Finally figured out what I’m doing this summer. I’ll be getting a little less than 2 months’ worth of pay (compared to normal monthly paychecks during the last school year) for the 3 months of summer. (Which is good; it’s more than I expected to earn through departmental support this summer.) I was originally scheduled […]
It’s been a great week. Very productive. I’ve done a little recreational reading almost every day. I’ve worked on math almost every day. I’ve paid rent, played tennis, gotten horribly lost trying to find the gym, eventually found the gym and exercised there, washed 5 loads of laundry (from the time I was in PA […]
So, finally back in TX. I really missed my apartment. And my bed. I’m glad to be home. I’ve already begun studying for the algebra qualifying exam. I thought I might have trouble motivating myself to study this early in the summer, but so far so good. I’ve done some work every day since I’ve […]
Okay, just a short post in case my upbeat attitude is ruined by tomorrow. Had two final exams today and they actually went really well. I would have liked to have studied more, but what time I did spend studying, I was very focused. Apparently whatever I did worked because I feel like I aced […]
… they get into a near-shouting match over THREE points on a homework assignment. (Each homework assignment has 100 points on it. The average of all of their homework assignments counts for 10% of the final grade in the course, and the lowest 4-5 out of the 12-13 they’ll be turning in are dropped. So […]
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. […]
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