The "We're Going Back to School and Need Support" Thread

[Buddy'sParents]

I was talking with Kirst and it was apparent that we are both in supreme apprehension with our last year of our programs. We started to give each other some support and then decided that we should start a thread- it's going to be a long year for some of us. ;)

So this is your rant, your "I'm so angry I could smash the world to smithereens", your "I didn't get an A" your "I can't write one more paper!!" your "NO MORE BOOKS", your "is the semester done yet?" thread. A thread when all will be understood and your fellow Chazzers will probably agree and plot to take over the world to get rid of said schooling systems, lol.

Enjoy! ;)

[mrose_s]

lol, i'm so happy i'm quitting school to next year as soon as i get a job :)

i'm so sad i have school on monday :(

[Boemy]

I'm going back to school this year . . . For 7 years I was at an office job that I loathed!

So I'm both excited and apprehensive. ;)

[Kase]

I think this thread is going to be VERY useful over this coming year!

[Buddy'sParents]

I'm going back to school this year . . . For 7 years I was at an office job that I loathed!

So I'm both excited and apprehensive. ;)

WOW! Good for you! Good luck! :D

[GipsyQueen]

Oooohh I'll start... WHY does my english teacher have to give us so much homework? I have another essay due thursday now :rolleyes:

[LoveMyKees]

Argghhh! Why do my stupid books need to be so heavy?! Why is my English teacher so strange?!

[PWCorgi]

Since when is 'Teletubbies Gone Wild' not an acceptable 'favorite movie', and does it really deserve a detention on the second day of school?!?

[RedHotDobe]

I hate English. I hate writing papers. English class should die.

The end.

I'm not even taking English this semester. I just hate it that much. :p

[RedHotDobe]

Since when is 'Teletubbies Gone Wild' not an acceptable 'favorite movie', and does it really deserve a detention on the second day of school?!?
Umm... lol!

I had a lot of detentions in high school.

[PWCorgi]

Umm... lol!

I had a lot of detentions in high school.

I do until I can figure out just how much I can get away with in each class.

Note to Self: English teacher has no sense of humor. :rolleyes:

[Southpaw]

This is going to be my last week of summer, noooo. :(

I have a feeling english is going to suck. A 100 word vocab test every week?! Ummm no thanks!

[~Jessie~]

Yay! I'm not in school this year :D

I just graduated with my BS in May... however, I'll probably go back to grad school in the next couple of years :(

[Buddy'sParents]

Yay! I'm not in school this year :D



How does this help the peons that still have schooling left? :mad:


Sheesh. No respect.





Kidding, congrats on graduating! One more year for my masters, WHOOP! :D :p

[~Jessie~]

LMAO!

That is really awesome, BP! It's going to feel so great to have your masters :D I can't wait until I'm completely done with school!

[cyclefiend2000]

i am glad the kids in our neighborhood are back in school, but i hate that their parents are now out driving while i am trying to commute! either learn to drive like a regular commuter or get in the friggin right lane!

[GlassOnion]

School starts on Monday for me. Tis my Junior year (also the year I apply for vet school!) and as I'm reaching the end am quite reluctant to leave. I love college lol.


But anyhow I'm open to any support ya'll can give, especially of the monetary sort...:cool:

[Xerxes]

I hate English. I hate writing papers. English class should die.

The end.

I'm not even taking English this semester. I just hate it that much. :p


Gee I was going to offer my services as an essayist and proofreader. Seriously, not only is English my first language, but it's also my favorite subject. :D

[Buddy'sParents]

Gee I was going to offer my services as an essayist and proofreader. Seriously, not only is English my first language, but it's also my favorite subject. :D

How do you feel about really long essays-- say.... thesis long? :popcorn:

[Melissa_W]

I'm in back to school mode, and things don't seem so bad right now. But I'm sure I'll be cry babying in no time. :D

[TheWonderPuppies]

xerxes i probably will be bothering oyu for a lot of help then this semester and next semester for english papers(im a science geek )lol

[RedHotDobe]

Classes start next week...

[Dekka]

Still have a week and a bit before my classes start. At the moment I am quite looking forward to it (not to the 6-9 class at the DNA cluster at NIGHT!)

[Maxy24]

I start tomorrow. I did great through middle school but my first year of high school I did so bad I might have destroyed my future. I want straight A's every term (hopefully I can then force my parents to foster a dog, I have not talked with them about this deal yet). I did the wort in English (usually my best subject) and best in Math (usually my worst). I just hope my teachers are not evil.

[Buddy'sParents]

Well- I'm about to get ready and head in for a year of tortu- err, edumacation. :yikes:

Just got an email from my advisor, advising me that I have too many classes. Reeeaaallly? I guess she forgot me telling her that at the end of last semester. 7 classes. Right. I'm crazy and not all there some of the time, but I'm not completely wacko. I'm dropping one, but still, that's a big load.

