Yeah, about that tooth...
I had my dentist appointment this morning, finally. Yeah, so it turns out I have an abscess in my tooth... Kinda like this:
Guess that explains why it hurt so goddamn much! The shitty thing is that I could have saved myself the grief, and the bank balance if I'd just gone ahead and got that itty bitty filling I needed 5 years ago. Cept, that I couldn't afford it so put it off. Hmm.. that plan completely backfired on me.
Anyway, so it's not feeling too bad right now, considering I've had a partial root canal. Had a shitload of local and some other numby goodness, felt like I'd had a stroke for half the day because half my face was numb - including my tongue, my cheek and my lip. The analgesic in my tooth is wearing off though and I can feel a dull throb, though it's got nothing on what I was going through prior.
Urgh, so I still have to do my assignments. I got an email from my lecturer quietly pointing out the fact that she hasn't received it. I'm considering including in my reply that the reason I haven't finished it yet is because it's a complete wank, and while I see the validity of investigating various forms of assessment and learning I don't see why I need to critique them against some other persons opinion written 40 odd years ago. Seems completely defunct for a unit that asks us to critically analyse what information is deemed important in the curriculum and who has the right to decide whether that information is important or not. Urgh, so much hypocrisy. So yeah, because I am loathe to do something I don't see the point of I've found it rather difficult to be motivated. Even with the prospects of failing in my final year of this fucking Grad Dip Ed. I guess too, it's because there is a job going as an Animal Science teacher at Box Hill TAFE, which is where I studied my Cert IV in Animal Tech, and I've got a fairly good chance with that job. I have the industry experience they're after, plus a good range of various roles and placement across the animal industry as well as teaching experience. They don't need someone with a Dip Ed, just the Cert in Training and Assessment, so if I do - by some glorious good fortune - get this job, I'd probably have to either quit the Dip Ed or defer it to get the relevent teaching qualifications for tertiary education. It seems completely stupid to turn down a job - one of my dream jobs - to complete a course that I'm only undertaking in an attempt to get said dream job.
So yeah, need motivation. Don't care enough and I want to do all these other things instead. Plus, now it's Easter! Omnomnomnomn chocolate! But I'll be good and brush my teeth straight after eating all confectionary ;)
Guess that explains why it hurt so goddamn much! The shitty thing is that I could have saved myself the grief, and the bank balance if I'd just gone ahead and got that itty bitty filling I needed 5 years ago. Cept, that I couldn't afford it so put it off. Hmm.. that plan completely backfired on me.
Anyway, so it's not feeling too bad right now, considering I've had a partial root canal. Had a shitload of local and some other numby goodness, felt like I'd had a stroke for half the day because half my face was numb - including my tongue, my cheek and my lip. The analgesic in my tooth is wearing off though and I can feel a dull throb, though it's got nothing on what I was going through prior.
Urgh, so I still have to do my assignments. I got an email from my lecturer quietly pointing out the fact that she hasn't received it. I'm considering including in my reply that the reason I haven't finished it yet is because it's a complete wank, and while I see the validity of investigating various forms of assessment and learning I don't see why I need to critique them against some other persons opinion written 40 odd years ago. Seems completely defunct for a unit that asks us to critically analyse what information is deemed important in the curriculum and who has the right to decide whether that information is important or not. Urgh, so much hypocrisy. So yeah, because I am loathe to do something I don't see the point of I've found it rather difficult to be motivated. Even with the prospects of failing in my final year of this fucking Grad Dip Ed. I guess too, it's because there is a job going as an Animal Science teacher at Box Hill TAFE, which is where I studied my Cert IV in Animal Tech, and I've got a fairly good chance with that job. I have the industry experience they're after, plus a good range of various roles and placement across the animal industry as well as teaching experience. They don't need someone with a Dip Ed, just the Cert in Training and Assessment, so if I do - by some glorious good fortune - get this job, I'd probably have to either quit the Dip Ed or defer it to get the relevent teaching qualifications for tertiary education. It seems completely stupid to turn down a job - one of my dream jobs - to complete a course that I'm only undertaking in an attempt to get said dream job.
So yeah, need motivation. Don't care enough and I want to do all these other things instead. Plus, now it's Easter! Omnomnomnomn chocolate! But I'll be good and brush my teeth straight after eating all confectionary ;)