Alright, so last week was crazy. This week isn't quite so hectic, but I have to get a lot done regardless because I am going to Elkhart this weekend and then I'm going to be back for Sunday night and Monday and then I leave for Texas on Tuesday...so yeah. This is going to be a quick post because I have to get things ready!
I guess I want to talk about this ridiculous study that I did today for Com Extra Credit. I was supposed to be in a chatroom with a few other people and we had to do problem solving type things. Instead, I was in there with one other guy that did NOTHING. He only responded by agreeing to me or questioning me, even when I was right. It was totally ridiculous. Though I do appreciate the fact that I can get extra credit for doing research studies, I think they are silly sometimes. The TA that was running this particular study was the TA that I had for recitation as soon as the study was over. I went into class and actually asked her if it was a computer or something or if it was to test if I would still work on the thing and try to communicate with someone that wasn't responding. Unfortunately, she said that the guy probably just sucked that much as a partner...which is kind of sad. Regardless, I got my points, so I guess it's not too bad. I think it's silly though that the COMMUNICATION research is often done in silence, on computers, without actually talking to someone. That is just nuts. Completely pistachios.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Busy Times!
This week is CRAZY! I have a lot of my classes cancelled, but I also have a ton of projects, papers, exams and things going on. Our pitch for Com 435 was this morning and it went pretty well. Kate ran out of time at the end, but considering we found out that we couldn't use notes literally moments before we presented, I think it went well.
I have discussion questions that I have to do for my Anth 230 class on Blackboard. I think it's kind of cool but impersonal that we have groups that we work with and we are supposed to have this discussion on a website with people we don't actually know and have never met. It's a little bit nice because you can be totally honest about your opinion and you don't have to worry about reprocussions...at least not yet, we work with that same group later on this semester, we'll see how that goes later I suppose.
I have to do an online quiz too for my Mgmt 200 class and I HATE online quizzes. Especially when they involve math. You have to copy everything down to work it out first off, then you have to work it out. And there is no chance for partial credit or anything. You're just wrong. And since it's multiple choice, half the time I think that I actually, finally, have the concept down and I'm finally getting somewhere. And then that stupid automatic grader sends you your score and you find out that you are, in fact, screwed by technology again. And instead of understanding the material and what you did wrong, you are told by the computer that you are an idiot and now you can feel bad the rest of the night because technology enabled you to know that you just failed that quiz, congrats.
This week is going to be just nuts. Completely pistachios.
I have discussion questions that I have to do for my Anth 230 class on Blackboard. I think it's kind of cool but impersonal that we have groups that we work with and we are supposed to have this discussion on a website with people we don't actually know and have never met. It's a little bit nice because you can be totally honest about your opinion and you don't have to worry about reprocussions...at least not yet, we work with that same group later on this semester, we'll see how that goes later I suppose.
I have to do an online quiz too for my Mgmt 200 class and I HATE online quizzes. Especially when they involve math. You have to copy everything down to work it out first off, then you have to work it out. And there is no chance for partial credit or anything. You're just wrong. And since it's multiple choice, half the time I think that I actually, finally, have the concept down and I'm finally getting somewhere. And then that stupid automatic grader sends you your score and you find out that you are, in fact, screwed by technology again. And instead of understanding the material and what you did wrong, you are told by the computer that you are an idiot and now you can feel bad the rest of the night because technology enabled you to know that you just failed that quiz, congrats.
This week is going to be just nuts. Completely pistachios.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Hershey's Bars Rock
And now for the Halloween update!
Didn't they turn out well? I cut his neck hole a little bit too big, but it worked out well enough in the end. The glud didn't hold the sides, so they were just open which actually worked out better because it allowed for some ventilation and movement.
The party that we went to sucked though, and I'm going to (go figure) blame technology!!! Everything was going well until they turned on the fog machine. Fog machines are great inventions in and of themselves because they make foggy, cool atmospheres. However, it seems that when fog (which is basically smoke) combines with a smoke detector, chaos insues. And because of the combination of fog machine and smoke detector, twenty minutes into the party, the fire alarms started going off. Now, if they could have just turned off the alarm because there was clearly not a fire, things would have been fine. But, being a fraternity, that was not an option. Instead we had to evacuate the house (and it was really cold outside...I sat in the truck and wrote on the fogged up windows, much to Jonathan's chagrin), the fire department had to come out, search the entire house, and then turn off the alarm before we were allowed to go back inside. This was all ridiculous on its own. But then they sent 2 police cars, a ladder truck, a regular truck, and an abulance. And it had to be explained that it was just a silly mistake with a fog machine gone awry. It was just nuts. Completely pistachios.
Didn't they turn out well? I cut his neck hole a little bit too big, but it worked out well enough in the end. The glud didn't hold the sides, so they were just open which actually worked out better because it allowed for some ventilation and movement. The party that we went to sucked though, and I'm going to (go figure) blame technology!!! Everything was going well until they turned on the fog machine. Fog machines are great inventions in and of themselves because they make foggy, cool atmospheres. However, it seems that when fog (which is basically smoke) combines with a smoke detector, chaos insues. And because of the combination of fog machine and smoke detector, twenty minutes into the party, the fire alarms started going off. Now, if they could have just turned off the alarm because there was clearly not a fire, things would have been fine. But, being a fraternity, that was not an option. Instead we had to evacuate the house (and it was really cold outside...I sat in the truck and wrote on the fogged up windows, much to Jonathan's chagrin), the fire department had to come out, search the entire house, and then turn off the alarm before we were allowed to go back inside. This was all ridiculous on its own. But then they sent 2 police cars, a ladder truck, a regular truck, and an abulance. And it had to be explained that it was just a silly mistake with a fog machine gone awry. It was just nuts. Completely pistachios.
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