Anywho-Jess gave me an awesome idea for my thesis (;) ) and I'm going to speak to my advisor about it and I also have my research class tonight. very exciting if it can be done- you'll have to wait and see if it can be if you're interested. ;)

I still have major anxiety about all of it and my heart isn't 100% into this endeavor, but I've got to at least give it a shot...

Wish me luck and hope that I don't drop dead from anxiety. Please. :D

[ToscasMom]

I hate English. I hate writing papers. English class should die.

The end.

....gulp.
I'm a former English teacher.

[Dizzy]

I go back on 10th - on placement in a high school with 2000 kids from 11 - 18.

I actually don't know exactly what I will be doing yet, but they liase with lots of agencys, so I think I'll be dealing with the whole spectrum of problems.

I'm kind of wanting to look at anti-social behaviour and substance misuse (note to self - visit library next week!). I'm not sure though... I'm really not..!!! And I KNOW they want me to have an area I'd like to go into...

I'm just worried I'll be in over my head... I'm no longer a student apparently... Now we're called SWITs!! Social Workers in Training! Very posh.

[Buddy'sParents]

Big decisions everywhere. Good luck, Dizzy!

[RedHotDobe]

So I started college as an AnSci/Pre-vet major. I then switched colleges and majors, and moved on to Graphic Design. Now I'm really considering majoring in Psychology.

I can get my dream career if I stick with Graphic Design. I love Psychology though (and Biology/Animal Science, too...), and I most likely would still be able to get my dream job with a degree in Psychology. Pre-vet is definitely not an option for where I really would love to work, so that's not much of a choice anymore.

I've got some thinking to do. :eek:

I hope everyone is having or will have fun in their classes! http://emoticons4u.com/happy/058.gif

[Dekka]

Ugg ok so school doesnt' start till next week. I still can't find where I should pick my elective! And classes start wed, BUT it says late classes on tues, after 5, run as normal. Now we have forensics lab at the dna cluster at the university at 6 on tues. But do we go to that, the university doesn't start classes till the week after.

[Brattina88]

So... its my second week this semester and I don't like any of my classes. I'm taking ALG 027 MTWR, ENGL 162 MWF, and Intro to Sociology MWF. On T/R I also have Intro to ECE - which is completely dumb because its what I did in my junior and senior year of high school because I went to a joint vocational school for ECE for two years :rolleyes:

My Soc teacher is from Africa, and he's really cool, but I'm having a really hard time understanding him lol. Plus the begining work is pretty boring, scientific method, statistics and stuff. Real hard, and real exciting :rolleyes:
My English teacher is a fruit cake. He says "anywho" and rambles about video games and brainstorming. We have 9 Cinderella stories to read and summarize by Friday. Which I also did at the JVS...

I'm also MAD as heck, because the professor just told me last Thurs that the classes that I'm supposed to be exempt from (along with 3 or 4 other students in the same Intro to ECE class) are out the window. Apparently, my instructor of ECE at the JVS let the credential hours "expire", therefore making the classes that we took for the past 2yrs, that counted as several college credits, useless. Needless to say we are all calling and complaining to that instructor, and she is not calling anyone back. I am calling her supervisor tomorrow . . . :mad: They WILL fix this, or .... .... I don't even know what to say . . . :o

[Buddy'sParents]

So I started college as an AnSci/Pre-vet major. I then switched colleges and majors, and moved on to Graphic Design. Now I'm really considering majoring in Psychology.

I can get my dream career if I stick with Graphic Design. I love Psychology though (and Biology/Animal Science, too...), and I most likely would still be able to get my dream job with a degree in Psychology. Pre-vet is definitely not an option for where I really would love to work, so that's not much of a choice anymore.

I've got some thinking to do.

I hope everyone is having or will have fun in their classes! ]

Wow, do you have some thinking to do. If you need someone who can be objective to bounce ideas of off, lemme know. :)


Ugg ok so school doesnt' start till next week. I still can't find where I should pick my elective! And classes start wed, BUT it says late classes on tues, after 5, run as normal. Now we have forensics lab at the dna cluster at the university at 6 on tues. But do we go to that, the university doesn't start classes till the week after.

That's odd- that classes after 5 run on Tuesday? What's with school starting in the middle of the week anyways? My first day was today and it's so weird starting in the middle of the week. Why can't we stat next week after the holiday? I mean, really? :confused:

So... its my second week this semester and I don't like any of my classes. I'm taking ALG 027 MTWR, ENGL 162 MWF, and Intro to Sociology MWF. On T/R I also have Intro to ECE - which is completely dumb because its what I did in my junior and senior year of high school because I went to a joint vocational school for ECE for two years

Did you get college credit for those classes? I don't see why you wouldn't...

