Random Rants XLVII: I don't like food anymore!
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NickyJ
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I prefer mine in spray bottle form, though. Scrubbing is harder than spraying.
Rant: This speech is giving me far too much trouble, I have no idea where to take it, blech. Hopefully my teacher can help me with this.
Rant2: I don't want to write a paper tomorrow, blech.
Too much to do, too little time, even doing this stuff weeks ahead of time.
Rant2: I don't want to write a paper tomorrow, blech.
Too much to do, too little time, even doing this stuff weeks ahead of time.
It was a perfect storm of crap that hit me all at once.
madviking
north american scum
hobbs- I was totally content with a B in thermo I/II
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It's only upsetting because I went into the test with a ~94-95% in the class and this is going to drop me to a B at best or a C at worst.
She is notoriously hard on students when it comes to partial credit. Instead of taking a view that awards points for getting something right, she instead holds the view students should be punished (ie lose points) for things they got wrong. While it may seem like two different ways to say the same thing, it's a difference in viewpoint that makes a huge difference in outcomes (like the differnce between seeing a glass half-full and half-empty). A friend of mine lost a full 25 points on a problem because he used the wrong equation. Nevermind that he did two pages of work and that the test was only 4 (long-ass) questions worth 100 points, she gave him nothing. He tried to argue for some points but she wouldn't budge.
Anywhoo, yeah depending on how harshly she grades I could now have either a C or a B which is dissapointing given how well I've done on all of the homework and the other tests.
It was just a perfect storm to do badly between the move, buying a puppy, 5 tests in 7 days, multiple homework assignments and now getting sick. I couldn't muster the time or energy to study properly though I did go to 2 study sessions and worked through study problem sets. I just feel defeated...and sick. I really, really need a full night's sleep. I am pretty sure I got sick because since we've bought the puppy he's only slept through the night twice. Every other night he's woken us up and I'm averaging maybe 5 or 6 hours a night tops. I am just absolutely worn down.
She is notoriously hard on students when it comes to partial credit. Instead of taking a view that awards points for getting something right, she instead holds the view students should be punished (ie lose points) for things they got wrong. While it may seem like two different ways to say the same thing, it's a difference in viewpoint that makes a huge difference in outcomes (like the differnce between seeing a glass half-full and half-empty). A friend of mine lost a full 25 points on a problem because he used the wrong equation. Nevermind that he did two pages of work and that the test was only 4 (long-ass) questions worth 100 points, she gave him nothing. He tried to argue for some points but she wouldn't budge.
Anywhoo, yeah depending on how harshly she grades I could now have either a C or a B which is dissapointing given how well I've done on all of the homework and the other tests.
It was just a perfect storm to do badly between the move, buying a puppy, 5 tests in 7 days, multiple homework assignments and now getting sick. I couldn't muster the time or energy to study properly though I did go to 2 study sessions and worked through study problem sets. I just feel defeated...and sick. I really, really need a full night's sleep. I am pretty sure I got sick because since we've bought the puppy he's only slept through the night twice. Every other night he's woken us up and I'm averaging maybe 5 or 6 hours a night tops. I am just absolutely worn down.
Both and much else =\
MagisterCultuum
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I did much worse than that in my Thermodynamics class years ago as far as number grades go, but still got an A. That professor gave very difficult questions, but was quite generous with the grading. He gave partial credit and curved the tests where most of us did poorly, but the generosity mostly showed through his unusual choice of grading scales:
A = 75 to 100
B = 50 to 74
C = 25 to 49
D = 0 to 24
F = Impossible, unless the student skipped every single test and neglected to turn in even a single homework assignment; it was not necessary to have gotten any question even partially right on anything ever. (Of course, I think all of the majors that require Thermodynamics also require at least a C in the class, so a D was equivalent to failing.)
(That was during a summer semester at Georgia Tech, with a professor who had taught at GT Lorraine for a couple years but had never before visited the US. He was originally from Belgium, and had the highest voice I've ever heard from a grown man. )
madviking
north american scum
that's asinine. my prof gave a curve similar to MagisterCultuum's hence that's how I got a B in both thermo classes.
Well, at least you're getting boys.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
The problem methinks is not getting them. 
Now, jeez TK, sorry bro, get better from this.
Now, jeez TK, sorry bro, get better from this.
The problem methinks is not getting them.
Oh.
I went through a slight phase at university where I was concerned about a lack of relationships, but I haven't had one in ten years to no great distress on my part.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
I hadn't been concerned by a lack of relationships until now. I was curious about it, it was like "Huh, I got no relationships, I don't really want one or see myself getting into one, doesn't seem to be the usual thing". Now I'm just frustrated for not having one. Or worse. I had one tough month and a half since Match 10th, and I got over the angstyness, but I am still alone and it comes back, and I just can't stand it.
EDIT: Hey, I hit that a bit. I occasionally get into a CivG area of complaining of not having anything to do or nothing to do.
EDIT: Hey, I hit that a bit. I occasionally get into a CivG area of complaining of not having anything to do or nothing to do.
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