Some noteable notes, in chronological order:
I failed yet another road test. This brings the total up to five...it makes me feel like something is wrong with me, but the reason I failed this time was ridiculous...the tester takes you on a street which is hardly used, which is apparently 4 lanes...none are marked. So because I tried to turn left from the right most lane, I got an automatic fail. I think I should just be commended for parallel parking my fridge of a van.
Since I'm poor and seem to have an abundance of old textbooks that are being unused, I posted two textbooks on ebay yesterday, hope to make back just some of the amount I paid for them. After deciding to go to school early today so I could get a ride with Jay (and enjoy some good greasy McD's breakfast) I had so much extra time, I stopped by the Bookstore to see how many of my textbooks are still being sold...that should mean they're still required, yes? At the exact moment I walked down the aisle of sociology textbooks, I saw 2 folks, each carrying one of the beloved. The same that has been sitting in my basement since last April. I let them know that I had it posted on Ebay, with a buy it now price of $50, undoubtedly much less than the price of it in the bookstore. So I hopefully made a sale...and if it is to someone in Winnipeg, I could probably save on shipping and deliver it to the person on campus. Sweet.
Today I broke down and picked up one of the general agendas handed out by UMSU. I got one from ASPER, which I KNOW bumped up our fees, and I hate it. All of the pages are glossy, making writing in it--it's main purpose, a nightmare. And that's not even with my crazy coloured pens, just ballpoint smudges too. the monthly calender is so full of useless information (aka, not relevant to me!) that I have no room to write assignment deadlines. The day-to-day pages also contain, bigger, but fewer, spaces, which are not ideal for my text. So there.
Not only was I an hour early for my class, but after sitting down in my first class, a few people realized that there was a class cancellation notice on the door. One more hour to spend, doing what? So I actually read my accounting textbook.
While I was studying, an actual quote from a passerby: "I'm in the mood for a few lunch beers." Just plain funny.
Other notes:
- In the McDonald's parking lot, there are priority stalls that are apparently for "adults with children"...um, doesn't that pretty much describe Mcdonald's demographic in a nutshell?
- Does anyone understand why an instructor would give questions without answers? Seriously, do you think these will actually help us? Instead, I get stressed out and waste time asking people and trying to search through miles of internet wasteland and textbook trash for the answers. Why not, instead, ask fewer questions but more specific to what we are learning and provide the answers?
And time to get more reading done before I find S to tell him where his lab is, and then head home.
1 comment:
perhaps it is not the answers that are important, but the questions.
although, that pissed me off too.
take your g-darn road test at the mcphillips outlet. I failed at regent and then passed at mcphillips which (I felt) was easier. and for god's sakes take a car. and STOP BLAMING OTHER PEOPLE, you are the one that is not passing! that street at 4 lanes before and it will have 4 lanes after!
-H
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