My Soc teacher is from Africa, and he's really cool, but I'm having a really hard time understanding him lol. Plus the begining work is pretty boring, scientific method, statistics and stuff. Real hard, and real exciting

ooh! That's neat. Sorry its hard to understand him, though. That can make class really difficult. Once you get past the boring stuff, things will get more exciting. :D



My English teacher is a fruit cake. He says "anywho" and rambles about video games and brainstorming. We have 9 Cinderella stories to read and summarize by Friday. Which I also did at the JVS...

I don't even know what to say to this... maybe I'll sleep on it, lol.


I'm also MAD as heck, because the professor just told me last Thurs that the classes that I'm supposed to be exempt from (along with 3 or 4 other students in the same Intro to ECE class) are out the window. Apparently, my instructor of ECE at the JVS let the credential hours "expire", therefore making the classes that we took for the past 2yrs, that counted as several college credits, useless. Needless to say we are all calling and complaining to that instructor, and she is not calling anyone back. I am calling her supervisor tomorrow . . . :mad: They WILL fix this, or .... .... I don't even know what to say . . .

Whoa. Big mess up. You don't let up on them. That needs to be fixed. They can't waste your time, or your money, like that.

[Dekka]

Mon is a holdiday, and tues is the orientation stuff for new students. So classes start wed.

[Babyblue5290]

My classes start Tuesday, my SECOND year in college! :D YAY!

I think I'm most excited about SCUBA this year! lol ya!

[Richie12345]

I think I'm actually going to have fun this school year... My AP history class is the most interesting, and my teacher seems pretty cool even though he's a... raiders fan... one of the kids is gonna bring in a ps2 and we're gonna play the teacher on Madden. If we beat him, we get extra credit points...

The only bad part is that we are giving 3 hours of homework, I much rather just be given the tests and skip the whole homework part. I already know most of the stuff they're teaching. I'm just excited to debate about current events, and hear about the whole global warming green house gases stuff (can you believe they're gonna talk about that in history? lol). I love hearing about how the corporations are responsible for destroying the earth and such.

[RedHotDobe]

I think I'm actually going to have fun this school year... My AP history class is the most interesting, and my teacher seems pretty cool even though he's a... raiders fan... one of the kids is gonna bring in a ps2 and we're gonna play the teacher on Madden. If we beat him, we get extra credit points...
:eek:

AP History? AP Calculus I could tolerate. AP Environmental Science was pretty fun. But I could not bring myself to take an AP History class!

[RedHotDobe]

Wow, do you have some thinking to do. If you need someone who can be objective to bounce ideas of off, lemme know. :)
After I ponder it a bit more to myself, I'll probably start looking for outside opinions. Thank you for offering. :)

[RetrieverLove]

Summer was way too short :(

[TheWonderPuppies]

I loved taking Ap history esp when we got into debates;)

[Buddy'sParents]

What is it with professors scheduling huge assignments to be turned in all around the same time? WTF. Like I have hours to work on each of their projects due at the same time... *grumble*

[PWCorgi]

AP History? AP Calculus I could tolerate. AP Environmental Science was pretty fun. But I could not bring myself to take an AP History class!

I have AP History this year, LOVE IT! I love history so much! *snuggles with history book*

[Brattina88]

I don't even know what to say to this... maybe I'll sleep on it, lol.
Friday he lectured, and then asked a question and NO ONE responded. We sat in silence for several minutes. He got up, and then sat down and said that we could sit there in silence for 10mins for all he cared, it didn't bother him. We sat there for a good 7mins until a student spoke up.
I wouldn't have cared either. Needed to catch up on some Zzzz's
:rolleyes: It's annoying that I paid for this class . . . to sit in silence!
:lol-sign:

Whoa. Big mess up. You don't let up on them. That needs to be fixed. They can't waste your time, or your money, like that.
Heck yes. I called my former lab instructor several times, and left messages - she never called me back! Only when I called her supervisor did I get ahold of the instructor. She claimed that the contract didn't have dates on it, so she didn't know how it could be expired. Then she said if it is "expired" why did the college not get in contact with the JVS..?... And then gave me a bunch of BS on how she missed me, etc etc :rolleyes: *pukes*
So I talked to my college professor about it again(who is the director of the ECE ed courses) and she claimed that she herself tried repeatedly to get ahold of my JVS teacher herself. Irritated, I called the JVS supervisor again. The supervisor called me back and reassured me that they will handle this... She said that she had a copy of the contract, and was going to set up a meeting with herself and the other ECE teachers at the JVS, with the head of directors at the college to get it all sorted out. . .

I am still unsure of whether this is the answer they think I want to hear (them blowing me off?) or whether it is actually going to be taken care of. Regardless, I will be keeping on top of it until it is done. There are also 3 other students (that I know of) This year who are in the same situation, so they will be keeping up on it as well . ..
SO Irritating! *big sigh*

What is it with professors scheduling huge assignments to be turned in all around the same time? WTF. Like I have hours to work on each of their projects due at the same time... *grumble*
ohh, I SO agree! It's almost as if they plan this!

