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April 18, 2006Today in the education class that causes me so much irritation, the professor assigned yet another group project. With only 1 1/2 weeks left, she assigned a group project worth TWO LETTER GRADES. Needless to say, I am quite displeased.In other news, the baby is still cute.
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No me gusta!
April 13, 2006Josh and I are attempting to kill the dandelions. I don't think we're winning. We'll let you know. Josh insisted that we get flowers to plant in our front flowerbed. Now, I agree that they'd be lovely, but let's be honest. Do I seem like the outdoorsy, yard work-loving, yay-I-like-dirt-under-my-fingernails type? No me gusta.
For those of you who are blind or silly, our baby is the most beautiful thing in the world. Of course, you probably read at Josh's that Daniel can pull himself to standing now. It's the most amazing thing. Our little boy went from a helpless little thing that did little more than lie about like a pooping sack of flour to a wide-eyed, bright little boy. I read a blog that another woman writes, which is mainly about her son. Today she talked about how easy it is to mention all the bad things the baby does, such vomit everywhere, poop on everything, cry unceasingly, etc, but it somehow manages to slip your mind to mention all the wonderful things about him, like his smile, his laugh, his wide eyes when he sees something new, or the surprise on his face when he feels grass under his toes. Despite my lamentations, I love that little boy, and I would not trade him for anything in the world.
On a less serious note, I've been told that I'm too neurotic because I make people wash their hands before touching the baby. Now, I don't think it's a bad idea at all, but lest you think that I am too neurotic, know this: I let the baby play in the grass not even just once, but twice now! He was so fascinated! I drew the line at letting him eat the grass, though. Plenty of time for that and mud pies later.
And now for school. Let me begin by saying that I have had some phenomenal teachers. I also know some education students who are intelligent, dedicated people whom I believe will one day make wonderful teachers. And then there are the rest of them. So many people at Tech choose education as a major because it's easy. They can't succeed at engineering? They go to education. Business classes too hard? Switch to education. Math major too difficult? Teach math instead. It's disheartening. It doesn't help that in my group for one of my education classes, there is a girl who fits the ditzy sorority girl education major stereotype to a T. Now, I am by no means a genius at grammar, but I can recognize the parts of speech. So why is it that this girl, let's call her Katie, can't tell the difference between an adverb and an adjective? That's not so bad, you say. Well, it might not be if she weren't planning to teach high school English classes. Even better, she was wearing a t-shirt with her sorority's Greek letters on it, and when questioned about the meaning of "Kappa," she did not know that it was a letter of the Greek alphabet! If you're going to join an organization and plaster their name across your clothing, shouldn't you have some idea what the name of the organization stands for?
Today, in the aforementioned education class, we were having presentations, done in groups based on our majors. (I'm in a group with English teachers, because English and French are "close enough.") A History group presented on the Civil War, gave us a list of important names and locations, and asked us to make a "creative" graphic organizer. The terms were things like "President Lincoln," "President Jefferson Davis," "Confederacy," "Union," "General U.S. Grant," and "General Robert E. Lee," so they weren't very hard terms. I was grudgingly drawing away when "Katie" asked the other girl in our group whose side
But.. why?!?
April 12, 2006I love spring. I love the sunny days. I love the flowers blooming. I love the warm weather. But it's not all pretty flowers and sunshine. With the breaking of spring also comes a most dreadful and horrible thing... the miniskirt.Now, personally, I don't like miniskirts, but I understand that some girls believe that since their legs are beautiful, they should show them. That does not, however, explain why girls that are, shall we say, not properly built for mini-skirts insist upon wearing them. Do they own mirrors? If so, what do they see when they look in them? Because it most certainly is NOT what I see.
Some people will say that these girls are simply comfortable in their own skins and that's why they dress this way. Well, that would be more believable if miniskirts weren't ridiculously uncomfortable. Now, it may just be me, but I like being able to walk up stairs or sit down without worrying about having an underwear revelation. Besides, simply because you're comfortable with your body doesn't mean that you need to show it off. There are parts of my body that I really like, but that doesn't mean that I dress those parts up in hussy gear.
One of the worst parts is that some of these girls are really very pretty and have several good attributes. Unfortunately, the wide expanse of not-as-attractive leg distracts from their beatiful face or their nice arms and shoulders. Why do they choose to accent parts of themselves that aren't so nice, and thus distract the eye from the lovely parts of themselves they should be accenting?
Perhaps someone out there can shed some light on this for me. As for me, I'm off to start an anti-miniskirt picket line.
Fin!
April 09, 2006I finished the paper. Randy, you were right. All I had to do was go back and elaborate on things I'd already mentioned. Strategic re-wording, if you will. :)
Now I just have to do the "Chapter Objectives." There are 5-7 questions per chapter for 13 chapters. The answers must be 1-2 paragraphs. This is going to take quite a while as well. (Yet it will still take less time than Josh's horrible Thermal Design project!)
Immersion Paper
April 08, 20069 1/4 pages down.
A mind-bogglingly difficult 3/4 of a page to go.
I really hate it when you get close to the end of a paper and can think of NOTHING to say. (I know... you're shocked at the idea that I would ever run out of things to say.)
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