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 […]
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 […]
So, last week I sent this story in an e-mail to a few former professors from my undergrad days at Ursinus (so if you received that e-mail you needn’t read any farther because you already know the ending…). But I am so attached to this story I figured I’d share it with all my blog […]
So I am feeling REALLY good today. In spite of infuriating missed penalty calls in the Steelers game last night, they still won against a strong division rival to take first place in the division, so that’s awesome. Plus, I got an algebra assignment back this morning in which I only got 3 points taken […]
Holy crap it is December. I’ve been in Texas for 3 and a half months now. And while it is snowing and low 30s back home in PA, it is mid 60s and sunny here. Yay! In less than two weeks, though, I will be back in Pennsylvania for the holidays. That presents a lot […]
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