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Today I'm a bit better. I finished up my Russian project this morning... I ended up doing a rather unimpressive web page. I was already 10 minutes late to Russian, and then I read on the blackboard that they had gone to Atkinson 101-- 3 floors and a whole building away. And I've never been in Atkinson before, at least for practical reasons... so I wandered around for 10 MORE minutes trying to find 101, only to discover it was a room in the front lobby. Dammit to hell. But I did all right. I got an 87.5 on my last test though, which is a little disconcerting. I've been trying to make A's, and I've been making high B's instead. And I made a 75 on a dictation I didn't know about beforehand... grrr. It wouldn't be so troubling except that I HAVE to make A's in all of my classes to compensate for the F I'm getting in Art. Otherwise: bye-bye HOPE. And I have a 91 in psychology. That's precarious, man. I have the third highest grade in the class, which is good considering I didn't do 2 assignments and missed 3 classes... but it means I HAVE to make an A on the final. Yeesh. I knew giving up on Art would put me in a delicate position, but I didn't anticipate anything coming this close. Hm. The next two years I'll do better though. I'll do better because 1) I'll be doing more major courses, 2) my grad school portfolio is coming up, and 3) it would be a baaaaad time to lose HOPE and murder my GPA.
Stupid college. People should just beam at me, 'Why, you're WONDERFUL!!' and give me the job I want. It's not like I couldn't do most of the jobs I want. And a lot of the people WITH the jobs I'd like and who HAVE degrees suck regardless. Idiotic precedent and procedure. :P
Andrew's in a more precarious position. His parents' various insurances cease to cover him in May and July. He has to have car insurance, and he should be able to pay for that. But he won't be able to do health insurance. He's already doing two part-time jobs, and is lucky to have one free day a week. He can't give up either job, since he's convinced himself he has a commitment to bring PetSmart to respectability-- meaning training employees and keeping the store together until the new one is finished in the middle of 2006. And he's been with the museum soooo long... Even though their pay sucks, and the museum board refuses to hire him-- or anyone-- as a full-time animal keeper or boost the pay from $5.75 ($5.75 and he's worked there for over 5 years?!?), he can't let that job go. His boss Jamie is getting flakier and flakier because she's spending more and more time behind the desk, and he doesn't want her taking care of the animals or training volunteers. He's the only other person working in the Back Yard (animal support/zoo area) really, because Bridgette only comes in one day a week. It's sad... because the board hired a full-time botanist, who doesn't do anything with flowers or anything anyone else couldn't do, and who took over Andrew's office. The woman's useless except for the fact she whined to get a new computer in Andrew's office... and NOW they're getting one. It doesn't matter if Andrew asks, because he's PART-TIME. Oooooh... how terribly ignoble. *rolls eyes*
Andrew said he's updating his resume and sending it off to some other, more prominent zoos, just to see how far he can get with what he has now. If any of them offers him a job, he's going to wave it in the Macon Museum's face to see if THAT motivates them. Most zoos who require less work pay more-- like $12 an hour! If he could finish his core classes online, he would. He said Macon State offers that in some cases, but not necessarily for the classes he needs to take. He can become qualified as a vet tech online... that'd at least be something. But if he doesn't get his core, he can't go to Morepark, CA and do their exotic animal program, and if he doesn't get that degree... then I don't know what he's going to do. I know he doesn't-- and I sure as hell don't-- want to stay in Georgia the rest of his life. I wish his mother had just forgone one of her trips and given Andrew the money to stay in Milledgeville, so he could finish up his core. He could have gotten back HOPE this semester... I don't know that he WOULD have, but he could have. And he could have finished his core, or all but one or two classes. But now he's working all the time, and there's no window to get back into college, and now insurance is looming. If he would just quit goddamn PetSmart, then just maybe he could stay on his parents' insurance and finish up his core... maybe at Macon State. I almost wish he would quit the museum too. They're all being stupid anyway. I wonder if any of it has to do with the fact all but one or two of the staff are female... that would explain why they hired a friggin' useless female botanist instead of giving Andrew some well-deserved full-time benefits. Not entirely, but it would at least justify their idiotic attitude. I don't know about the board though... I know there's some men on the board... and none of them have any clue what's necessary to maintain a mini zoo. They just think 'Oooh-- that exhibit's pretty-- let's get it!' And that's about as far as their logic goes.
