and teaching positions, they underwent a magical ritual that bestowed upon the the capability to know exactly where they should be at exactly the right time as a means of either maximizing productivity or making their own lives easier, aka they're all wizards/witches.

twilightlver89 October 15 2013, 21:38:25 UTC

I saw that you tagged me on your post and just decided to check live journal. Guess how long it's been since I have been on? Three years!

giallarhorn October 16 2013, 03:56:56 UTC

Heh, it has been a while, hasn't it? I'm surprised your account wasn't purged yet, tbh.

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giallarhorn October 17 2013, 13:13:24 UTC

Thanks!

Yeah, I'm still the same way- it's like yay, I can count my physical and biological age now, but mental age seems to advance at its own pace?

Gen chem lab, thankfully. It's good and bad since I don't have to worry too much about a really dangerous spill or accident going on since they work with fairly harmless stuff, but at the same time it's also the student's first introduction to a lab in general, so.