it's official, i have finished my first semester of school! one semester down, i think 8,000 to go :)
this semester i travelled 4,000 miles between Albany and Binghamton....used 18 tanks of gas....listened to 9 books on cd.....got lost in my thoughts and figuring out my life.....had numerous group meetings...took four tests and wrote 9 papers....i had a variety of characters in my classes and still giggle about many of them....
during my travels, i learned where all the safe stops were along 88 (if anyone ever needs to know)....i fell down and broke my crown, which worried me for a while about not getting to the end of the semester....i did most things i enjoy while in school, better than i thought i would....some things did get neglected, but i guess that happens when you take on something new....
but the semester has ended, i have no grades yet....next semester i will be going twice a week...which should prove interesting....but for now, the end has come and it is sweet.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
the light
it's almost here...the end of my first semester of doctorate school....on monday i had two group presentations....one class should have ended and the other one only has a homework and final left.
in my first class our group presentations were 10 minutes each....i think there were 10 groups....it was a waste of everyone's time...the projects, the presentations, everything....the professor promptly announced at the end of the presentations that they would not hurt or improve our grades....that's right, they won't really count! what the hell!?!! each group spent alot of time running statistics, writing summaries, putting together information....for it not to count! i left the class a little disappointed and wishing that i didn't have to go back.
in my second class, we did our final project presentation....this is the one that i have been working on all semester...the group that had the crazy member early on....anyway, we had been working for the last two weeks to finalize our paper and powerpoint....one group member was less than on top of her stuff....it was pretty crappy of her to not put more energy into the final project....and when she finally did her part, she didn't do what the rest of us did and was way off in the presentation....overall though, the presentation went well....we presented our stuff and then got the third degree from the panel of VP's that our professor invited to come.....we survived the third degree and then sat through the other group....
at the end of class, our professor announces that he had some feedback for both groups....he wanted to let us all know that he had expected to see three things in our presentations but didn't....and that he hoped they were in our papers....if they weren't in our papers, we would need to put it in and get the papers to him by sunday at noon....that's right, he basically said our papers probably sucked and we needed to fix it....okay, maybe that is a little extreme....but myself and one of my group members made faces at each other as he announced this extra work...the class was supposed to be over monday.....now we have more work to do....
i am a little crazy about this....i just want to be done....i just want to put the semester behind me, be done with statistics, be done with group projects.....today is wednesday....i have finished my "extra" work for the group project....good thing....i have started my last homework for stats, though still have enough to do....and still need to study for the final....the 40 question, cumlative final....
i am looking for the light....hoping i will see it soon.
in my first class our group presentations were 10 minutes each....i think there were 10 groups....it was a waste of everyone's time...the projects, the presentations, everything....the professor promptly announced at the end of the presentations that they would not hurt or improve our grades....that's right, they won't really count! what the hell!?!! each group spent alot of time running statistics, writing summaries, putting together information....for it not to count! i left the class a little disappointed and wishing that i didn't have to go back.
in my second class, we did our final project presentation....this is the one that i have been working on all semester...the group that had the crazy member early on....anyway, we had been working for the last two weeks to finalize our paper and powerpoint....one group member was less than on top of her stuff....it was pretty crappy of her to not put more energy into the final project....and when she finally did her part, she didn't do what the rest of us did and was way off in the presentation....overall though, the presentation went well....we presented our stuff and then got the third degree from the panel of VP's that our professor invited to come.....we survived the third degree and then sat through the other group....
at the end of class, our professor announces that he had some feedback for both groups....he wanted to let us all know that he had expected to see three things in our presentations but didn't....and that he hoped they were in our papers....if they weren't in our papers, we would need to put it in and get the papers to him by sunday at noon....that's right, he basically said our papers probably sucked and we needed to fix it....okay, maybe that is a little extreme....but myself and one of my group members made faces at each other as he announced this extra work...the class was supposed to be over monday.....now we have more work to do....
