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I hate tuesdays. A lot. I'm sitting in the natural resources library in Jordan killing time before my next class at 1:30. Rob called me while I was in stats to let me know that he had two tickets to go see the Stanley Cup, and I could have them. But I'd have to go before 3 pm. Son of a bitch. I can't skip my afternoon classes, and if he had called me 30 minutes earlier, I would have skipped stats to go. Oh well. I already saw the cup once, so it's not like I totally missed out. But still, seeing the cup now would be a hell of a lot better than killing two hours in the library.
I'm irritated because its Tuesday, and Tuesdays really blow. I skipped my environmental regulation class (second time in a row I've done this) this morning. I really hate the class; the material is okay--its the exact same material as the enviro law class I took a few semesters ago. The teacher is horrible. She's a tiny woman from Taiwan who can't talk loudly to save her life. She has a microphone now, but she doesn't realize that her standing right next to the amp causes a lot of distortion and feedback. She's hard to understand as it is without all of the distortion. She makes nice powerpoints for class based on the reading, which is good. But then she spends the entire hour of class reading directly from the slide. And that's it. I can read those slides on my own. So I feel like the class is a waste. Apparently only a few people (out of about 30) has showed up for the past two classes, so maybe she'll get the hint and realize she sucks. Attendance counts 5% (wtf, its a 400 level class), so I am screwing myself over a bit by not going, but I get so angry sitting in that class.
I have Hazwoper training lab at 1:30, and then have to leave that class early to get to environmental ethics at 3. I HATE enviro ethics. At first I really liked the professor, but now I can't stand him. He spends most of class (its a 3 hour class)rambling on about information not relevant to the class. And I hate the material. So far we've reviewed basic ecological concepts (boring) and our reading for this week was basic ethics definitions and shit. I think I hate this because it makes me question if I'm a horrible person after all. And the people in the class are stupid. There is one guy in particular like acts like a fucking know it all, and has to challenge everything the professor says. Last week several people were angry because they felt like the reading and point of the class was to bash Christians (the reading we had was exploring possible reasons for certain views towards the environment and natural resources--the reading cited several places in the bible where it said stuff like, "go forth and subdue the earth". I don't see how that is "bashing"). So its annoying that we have overly sensitive people in this class. And its from 3-6. That is just a shitty time period to have a class.
Dr. Bruck is taking students to the Galapagos over spring break. Last year he took kids to the Amazon in Peru, and it was apparently a life-changing, super bonding experience. I want an experience like that. The trip costs $3000 and I can't afford it. Actually I probably could, but I'd end up spending all of my money in savings that's suppose to pay my living expenses until I have a job. I would really like to buy a Prius when I graduate, so I really can't blow all of this money on frivolous trips. Plus Dr Bruck is doing the trip through a travel agency, so I could just do the same trip myself after I have a job and made some money. But still..it sucks to feel like the only student in ET not going on this trip. I feel like I'm missing out.
I'm irritated because its Tuesday, and Tuesdays really blow. I skipped my environmental regulation class (second time in a row I've done this) this morning. I really hate the class; the material is okay--its the exact same material as the enviro law class I took a few semesters ago. The teacher is horrible. She's a tiny woman from Taiwan who can't talk loudly to save her life. She has a microphone now, but she doesn't realize that her standing right next to the amp causes a lot of distortion and feedback. She's hard to understand as it is without all of the distortion. She makes nice powerpoints for class based on the reading, which is good. But then she spends the entire hour of class reading directly from the slide. And that's it. I can read those slides on my own. So I feel like the class is a waste. Apparently only a few people (out of about 30) has showed up for the past two classes, so maybe she'll get the hint and realize she sucks. Attendance counts 5% (wtf, its a 400 level class), so I am screwing myself over a bit by not going, but I get so angry sitting in that class.
I have Hazwoper training lab at 1:30, and then have to leave that class early to get to environmental ethics at 3. I HATE enviro ethics. At first I really liked the professor, but now I can't stand him. He spends most of class (its a 3 hour class)rambling on about information not relevant to the class. And I hate the material. So far we've reviewed basic ecological concepts (boring) and our reading for this week was basic ethics definitions and shit. I think I hate this because it makes me question if I'm a horrible person after all. And the people in the class are stupid. There is one guy in particular like acts like a fucking know it all, and has to challenge everything the professor says. Last week several people were angry because they felt like the reading and point of the class was to bash Christians (the reading we had was exploring possible reasons for certain views towards the environment and natural resources--the reading cited several places in the bible where it said stuff like, "go forth and subdue the earth". I don't see how that is "bashing"). So its annoying that we have overly sensitive people in this class. And its from 3-6. That is just a shitty time period to have a class.
Dr. Bruck is taking students to the Galapagos over spring break. Last year he took kids to the Amazon in Peru, and it was apparently a life-changing, super bonding experience. I want an experience like that. The trip costs $3000 and I can't afford it. Actually I probably could, but I'd end up spending all of my money in savings that's suppose to pay my living expenses until I have a job. I would really like to buy a Prius when I graduate, so I really can't blow all of this money on frivolous trips. Plus Dr Bruck is doing the trip through a travel agency, so I could just do the same trip myself after I have a job and made some money. But still..it sucks to feel like the only student in ET not going on this trip. I feel like I'm missing out.