One Semester Down....
Several to go. Since I'm going half time, I guess it'll take about forever.
My 4.0 is, sadly, a thing of the past. My current GPA is 3.93, which is perfectly respectable and in some ways takes a little pressure off me (pressure I put on myself - none of my friends or family expects a perfect GPA). Still, I wouldn't have minded maintaining it.... (I lost my 4.0 in undergrad due to B+, which I found much less annoying than losing it due to an A-. Does that make any sense to anyone at all, or is that just silliness?)
I find it both amusing and annoying that I got the same number grade (94) in both classes this semester but in one class (cataloging) it was an A and in the other (library administration and management) an A-. I wish we had a standardized grading system! Last semester I took a class in which the "A" cutoff was a 92. It doesn't seem right that two people could take the same class with two different instructors, get the same number grade, yet one person would have an A- and one an A. It's those letter grades that determine the GPA, not the number.
Next semester: web design, which I hope is not completely over my head, and collection development, which I'm looking forward to. Those will be my first two classes in the program that aren't requirements.
And can I just mention how much I dislike APA style? Especially references! The 6th edition of the manual, which we use, does not require listing the date a website, e-book, e-journal, etc. was retrieved when listing references, yet we have instructors that will take off points for not including them. Others will take off points for including them, since they're not required. No one tells you up front which way they want them! I need to get into the habit of asking every single instructor at the beginning of the semester.
Overall, I'm enjoying school and glad I decided to go for this degree. You might not think so from the little gripes in this post, but that's all they are - little gripes. Nothing big. (And it's not any instructors fault that I got a 94 when I wanted a higher grade - I think they both graded fairly and in fact, the grade on both my final papers was higher than I'd expected. The grade on all my papers is always higher than I expect because I always think they're awful. I finally realized I just don't like the way academic writing sounds, including my own.)
And now it's my day off, Youngest Niece is going to come over and move boxes out of the garage for me (hurray for 19-year-olds! - well she's 18 today but will be 19 tomorrow), and I have the ingredients to bake yummy things. Also, leftover Chinese food for breakfast, or maybe supper. Yay!
My 4.0 is, sadly, a thing of the past. My current GPA is 3.93, which is perfectly respectable and in some ways takes a little pressure off me (pressure I put on myself - none of my friends or family expects a perfect GPA). Still, I wouldn't have minded maintaining it.... (I lost my 4.0 in undergrad due to B+, which I found much less annoying than losing it due to an A-. Does that make any sense to anyone at all, or is that just silliness?)
I find it both amusing and annoying that I got the same number grade (94) in both classes this semester but in one class (cataloging) it was an A and in the other (library administration and management) an A-. I wish we had a standardized grading system! Last semester I took a class in which the "A" cutoff was a 92. It doesn't seem right that two people could take the same class with two different instructors, get the same number grade, yet one person would have an A- and one an A. It's those letter grades that determine the GPA, not the number.
Next semester: web design, which I hope is not completely over my head, and collection development, which I'm looking forward to. Those will be my first two classes in the program that aren't requirements.
And can I just mention how much I dislike APA style? Especially references! The 6th edition of the manual, which we use, does not require listing the date a website, e-book, e-journal, etc. was retrieved when listing references, yet we have instructors that will take off points for not including them. Others will take off points for including them, since they're not required. No one tells you up front which way they want them! I need to get into the habit of asking every single instructor at the beginning of the semester.
Overall, I'm enjoying school and glad I decided to go for this degree. You might not think so from the little gripes in this post, but that's all they are - little gripes. Nothing big. (And it's not any instructors fault that I got a 94 when I wanted a higher grade - I think they both graded fairly and in fact, the grade on both my final papers was higher than I'd expected. The grade on all my papers is always higher than I expect because I always think they're awful. I finally realized I just don't like the way academic writing sounds, including my own.)
And now it's my day off, Youngest Niece is going to come over and move boxes out of the garage for me (hurray for 19-year-olds! - well she's 18 today but will be 19 tomorrow), and I have the ingredients to bake yummy things. Also, leftover Chinese food for breakfast, or maybe supper. Yay!