i am a little crazy about this....i just want to be done....i just want to put the semester behind me, be done with statistics, be done with group projects.....today is wednesday....i have finished my "extra" work for the group project....good thing....i have started my last homework for stats, though still have enough to do....and still need to study for the final....the 40 question, cumlative final....
i am looking for the light....hoping i will see it soon.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The children....
last night, i think i realized what life must be like for my friends who have children....one, two, three, it must be crazy. but here is what happened.
i have a butt load of homework due in the next two weeks. two group projects and presentations (both include group papers that are 15-20 pages), a final homework, and a final exam. so, i had no after work commitments yesterday and decided i would dedicate the evening to getting some of the work done.
now, as some of you may know i have been home for the last 10 days (if you don't know, read "i feel weird")...so the dog and cats have had alot of "mommy" time with me....i couldn't do anything for most of those 10 days, so i laid in my bed or on the couch.....and they got all the attention they wanted....jack was sooo good in that time, he usually just laid with me, not getting into anything or doing anything bad....the cats too.
in my wisdom, i figured this behavior would continue....the "children" had been so good while i was stuck at home, they would continue to be good....i could probably get alot of work done. that was the plan....then i got home...
jack decided that he was going to be a pain about everything....chasing the cats around the house, digging up one of the house plants and after i cleaned it up, digging it up again....tater insisted on sitting on my lap or in front of the computer the whole time....and bella wanted food, to go outside, to come inside, to go outside again, to tease jack so he will chase her around the house....it went on like this for hours....no treat i gave jack interested him....nothing got tater and bella to be like cats and just sit in the corner.....NOTHING.
it figures in the time i need to do work, they all act up....all i wanted to do was get some extra credit work done for my stats class....and get some of the writing done for the two group papers, because i (someone kick me) volunteered to do the majority of the writing for both papers....yes, that was my "i need to be an overachiever" that came out when i volunteered to do that....the others in my two groups are wonderful and i have enjoyed working with them, but really, they are all very laid back about their grades and work....i needed to know it will be done.
to my friends with kids- this is why i don't have them....i couldn't imagine what last night would have been like if the animals were humans....and i had to pay all this attention to them after having been home with them for so many days in a row....i give you all alot of credit, good work on doing it all....
i did get some of the work done....with no help from the children.
i have a butt load of homework due in the next two weeks. two group projects and presentations (both include group papers that are 15-20 pages), a final homework, and a final exam. so, i had no after work commitments yesterday and decided i would dedicate the evening to getting some of the work done.
now, as some of you may know i have been home for the last 10 days (if you don't know, read "i feel weird")...so the dog and cats have had alot of "mommy" time with me....i couldn't do anything for most of those 10 days, so i laid in my bed or on the couch.....and they got all the attention they wanted....jack was sooo good in that time, he usually just laid with me, not getting into anything or doing anything bad....the cats too.
in my wisdom, i figured this behavior would continue....the "children" had been so good while i was stuck at home, they would continue to be good....i could probably get alot of work done. that was the plan....then i got home...
jack decided that he was going to be a pain about everything....chasing the cats around the house, digging up one of the house plants and after i cleaned it up, digging it up again....tater insisted on sitting on my lap or in front of the computer the whole time....and bella wanted food, to go outside, to come inside, to go outside again, to tease jack so he will chase her around the house....it went on like this for hours....no treat i gave jack interested him....nothing got tater and bella to be like cats and just sit in the corner.....NOTHING.
it figures in the time i need to do work, they all act up....all i wanted to do was get some extra credit work done for my stats class....and get some of the writing done for the two group papers, because i (someone kick me) volunteered to do the majority of the writing for both papers....yes, that was my "i need to be an overachiever" that came out when i volunteered to do that....the others in my two groups are wonderful and i have enjoyed working with them, but really, they are all very laid back about their grades and work....i needed to know it will be done.
to my friends with kids- this is why i don't have them....i couldn't imagine what last night would have been like if the animals were humans....and i had to pay all this attention to them after having been home with them for so many days in a row....i give you all alot of credit, good work on doing it all....
i did get some of the work done....with no help from the children.
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