Summer was way too short :(

I AGREE!!!

[Dreeza]

I start classes in 10 minutes.

::dies::

[Buddy'sParents]

*brings dreeza back to life*

If we've made it so far.. you can, too. ;)

[Southpaw]

I have AP History this year, LOVE IT! I love history so much! *snuggles with history book*

Ahhh are you kidding?! :p I took AP world history last year, and I think I would have preferred gouging my eyes out LOL. Because not only do I hate history... I hate any class where you basically have to teach yourself and you're reading a 40 page chapter every week. Ew.

I reallyyyy do not want to start school tomorrow lol. I've enjoyed my summer too much. And looking at all these notebooks and folders sitting on the floor that I should probably organize makes me sad haha.

[Dreeza]

*brings dreeza back to life*

If we've made it so far.. you can, too. ;)

awww thanks :)


haha, sooo its my senior year, and I managed to make a MAJOR freshman move.

I knew I had a half hour break btwn my 2 classes..but what i didnt pay attn to, was that my 1st class ended a half hour early (at 10:30)...so for some dumb reason, i just assumed my next class was at 11.

Oh no. It started at 11:30.

I walked into a HUGE lecture hall...and the door was like RIGHT next to where the professor was teaching, so EVERYONE was looking at me...and I stood there for a few seconds trying to process everything. like "hmm, class technically hasn't started...why is he lecturing already?" "hmm...why is he talking about the geographical divide..that does NOT sound like exercise physiology..." OH CRAP!

sooo embarrassing!!

[RedHotDobe]

I've been diligently stalking the list of classes online, waiting to see if someone would drop the class I really want to take so I could register for it. Someone finally did today. Today is the first day of classes, so I can no longer register for it online. I print out the form and fill it out. I drive to campus and take it to the Registration and Records office. The lady tells me the class is full.

I'm extremely disappointed. :( I was really hoping to be able to take it.

[Dekka]

I start tomorow..I have lab op standards 1 lecture (sounds thrilling, yawn) then Microbilogy, lecture. Then Molecular Biology Lab. I bet I would trade Lab Op for history..are there any takers?

[Dekka]

I've been diligently stalking the list of classes online, waiting to see if someone would drop the class I really want to take so I could register for it. Someone finally did today. Today is the first day of classes, so I can no longer register for it online. I print out the form and fill it out. I drive to campus and take it to the Registration and Records office. The lady tells me the class is full.

I'm extremely disappointed. :( I was really hoping to be able to take it.

What class?

[RedHotDobe]

I start tomorow..I have lab op standards 1 lecture (sounds thrilling, yawn) then Microbilogy, lecture. Then Molecular Biology Lab. I bet I would trade Lab Op for history..are there any takers?
If I had History, I'd trade it for anything. Except maybe English.

What class?
Photography I. I have to take that before I can take any of the other photography classes.

haha, sooo its my senior year, and I managed to make a MAJOR freshman move.
It happens to the best of us. http://emoticons4u.com/happy/046.gif

[96 GTS]

Well guys, FWIW, It's the first week of school for everyone, and I'm not going back. :( School seems to suck until you're actually not going, then it seems like a pretty good idea.

I wanted to go back this fall, but I was gonna move out east first, then go out there, but I dropped the ball, and now I'm too late. So I guess here's my official, "I'm retarded" post.

[Boemy]

WOW! Good for you! Good luck! :D

Thanks, Buddy'sParents! My last day at work is the 12th and then I start college on the 19th! Things are moving fast! :O

[Buddy'sParents]

Ah, you'll do great! So exciting to be the force behind the change in your life. You'll have to keep us posted on how it all goes. :D

[Dekka]

ICK I have a prof who wants all tests/quizes/and exams to be done in all caps !! eww I will get writers cramp for sure.

[TheWonderPuppies]

all of my english papers are in the correct format when i email them to my techer but when she recieves them they no longer are *cries* so now i have to retype 3 papers and turn them in by wends or i get to keep my failing grades

[Buddy'sParents]

What the heck is up with that? Why re-type them? What program did you use?

[TheWonderPuppies]

my comp uses vista and tehres use millenium so ti unformats teh email some how so i think i am going to have to suck it up and go and buy a printer

[PWCorgi]

Anybody want to tell me the Political/Economic/Social and Cultural/Religious/Geographic differences between New England/Middle States/Chesapeake Region/Caribbean in the colonial era?

Anybody?

[PWCorgi]

C'mon it'll be fun! :D

[TheWonderPuppies]

I wish i could help pw but i have NOOOO idea sorry:(

[TheWonderPuppies]

me nyquil and homeowrk dont mix
im going to bed soon i feel like crap after my nap

[PWCorgi]

lol, it's okay WP I know most of it but I just don't want to actually do it. :)
So I'm here whining.