I'm tired of stupid people being in advantageous positions over smart or otherwise well-deserving people. I don't know how stupid people get there, but I sure wish they'd go the hell away. They never concede that what they're doing isn't working, or that maybe there's a better method or solution. But they're convinced that they're the end-all fount of omnipotent brilliance. *sigh*
Anyway. Nothing I can do about that now. I have too much to do and am not in the mood to do it. Portfolio, Russian homework (I'm hoping to God that Anastasia lets me turn in... oh-- 15 assignments late), studying for the psych final, packing, laundry, balancing the check book (NO MORE overdrafts!!), cleaning the bathroom and betta receptacles... and maybe that's all. Then maybe through the amazing infinity-stretching power of my mind I can find a solution compatible to mine and Andrew's problems. But probably not. It hurts to be that optimistic. :3
I tried harder this semester, and I cut some losses... but it seriously wasn't enough. And Andrew's trying... but it's like he's taking the march-through-a-brick-wall approach, coupled with the selective avoidance of certain other walls. I wouldn't worry so much if we had some financial padding... but that's not going to just mystically apparate. I would looooove to win the lottery right about now. But who wouldn't? ;)
Stupid college. People should just beam at me, 'Why, you're WONDERFUL!!' and give me the job I want. It's not like I couldn't do most of the jobs I want. And a lot of the people WITH the jobs I'd like and who HAVE degrees suck regardless. Idiotic precedent and procedure. :P
Andrew's in a more precarious position. His parents' various insurances cease to cover him in May and July. He has to have car insurance, and he should be able to pay for that. But he won't be able to do health insurance. He's already doing two part-time jobs, and is lucky to have one free day a week. He can't give up either job, since he's convinced himself he has a commitment to bring PetSmart to respectability-- meaning training employees and keeping the store together until the new one is finished in the middle of 2006. And he's been with the museum soooo long... Even though their pay sucks, and the museum board refuses to hire him-- or anyone-- as a full-time animal keeper or boost the pay from $5.75 ($5.75 and he's worked there for over 5 years?!?), he can't let that job go. His boss Jamie is getting flakier and flakier because she's spending more and more time behind the desk, and he doesn't want her taking care of the animals or training volunteers. He's the only other person working in the Back Yard (animal support/zoo area) really, because Bridgette only comes in one day a week. It's sad... because the board hired a full-time botanist, who doesn't do anything with flowers or anything anyone else couldn't do, and who took over Andrew's office. The woman's useless except for the fact she whined to get a new computer in Andrew's office... and NOW they're getting one. It doesn't matter if Andrew asks, because he's PART-TIME. Oooooh... how terribly ignoble. *rolls eyes*
Andrew said he's updating his resume and sending it off to some other, more prominent zoos, just to see how far he can get with what he has now. If any of them offers him a job, he's going to wave it in the Macon Museum's face to see if THAT motivates them. Most zoos who require less work pay more-- like $12 an hour! If he could finish his core classes online, he would. He said Macon State offers that in some cases, but not necessarily for the classes he needs to take. He can become qualified as a vet tech online... that'd at least be something. But if he doesn't get his core, he can't go to Morepark, CA and do their exotic animal program, and if he doesn't get that degree... then I don't know what he's going to do. I know he doesn't-- and I sure as hell don't-- want to stay in Georgia the rest of his life. I wish his mother had just forgone one of her trips and given Andrew the money to stay in Milledgeville, so he could finish up his core. He could have gotten back HOPE this semester... I don't know that he WOULD have, but he could have. And he could have finished his core, or all but one or two classes. But now he's working all the time, and there's no window to get back into college, and now insurance is looming. If he would just quit goddamn PetSmart, then just maybe he could stay on his parents' insurance and finish up his core... maybe at Macon State. I almost wish he would quit the museum too. They're all being stupid anyway. I wonder if any of it has to do with the fact all but one or two of the staff are female... that would explain why they hired a friggin' useless female botanist instead of giving Andrew some well-deserved full-time benefits. Not entirely, but it would at least justify their idiotic attitude. I don't know about the board though... I know there's some men on the board... and none of them have any clue what's necessary to maintain a mini zoo. They just think 'Oooh-- that exhibit's pretty-- let's get it!' And that's about as far as their logic goes.
I'm tired of stupid people being in advantageous positions over smart or otherwise well-deserving people. I don't know how stupid people get there, but I sure wish they'd go the hell away. They never concede that what they're doing isn't working, or that maybe there's a better method or solution. But they're convinced that they're the end-all fount of omnipotent brilliance. *sigh*
Anyway. Nothing I can do about that now. I have too much to do and am not in the mood to do it. Portfolio, Russian homework (I'm hoping to God that Anastasia lets me turn in... oh-- 15 assignments late), studying for the psych final, packing, laundry, balancing the check book (NO MORE overdrafts!!), cleaning the bathroom and betta receptacles... and maybe that's all. Then maybe through the amazing infinity-stretching power of my mind I can find a solution compatible to mine and Andrew's problems. But probably not. It hurts to be that optimistic. :3
I tried harder this semester, and I cut some losses... but it seriously wasn't enough. And Andrew's trying... but it's like he's taking the march-through-a-brick-wall approach, coupled with the selective avoidance of certain other walls. I wouldn't worry so much if we had some financial padding... but that's not going to just mystically apparate. I would looooove to win the lottery right about now. But who wouldn't? ;)