Wow my last update was in June... where did the summer go? Also why is summer taking so long to arrive? Personally I'm tired of rain and the wet stuff, having nice hot weather is great but a nice medium of 75-80 with a little humidity would be Utopia for me, oh yeah rain at night or whenever I have to be inside working or something like that. Ok Mother Nature? ;-)
School update: finals are over, have some marks in and for the most part keeping the grades in the 80's. I didn't go chasing marks and honestly didn't work too hard for what I had. Got lucky a few times on tests and assignments but all in all I think I know the material. One exception is a course that is lacking on details on how my 2nd half marks are assigned. In my view the prof hasn't followed the syllabus as laid out initially, changed how we were being marked, eliminated some quizzes, and basically had the students write the final exam. I am a little perturbed about this, and while I know I can get ahead of myself and perhaps jump to a conclusion at times without in-depth research, I checked with some other classmates. The consensus from those I spoke with is they are just as annoyed/disappointed/outraged as I am. I've sent an email to the prof asking for some details on how the marks were determined, hopefully the answers provided make sense. If there appears to be funny business I will appeal the mark to ensure someone's not taking advantage of the students. My mark showing now is good, 86%, so I'm not trying to grind for more marks. I'd really like the process to be fair for everyone, since we're partnered with the faculty and support staff to receive the proper education to get us into a position for successful employment. A little background digging has led me to believe that an appeal or challenge would be successful, hopefully it doesn't come to that.
Back to school on the 9th of September, 6 courses this fall and I am really looking forward to the challenge. New topics, good profs, follow the plan to network to ensure employment post April 2010. I am loving college and academia but being broke sucks. To some this might be a broken record as I've mentioned it during online discussions (msn/email) but some are online when I'm sleeping or at the golf course. This blog is about "my" updates ya know!
That's it for now, talk soon! xo
School update: finals are over, have some marks in and for the most part keeping the grades in the 80's. I didn't go chasing marks and honestly didn't work too hard for what I had. Got lucky a few times on tests and assignments but all in all I think I know the material. One exception is a course that is lacking on details on how my 2nd half marks are assigned. In my view the prof hasn't followed the syllabus as laid out initially, changed how we were being marked, eliminated some quizzes, and basically had the students write the final exam. I am a little perturbed about this, and while I know I can get ahead of myself and perhaps jump to a conclusion at times without in-depth research, I checked with some other classmates. The consensus from those I spoke with is they are just as annoyed/disappointed/outraged as I am. I've sent an email to the prof asking for some details on how the marks were determined, hopefully the answers provided make sense. If there appears to be funny business I will appeal the mark to ensure someone's not taking advantage of the students. My mark showing now is good, 86%, so I'm not trying to grind for more marks. I'd really like the process to be fair for everyone, since we're partnered with the faculty and support staff to receive the proper education to get us into a position for successful employment. A little background digging has led me to believe that an appeal or challenge would be successful, hopefully it doesn't come to that.
Back to school on the 9th of September, 6 courses this fall and I am really looking forward to the challenge. New topics, good profs, follow the plan to network to ensure employment post April 2010. I am loving college and academia but being broke sucks. To some this might be a broken record as I've mentioned it during online discussions (msn/email) but some are online when I'm sleeping or at the golf course. This blog is about "my" updates ya know!
That's it for now, talk soon! xo
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