[TheWonderPuppies]

lol i have nothing against whining i dot want to retype 3 papers so here i am on chaz and they stuff you spray in your mouth for sore throats tastes funny

[PWCorgi]

lol, I'm done! *does happy dance*
Now I just have a rough draft to do...bleh, screw it I'm going to bed! :)

[Buddy'sParents]

That sounds fun, PW... enjoy. :p

[RedHotDobe]

I don't have class today! Just homework. I got all of my art supplies yesterday, too. A mere $200!

[Buddy'sParents]

$200? That's all? Pfft. ;) :p

[Dekka]

I love my tues sched..no classes till 6pm. I hate having to keep a police investigators note book for a whole semester.

Just a random peice of info I am sure none of you care about lol

[TheWonderPuppies]

i only had like until 10:00 today:)

[Boemy]

Today's my last day of work!!! Classes start a week from now . . . I'm really excited about starting them, but will I still be this excited in a month? ;) I hope so.

[RedHotDobe]

$200? That's all? Pfft. ;) :p
I missed some stuff, but $200 seems good for what (little) I got! I just spent $50 on paint alone. :o

[Buddy'sParents]

Someone kill me. If I have to read another article of boring chapter about whatever it is I'm supposed to be learinng about, I may scream. :yikes:

[Dreeza]

Someone kill me. If I have to read another article of boring chapter about whatever it is I'm supposed to be learinng about, I may scream. :yikes:

ha, oh i feel ya.

I am like chapters and chapters behind in all my readings already :(

Microbio is making me want to shoot myself in the kneecap. It took me like 2 hrs to read one stinking introductory chapter.

[Dekka]

Eeeeek I have a class where we are being treated like HS students!! I kid you not. Its molecular bio. She drew a nucleotide and then asked someone to come up and circle the phosphate group. Then she goes on to tell us C-G's are paired and A-T's Like duh!!! Then she tells us that denaturing is the breaking down of DNA into single strands using heat. (duh..what does she think we did last year in DNA forensic's class last year. She told us it takes more heat to break the C-G hydrogen bonds...ya, and we know how to calculate what temp to yes...thank you very much!!!)

But the best (or the worst was our lab today) We had a lab on pipetting. No seriously. And then running our samples through the spec. She came with open toed shoes, and didn't know how to use the spec. We had to tell her where stuff was kept in the lab :rolleyes:

[TheWonderPuppies]

lol Dekka i LEARNED most of that in high school and reteaching pipetting????all i have to say is WOW (if you have made it that far im sure you know how to use one!)

[Dekka]

I never got to pipette in HS. But if we can extract DNA using multiple protocols, I am sure we have mastered pipetting!

[Southpaw]

I think I will cry if I have to read another page in Great Expectations. WHY did this book have to be assigned on the very first day of school.

We had a test about the first 20 chapters today, and out of 20 questions...I only answered 9 of them LOL. I felt totally stupid but this book is going way over my head, I feel like I'm reading a different language. I read it, but if someone were to ask me what I just read about, they would get an incredibly blank stare because I have nooo idea.

Ack, I knew I shouldn't have taken honors. It was just so easy last year I figured it would be the same this year. :o

[TheWonderPuppies]

My chem /zoology teacher was a college prof so she borrowed items from the college so we go to distract DNA and use pipettes and all the fun stuff before college and even other classes(she was the my favorite/ best teacher i ever had i would stay at her class during lunch to help her or to see a random experiment)

[Dizzy]

1st week of placement done and dusted.

LOTS of opportunities :D Still on induction, but making some great contacts. Been out on the community drop in bus (its a rural area with few links), met a whole host of people, and get to go into more agencies next week :D

Thinking about what I'd like to do in my time... I enjoy mental health and substance misuse.. and anti-social behaviour... So watch this space!!

Oh, and GOD how schools have changed since I went... We never had ANY of the links... such a good idea though.

[GipsyQueen]

*smakes head against desk.* I just had a 3 period long math 'test' *dies of calculus over load.*

[Boemy]

I think I will cry if I have to read another page in Great Expectations. WHY did this book have to be assigned on the very first day of school.

Oh boy, I remember having to read that. Haaaated it--and normally I love to read! One of my high school English teachers loved Dickens, had done her thesis on him for her master's degree. *cringe* You can really tell he got paid by the word, that's all I'm saying. :rolleyes:

Well, my school doesn't start until the 19th, but I'm cramming for a test already . . . When I first applied they said my program (natural resource science) was full and I would have to wait until the winter quarter to get into the classes specific to that program. Okay . . . I took some more "generic" classes in the meantime.

Then yesterday I find out they DO have room in the Natural Resources program . . . but you have to take a test to get into it. The very last test they're doing for the Fall quarter is on Monday, so I signed up for it. I also grabbed a practice test / study guide.

I blazed through the English portion of the test, no problem, but the math . . . er . . . Well, it's been eight years since I took a math course and with some problems I just stared and stared, racking my brains as I tried to remember what the formulas meant.

