Took first test
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averygoodun42Results were up before the next class started. I am not shocked at my 100%. I would be shocked if anyone did not get at least 90%. It was multiple choice, for heaven's sake!
Meanwhile, I take it back about my being dumb. I don't know when I said it, but I'm sure I have said it, and I now see how patently untrue it is*. Being in classes where probably half of my classmates don't value education enough to do the extremely simple homework (so as to understand the extremely simple concepts) is enough proof that I either am WAY smarter than they are or just more studious. Which kind of amounts to the same thing right now.
I mean, yes, I do understand that not everyone has an easy time of it with math. I also understand that not everyone who is taking accounting is going for an accounting degree, and therefore might not be people who have an easy time of it with math.
But seriously, people! How hard is it to grasp that debits = credits in the accounting equation? And, after the professor having gone through it fifteen billion times in the last two weeks, HOW DO YOU NOT GET IT???
Dingbats.
I'd say that about half the class gets it (and is bored out of their skulls at the incredibly slow pace of the class), and the other half is struggling really, really hard. Which, for these very, very basic concepts, is rather discouraging about the education system of the region.
And, just because I'm ranting, I'm going to put a little dig in at my prof because he completely wasted our lab time by doing his painstakingly slow homework review in our only lab class of the week, rather than saving it for tomorrow's two-hour normal classroom time (which is the first of two two-hour classes for the week).
Organization!Fail!
* So as not to come off as a completely arrogant bitch, I willingly admit that I am very capable of making very dumb decisions every now and again. In fact, when I'm tired I kind of excel at making dumb decisions, and sometimes do so repeatedly. However... At least I have the brains to know I've made a mistake? Ya know?
Okay, this forced optimism book is really getting me, so I'm going to vent a little here. For example, this little tidbit: "Victims give little effort to choosing or preparing for a career. Instead, they allow influential others (such as parents and teachers) or circumstances to determine their choice of work. They complain about the jobs they have, make excuses for why they haven't gotten the jobs they want, and blame others or their own permanent flaws for their occupational woes."
Granted, I know the author is talking to college students here, but, well, I can think of several people (outside of and in college) who have jobs they don't like because those are the only jobs out there!!! Circumstance is, in actuality, sometimes a VERY influential factor. They aren't just whiners. FFS.
ION, life is going pretty well. It amazes me how much of a difference there is between my energy level now and what it was one year ago. It staggers me, actually. A year ago, I wasn't able to be in choir because it took too much energy to follow the music, keep my ear open to what everyone else was doing and make the notes myself. It was an exhausting drain. Now it's a joyful experience again, and it's amazing to me how easy it is to keep up, even when zonked.
I can move things around the house and outside without difficulty. A year ago, it winded me to take Babe's tiny bike down to the basement. It was so heavy. This year, the same bike was brought out of the basement (and given away! Whee!!!!) with minimal effort.
It makes me rather emotional to think of how low I must have been, physically and mentally, if this approach to normality is such a huge leap. A joyous leap, but a leap nonetheless.
And no wonder all I could think and talk about was my health. That was the extent of my life.
But anyway, it isn't now. And because it isn't, I must go.
Meanwhile, I take it back about my being dumb. I don't know when I said it, but I'm sure I have said it, and I now see how patently untrue it is*. Being in classes where probably half of my classmates don't value education enough to do the extremely simple homework (so as to understand the extremely simple concepts) is enough proof that I either am WAY smarter than they are or just more studious. Which kind of amounts to the same thing right now.
I mean, yes, I do understand that not everyone has an easy time of it with math. I also understand that not everyone who is taking accounting is going for an accounting degree, and therefore might not be people who have an easy time of it with math.
But seriously, people! How hard is it to grasp that debits = credits in the accounting equation? And, after the professor having gone through it fifteen billion times in the last two weeks, HOW DO YOU NOT GET IT???
Dingbats.
I'd say that about half the class gets it (and is bored out of their skulls at the incredibly slow pace of the class), and the other half is struggling really, really hard. Which, for these very, very basic concepts, is rather discouraging about the education system of the region.
And, just because I'm ranting, I'm going to put a little dig in at my prof because he completely wasted our lab time by doing his painstakingly slow homework review in our only lab class of the week, rather than saving it for tomorrow's two-hour normal classroom time (which is the first of two two-hour classes for the week).
Organization!Fail!
* So as not to come off as a completely arrogant bitch, I willingly admit that I am very capable of making very dumb decisions every now and again. In fact, when I'm tired I kind of excel at making dumb decisions, and sometimes do so repeatedly. However... At least I have the brains to know I've made a mistake? Ya know?
Okay, this forced optimism book is really getting me, so I'm going to vent a little here. For example, this little tidbit: "Victims give little effort to choosing or preparing for a career. Instead, they allow influential others (such as parents and teachers) or circumstances to determine their choice of work. They complain about the jobs they have, make excuses for why they haven't gotten the jobs they want, and blame others or their own permanent flaws for their occupational woes."
Granted, I know the author is talking to college students here, but, well, I can think of several people (outside of and in college) who have jobs they don't like because those are the only jobs out there!!! Circumstance is, in actuality, sometimes a VERY influential factor. They aren't just whiners. FFS.
ION, life is going pretty well. It amazes me how much of a difference there is between my energy level now and what it was one year ago. It staggers me, actually. A year ago, I wasn't able to be in choir because it took too much energy to follow the music, keep my ear open to what everyone else was doing and make the notes myself. It was an exhausting drain. Now it's a joyful experience again, and it's amazing to me how easy it is to keep up, even when zonked.
I can move things around the house and outside without difficulty. A year ago, it winded me to take Babe's tiny bike down to the basement. It was so heavy. This year, the same bike was brought out of the basement (and given away! Whee!!!!) with minimal effort.
It makes me rather emotional to think of how low I must have been, physically and mentally, if this approach to normality is such a huge leap. A joyous leap, but a leap nonetheless.
And no wonder all I could think and talk about was my health. That was the extent of my life.
But anyway, it isn't now. And because it isn't, I must go.
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Date: 2011-09-19 07:58 pm (UTC)Loves you, Sonia :)
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Date: 2011-09-19 08:40 pm (UTC)(And happy (very) belated birthday!)
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Date: 2011-09-19 09:38 pm (UTC)I like the two I mentioned before, and we can afford those ...
There will be discussion. Do you mind hanging on a bit longer?
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Date: 2011-09-19 09:43 pm (UTC)(Really need to keep track of things like that better... Sorry.)
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Date: 2011-09-22 07:15 pm (UTC)Thank you for even considering it!
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Date: 2011-09-20 12:01 am (UTC)Good to hear such positivity! It sucks that your teacher works at the pace of the slowest - seems like that's more appropriate for children than adults.
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Date: 2011-09-22 06:37 pm (UTC)It's good to feel it, too. The teacher's pace is sucky, but, and I hesitate to say this because it sounds soooo arrogant, I think I'm smarter than he is. Granted, he is FAR more knowledgeable than I am, probably in areas beyond accounting, but I think I get things faster than he does. Which is irritating. Ach well. ;-)