Time is an illusion; yet I remain bitchy
I turned in my revised Einstein paper, went from a B- on the rough draft to a B+ on the final. I'm finishing the class with an A-, so no complaints here. I am still bitter about the B-, but I agreed with the critque of the paper. It was just the whole, "I know you and I know you can write better." backhanded compliment that got me.
Capstone is still not done. I spent the weekend doing the revision, which according to my prof, was a "much better version of the paper."
Once I hit 28 pages on my Capstone I stopped. I printed the whole thing out and edited the whole damn thing by hand, noting typos, use of passive voice, and areas I need to expand on. I'm now at 31 pages and have so much more to go. I might just send it to my prof as is. I'm getting an incomplete for the Capstone anyway. To get Fin Aid I had to register for a class for next semester, which I did, but I'm still in a debate over that. Once the paper is done, all I have to do is defend. However, the class I signed up for is one I really wanted to take. When I saw it on the class list I was so pissed b/c finally a class came around taught by Dr. Bookbinder again and I was going to be done. Well, we see how that worked out. I might drop the class and just do the program fee. I'll have to ask the prof for a syllabus. (It's a class that takes the Holocaust into account via the public history view. I REALLY want to take this class.)
My Biblio is also done. I did that last night; I've never done Turabin before for citations and this whole not underlining book title things makes me feel odd. But it's the requirements, so it shall be done.
Not much going on in my life right now, besides the school stress. I'm flying back to CLT next week for Christmas. It'll be a week and a half off of work, which means no money, but I need time off. The four days of work, which let me tell you, working at a Chevy dealership at this time means everyone is stressed out, plus the two classes makes me so tired.
Ah, the GM issues. You know, I really want to ask what the hell all these senators are driving. Do they not realize that if Ford, GM, and Chrysler go, so do the franchises. Which means the dealerships. Which means the service departments. Which also means warranty work. And Joe Blow down the corner might be your favorite wrench-turner, but when he can't fix it he will tell you to go to the dealership. Guess what? The dealership won't be there anymore. Look, I agree the CEO's of the Big Three need a serious kick in the ass and that the Union workers are paid FAR too much. But! If I hear one more person say, "It really won't be that bad if they fold." I will smack them. The company I work for employs over 800 people in the Quincy/Braintree area. One of the dealerships is a Chevy, the other a Ford. If those two fall, cut backs will be made at the other dealerships and hundreds of people will be out of a job. Not to mention the dealership in NH which pretty much provides jobs for most of the city it's in. I just wish the people on the Hill would realize that it's not just the CEOS, the Corporate America and the Union Workers at risk. Because, yes, it will be that bad.
And, you know, they were more than willing to hand out a ton of money to the banks and Wall Street without people in the public and senators making scathing attacks. I find it ironic. Yes, there needs to be a change, but if you honestly think it won't be that bad if the Big Three fold, I really don't know what to tell you other then sit back and wait. I'll feel sorry for anyone who drives a Ford, GM/Chevy, etc etc and suddenly needs warranty work done b/c there will be no one to service your car. No one to process the warranty info. No one to send out the recall notices and oh, yeah, no money to pay for warranty repairs. I mean, yes, there will be someone, but you better be ready and willing to drive far too the places that find some way to stay a float. Hope you don't hit a pot hole on the way and need a realignment.
Right, time to get back to the academia.
Capstone is still not done. I spent the weekend doing the revision, which according to my prof, was a "much better version of the paper."
Once I hit 28 pages on my Capstone I stopped. I printed the whole thing out and edited the whole damn thing by hand, noting typos, use of passive voice, and areas I need to expand on. I'm now at 31 pages and have so much more to go. I might just send it to my prof as is. I'm getting an incomplete for the Capstone anyway. To get Fin Aid I had to register for a class for next semester, which I did, but I'm still in a debate over that. Once the paper is done, all I have to do is defend. However, the class I signed up for is one I really wanted to take. When I saw it on the class list I was so pissed b/c finally a class came around taught by Dr. Bookbinder again and I was going to be done. Well, we see how that worked out. I might drop the class and just do the program fee. I'll have to ask the prof for a syllabus. (It's a class that takes the Holocaust into account via the public history view. I REALLY want to take this class.)
My Biblio is also done. I did that last night; I've never done Turabin before for citations and this whole not underlining book title things makes me feel odd. But it's the requirements, so it shall be done.
Not much going on in my life right now, besides the school stress. I'm flying back to CLT next week for Christmas. It'll be a week and a half off of work, which means no money, but I need time off. The four days of work, which let me tell you, working at a Chevy dealership at this time means everyone is stressed out, plus the two classes makes me so tired.
Ah, the GM issues. You know, I really want to ask what the hell all these senators are driving. Do they not realize that if Ford, GM, and Chrysler go, so do the franchises. Which means the dealerships. Which means the service departments. Which also means warranty work. And Joe Blow down the corner might be your favorite wrench-turner, but when he can't fix it he will tell you to go to the dealership. Guess what? The dealership won't be there anymore. Look, I agree the CEO's of the Big Three need a serious kick in the ass and that the Union workers are paid FAR too much. But! If I hear one more person say, "It really won't be that bad if they fold." I will smack them. The company I work for employs over 800 people in the Quincy/Braintree area. One of the dealerships is a Chevy, the other a Ford. If those two fall, cut backs will be made at the other dealerships and hundreds of people will be out of a job. Not to mention the dealership in NH which pretty much provides jobs for most of the city it's in. I just wish the people on the Hill would realize that it's not just the CEOS, the Corporate America and the Union Workers at risk. Because, yes, it will be that bad.
And, you know, they were more than willing to hand out a ton of money to the banks and Wall Street without people in the public and senators making scathing attacks. I find it ironic. Yes, there needs to be a change, but if you honestly think it won't be that bad if the Big Three fold, I really don't know what to tell you other then sit back and wait. I'll feel sorry for anyone who drives a Ford, GM/Chevy, etc etc and suddenly needs warranty work done b/c there will be no one to service your car. No one to process the warranty info. No one to send out the recall notices and oh, yeah, no money to pay for warranty repairs. I mean, yes, there will be someone, but you better be ready and willing to drive far too the places that find some way to stay a float. Hope you don't hit a pot hole on the way and need a realignment.
Right, time to get back to the academia.