So I got the textbook problem straightened out. I made a freshie mistake…don’t get books before you’ve gone to all of your classes once. I was sold 2 books I didn’t need, one of which I would have had access to when I bought the math lab…the lab being the only required part of the class materials.
Since that workbook is used for classwork, I could have gotten away with bringing my lappy to class and working on the problems in a separate notebook. I did manage to get a promo code from my teacher which got me 2 weeks which buys me some time until my next pay check sigh of relief.
My medical cyclopedia wasn’t even required, but I might as well keep it. She is letting us get away with using the 8th edition pending we go to class every day and make annotations in our books to correct differences from 9th. I ordered a used one off amazon. I’m using the books online resource to get me by in class until it comes in. I don’t have to worry about the bundle pack since I can make my own flash cards and the online resource has pronunciation audio files. The whole package would have been 3/4 of a paycheck. fuck that noise.
I think I’ve got the word building thing down. I’ve been working on building some of my own. Assuming I followed the rules for word structure, cynoeggopathy would be the medical word for disease of the blue waffle (blue waffle disease). laughs hysterically Seriously though, this is too easy. She said for those of us in the class who already speak 2+ languages, there is no reason why we shouldn’t get an A.
The first week was pretty rough. Aside from the book problem, I didn’t manage my time properly. I had a paper due last friday, finished it thursday night but computer lab didn’t open until the same time as my english class. I managed to upload it to staples and ran up there before they closed. They totally botched the layout. Font was off and indentations were gone but at least I was able to hand something in. Better a lower grade than an F. Besides, papers that are turned in on time are eligible for resubmission for better grade at the end of semester. I can always fix it.
Gen Psych is a joke. The text book reads like stereo instructions and He talks like Ben Stein. Every class has 1 student who wants to make absolutely sure that everyone is convinced they are the smartest kid in class, even when they are a total dumbass. We were talking about scientific method and descriptive research. When talking about study and observation and ways to control variables this young man asked about the Heisenberg effect. I so desperately wanted to correct him but I really don’t want to end up labeled the Hermione Granger of the class. See he was talking about the Hawthorne Effect. The two get confused all of the time. Heisenberg effect says an observed subject will appear to behave differently to the observer while the Hawthorne effect says the observed will behave differently because it knows it is being observed. Now that I’m thinking about it, I’m upset with myself because I didn’t say anything and even more upset that Mr Gentile just rolled his eyes and didn’t say anything either. What is the point of being a teacher if you are not going to fill in gaps in correct information and correct misinformation?
This supposed blizzard cost me a shift yesterday and class time today. I find I study more efficiently when I’m on campus. I think its the environment…the energy you know? I think I am just bitter because I’ve got nothing to do today but study and clean. Bored as fuck.
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