Okay, so I have a lot to say and not a lot of time to say it in. Firstly, I have the issue with that student resolved now. I think. There’s a good support system in place here for grad students that are teaching, so that we don’t have to deal with bullshit from students. […]
Okay really quick complaining session before I get back to working really hard to finish this analysis assignment before 2PM. I’m already becoming disillusioned about working in academia. College students are whiny and feel they are entitled to whatever they want. Sure, college is a service they pay for, but they’re not paying for an […]
Today is the last day of Spring Break 2011. During my four years of college-proper, I never did anything but work over spring break. I used those days to work 40-60+ hours at 1-2 jobs. This was my first ever spring break that was used primarily for travel and entertainment, and it was awesome. On […]
First of all, most of you who know me know that I have been pretty opposed to teaching as a profession for myself for quite a long time for quite a lot of reasons. I absolutely would never teach at the grade school level (I HATE being around children, plus I feel like I’d be […]
Grad school is a series of emotions as much as it is an educational experience. First one feels tremendous frustration as one tries to complete work (problem sets, time-juggling experiments, etc) that one feels are well beyond one’s capabilities, while all the surrounding people give off the expectations and assumption that one should EASILY be […]
This semester I’ve made an interesting discovery. My old undergraduate habits, while improved, have not yet been broken. I don’t know if they ever will be. I, like most students, am a classic procrastinator. Also like most students, I start every semester with the mantra “This time it will be different!” in my mind. I […]
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