-2 | -3 -4 1| = ?

Question mark INDEED.

So I got "Teach Yourself Algebra" out of the library and I'm cramming. :rolleyes: I'm especially dreading going over sine / cosine again . . . I could barely remember those when I was in an actual math class.

[Dekka]

I have a paper to do in microbiology. Any ideas on a microbe that is either a bioweapon (and not anthrax) or is used in microbial forensics? Can't find anything interesting. (having issues logging on to Science Direct from home)

[Buddy'sParents]

Could you repeat that in laymans terms? :p

[Boemy]

Drendology: the science of trees, aka "how many Latin scientific names can you memorize? Mwahahaha!"

[TheWonderPuppies]

here ya go dekka http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/285/8/1059

[PWCorgi]

I have a paper to do in microbiology. Any ideas on a microbe that is either a bioweapon (and not anthrax) or is used in microbial forensics? Can't find anything interesting. (having issues logging on to Science Direct from home)
Have fun with that :P

Just thought I'd stop in to add that I have no school this week. :D

[TheWonderPuppies]

Boemy are you supposed to add the numbers alli got out of it was

-2 | -3 -4 1| = ?
-2 3 4 1

[PWCorgi]

^ Yeah, from what I know (and math is my worst subject) anything within the lines turns into an absolute and you just take away the negative. *shrugs*

[PWCorgi]

WAIT! Or do you distribute? lol, we did this last year I think.

[GipsyQueen]

Just thought I'd jump in a say that in two weeks I have Fall Vacation and will be in Italy for a week and Paris for 4 days while all you are in school :p
Ok that was mean, but its fan anyways :D

[TheWonderPuppies]

if you distributed it all you would do is add the like terms so it would be 6

[RedHotDobe]

I'm procrastinating right now. Just an FYI.

I have six pages of six drawings each to do for 2-D Design, and four paintings to do for Color Theory. The painting I don't mind. The drawings which require precise, ruler-drawn lines, I do.

[Boemy]

Boemy are you supposed to add the numbers alli got out of it was

-2 | -3 -4 1| = ?
-2 3 4 1

I went through my algebra book and I guess you're supposed to add the numbers inside the |s and then, uh, make them a positive number. And multiply them by -2.

^ Yeah, from what I know (and math is my worst subject) anything within the lines turns into an absolute and you just take away the negative. *shrugs*

^^ Yes, this.

Luckily I managed to test out of my math class so NO MATH THIS QUARTER, woo wooooo! :D

[RedHotDobe]

Just thought I'd stop in to add that I have no school this week. :D
No one likes you.

I only have 4 hours of class on Monday, 7 hours of class on Thursday, and 4 hours on Friday, so my weeks aren't too bad. So ha.

[PWCorgi]

No one likes you.
I am aware. Still doesn't change the fact that I don't have school this week :D

I only have 4 hours of class on Monday, 7 hours of class on Thursday, and 4 hours on Friday, so my weeks aren't too bad. So ha.
Well, I have tennis matches of Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. I win.

[RedHotDobe]

OMG I forgot I have class tomorrow! LOL. :D That means I should do my other homework not listed above relatively soon.

And PW, I win because I'm older than you.

[PWCorgi]

And PW, I win because I'm older than you.

How do you know? I could be a 40 year old perv for all you know :D

Yup, that's who I am!

[RedHotDobe]

:eek:

Then I'm glad your mother won't let me come visit! Phew, send her my sincerest thanks. :D

[PWCorgi]

ROFL, yeah I live in her basement and I don't work either :rolleyes:

[PWCorgi]

Then I'm glad your mother won't let me come visit! Phew, send her my sincerest thanks.

FYI, she says you can visit you just can't come to the house:rolleyes:. Do you see what I have to deal with, she's nuts I swear.

[RedHotDobe]

What fun is it if I can't see your doggies and horseys? :(

Don't worry, my mom was the same way. Maybe if she realized I wasn't a crazed psychopath, she'd let me come see them.

[PWCorgi]

She bugs me, I honestly don't understand any of her reasoning, it just doesn't make sense!

[noludoru]

ROFL PW.

Guys you all need to make a three way call and have our moms get together so they can all agree on what crazed psychopaths their daughters are.

[PWCorgi]

Guys you all need to make a three way call and have our moms get together so they can all agree on what crazed psychopaths their daughters are.

Holy heck, my mom would have a field day! I wouldn't be able to get her off the phone!

[RedHotDobe]

Does this look like homework that serves any sort of useful purpose?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/RedHotDobe/52dc85bc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/RedHotDobe/60e31390.jpg

Oh well, I'm done now and would go to bed if I was still tired, so I'll shut up.

I now realize this was poor choice of sentence placement within my earlier post, but this "Maybe if she realized I wasn't a crazed psychopath, she'd let me come see them." was in reference to PW's mom.

She bugs me, I honestly don't understand any of her reasoning, it just doesn't make sense!
I didn't, and as much as I'd like to say it gets better, I still don't understand much of my mom's thought process. :p At least now I'm old enough to make my own decisions and ignore all of the crazy things she says.

nolu, I in no way support a three-way call where the topic of the conversation will be me and my mental instability.

[noludoru]

LMAO we don't need a phone for that. ;)

And those are pretty interesting ideas for homework unless your homework is to celebrate the liberty bell and a bald eagle. Did a teacher actually assign it?

I'm avoiding mine until the last minute. I gave Middie a bath, I don't want to do anything else today.

[RedHotDobe]

The assignment is called "Re-branding of America." I understand the concept, but after listening to him talk for about 5 hours, I think I'm more lost than I originally was.

I don't like this class. Yesterday someone talked for about 2 hours on how to select in Photoshop and use the pen tool in Illustrator. I already know how to do that. :(

[Boemy]

So my Biology teacher wants us to learn aaaaall about bibliographies. So much that he is making us create a bibliography with 75 citations on it! :yikes:

The good news is that we don't have to actually do an essay . . . Just the bibliography, to teach us . . . the proper form, I guess. But couldn't we learn the proper form from doing a fifteen citation bibliography or something? Also, compared to the bibliographies I've seen in other sources, the form seems very odd and not standard. *grumblemutter*

I had to quit my full time job to go back to school and in despair signed up part time for Blockbuster video store, but now, mwahahaaaa, the local utility company called me talking about an interview for a part time temporary job (six months, flexible hours.) I go in to test my alphanumeric skills and Excel / Word skills tomorrow . . . I soooo hope I get it, it's close to my old wage, as opposed to living off minimum wage, which would barely cover the rent + monthly expenses.

[PWCorgi]

he is making us create a bibliography with 75 citations on it!

:yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

That's all I have to say about that.

[Boemy]

Oh man, am I in a panic right now! I'm in a completely online computer course (XHTML language) and the instructor just sent out an e-mail to everyone starting, "The deadline for Assignment 1 has come and gone . . ."

SAY WHAT? :yikes: I frantically logged into the main school website to check the syllabus and I swear it says assignment one is due on Oct. 8th! Oh man, I hope the teacher just got his dates mixed up! He automatically takes off 50% on late assignments! :yikes:

I hope and pray he just got his dates mixed up. The really stupid thing is that I've had the assignment done for a couple days now but hadn't sent it in because I wanted to double-check my work one last time! *dies a little inside*

[Buddy'sParents]

I think it'll be fine, Boemy! Take a deep breath and turn your stuff in! :)

[PWCorgi]

I agree, just turn it in, maybe he figured he'd send it out now to scare the students into getting it done real fast, I know teachers at my school have done that before.
Who makes a deadline on Sunday anyways?! Pfft!

[Southpaw]

I just need to suffer through this week then I have next week off. YES. :D

I'm ready to destroy my english teacher though. We finished Great Expectations... and now we are reading Rebecca. And I have a 700-word paper about Great Expectations due on Friday, sounds pretty fun, huh. I swear we will ALWAYS have a book to read in this class. And he's "thinking about" having us read David Copperfield over Christmas break. :yikes: That's almost 900 pages!!! In less than 2 weeks.
If it weren't for that stupid english class I'd have straight As. Grrr.

I also need to complain about photo; I can't roll film in bright light, I don't know how I'll pass this class when we're rolling it for real in pitch black.

I think the only class I don't totally hate is chemistry, which is amazing because unless it's biology, I normally SUCK at anything science related. Oh yeah... and I guess my cooking class isn't too bad, doesn't get any more awesome than baking cookies and cinnamon rolls. :p

[PWCorgi]

I have to read 30 pages for AP History.
I have to study for an english quiz.
I need to do my Prob and Stat homework.
And here I sit on Chaz at 11:15.
Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!
That is all.

[Boemy]

Thanks for the support, guys. I talked to him this morning and he said, "Oh, that assignment isn't due until Wednesday because some people couldn't get their books until last Thursday! :) "

So, uh . . . I have no idea why he e-mailed everyone saying it was due yesterday!! I'll bet I wasn't the only one in the class who panicked, though! :p

Now I can move on to panicking about my upcoming Dendrology quiz!

[keyodie]

S<FISOJFKLS FJLKS JFKLS JGLKH GGG

GFFFGGGAHHHHHHHH!!!!

I'm such a procrastinator. :(

[Dekka]

WOW glad I don't have any english classes. I do have 2500 word paper on the control of bacterial infections using other microbes (bacteria, viruses, helmiths..)

Have an mid term on wed in molecular bio..any one good at transcription and translation?

[Buddy'sParents]

any one good at transcription and translation?

uhh, nope.

I'll stick to my thousands of pages of reading, thank you.

Good luck with that!

[keyodie]

*sighness*

I stayed home from school today (and I was actually feeling sick) but I didn't do any homework all day... Now I have a bunch of English crap to do. =(

*googles 'how to defeat procrastination' in desperation*

[RedHotDobe]

My homework involves taking pictures. Woohoo! Plus I have to ink a bunch of stuff, but yay for the photography part!

[PWCorgi]

I'm reading a 17 page essay on Thomas Jefferson, Yayyy! I love History!! :D

Then I have to study for a business test, Boo! I hate business!!

[RedHotDobe]

How did I miss this? Boo History! Yay Psychology!

[Boemy]

A mid-term tomorrow, another mid-term the next day, and I just realized I have a computer assignment due tomorrow too. Nooooo!

[Buddy'sParents]

You can do it, Boemy!! :D

[darkchild16]

Registration for me is Nov. 7th but thank god all mine are online but thats still going to be hard. Starting college and having a baby. What was i thinking. (or was i) But I decided on Vet. Tech. for my 2 year A.S. Degree then i can take that and do Equine Science and Farm Management or Vet. Assistant.
One i would have to move away the other is at the same school.
I REALLY want to do the first one but if Josh goes into the marines could i use it? GAH
ANd thats still 2 years away god help me!!!

Heres what im going to be taking now. http://www.spcollege.edu/program/VETTC-AS

[Boemy]

Well, the computer assignment's out of the way. In a few hours I have my dendrology midterm . . . He's going to lay out sixty plant mounts and we have to identify them by their common name and scientific name . . .

. . . with points off for spelling. :yikes:

[darkchild16]

OMG good luck. i HATE the latin part of science.

what is dendrology btw?

[Boemy]

It's the study of trees. Wooo. :rolleyes: Luckily I'm a good speller, but still . . . Trautvetteria caroliniensis! :yikes: But I'm most concerned with IDing the plants, a lot of them look almost identical.

[darkchild16]

ahhh sounds intresting actually LOL. whta are you getting your degree in???

[Boemy]

Natural Resources science. I'm in a two year Associate of Applied Science program, but I'm thinking of going on to a four year program. :D It's a great program for anyone who likes working outdoors! Most people end up in government jobs (like Fish & Wildlife or state / national parks, so you get good pay and good benefits. :)

[darkchild16]

FOrestry was actually one of my options LOL. i wanted to be a K9 officer with the Fish and Wildlife but the school im going to doesnt offer the stuff i need

[Buddy'sParents]

O.M.G.

*tries to breathe*

Mild panic attack here... it's freakin' November.. what does that mean? that means there are SIX WEEKS... SIX WEEKS.... HOLY MOLY.... of my semester left. O.M.G.

Someone help :o

[Boemy]

:hail: NO MORE MIDTERMS!!!!!!!!!!! :hail:

In dendrology all the desks plus the whiteboard and walls had pressed plant mounts on them and we went around writing down what they were . . . The teacher looked at me like I was crazy when I went back around and doublechecked everything, but I caught nine mistakes I'd made (I always forget to look for the glands to ID a chokecherry) and ended up with 101%. (There was a bonus question. :lol-sign: )

WOOT!

[Dekka]

ugg I had a mid term this week, have one next week, and one the next week, then 3 weeks till finals. ICK

And soo many papers due...save me lol

[GlassOnion]

Urgh I have a Genetics test on Wednesday. I type up all the notes into word and its' 28 pages long! And this is the condensed version. CRAP! Got major studying to do tonight.

On the 19th I have a Microbiology and Biochemistry test on the same day. Problem is I'm still trying to catch up on my Micro flash cards (which will probably have to wait til Wednesday night because I'll be studying genetics) and then I have to actually study the **** things. That along with my biochemistry stuff too.

It's even more pressure because I'm making an A in Biochem and Microbiology but they're low As, 93 and 94. So I have to do freaking amazing to drag my grade up so that I have some kind of cushion for the cumulative finals.

Urgh.

[Dekka]

ewww I hate cumulative finals ick ick (but love genetics lol)

[PWCorgi]

I have a journalism article due tomorrow and it's just not flowing. GAH!!

[Beanie]

Urgh, you guys with six weeks left are lucky... I only have four weeks left. =< Finals are coming... oh God... *can't breathe*
I was already taking Thursday off work to take care of a bunch of doctor/dentist/vet appointments, but I also took Friday off so I can have PLENTY of time to write the three papers I have due the following week. x____x

Oh yeah... and I have an exam in my Literary Masterworks test Thursday night, and I STILL haven't finished reading Pride and Prejudice! I still remember a lot of the plot from high school, but...

...gulp.

I'm going to go read now.
Somebody better kick my ass on Wednesday and ask me if I finished that darn book.

[darkchild16]

I think im going to be taking remedial math if my practice placement test is any indication. URG i HATE HATE HATE HATE math