Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.

'Ariel'


Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Gris - Dec 05, 2005 10:51:47 am PST #7908 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Cool. Almost makes me want to do my algebra homework. But not enough to make me actually do it.

Actually, Emily, is there a copy of your class's syllabus online you could link me to? I have a feeling that our algebra class isn't covering as much as it should in the semester, and I was wondering how it compared to others.

BTW, that email looks fine.


Emily - Dec 05, 2005 10:55:08 am PST #7909 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Here's the class page, with a link to the (PDF) syllabus (I just mention it because I get irritated when I realize I'm going to have to twiddle my thumbs while my computer loads an unexpectedly PDF page). Also, thanks. Guess I'll go ahead and send it -- the whole applying-interviewing process makes me so uncomfortable, but there you have it.


Scrappy - Dec 05, 2005 10:57:45 am PST #7910 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Emily, Good note! I would cut the "Also" at the beginning of the second sentence and make it present tense "I realize that I'd been unclear so I...." Sounds a bit stronger.


Ginger - Dec 05, 2005 10:59:33 am PST #7911 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Emily, you might want to add something in the "I was really impressed with the school and your curriculum" vein. More warm fuzzies, anyway.


Gris - Dec 05, 2005 11:00:41 am PST #7912 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Yeah, as I suspected. You guys started a week earlier than us, but are currently more than a month ahead of us - we're just looking at factor groups, and will certainly not be getting to rings this semester. How annoying. Guess that "Ivy League" stamp doesn't guarantee extra learning, surprise surprise.


DebetEsse - Dec 05, 2005 11:02:28 am PST #7913 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Guess that "Ivy League" stamp doesn't guarantee extra learning, surprise surprise.

snerk


Emily - Dec 05, 2005 11:02:58 am PST #7914 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Such a fine line between warm fuzzies and butt-kissing. I was really impressed with the school, though I don't know much about their curriculum. I'm just so uncomfortable with the whole saying-nice-things thing. It's pretty much the same thing as not liking to get flowers for the first six months of a relationship. We just don't know each other well enough for me to feel comfortable fawning over the disciplinary policy!

And yet, that's what you do. It's a good point, Ginger, thanks. And Robin, good call. Off to edit.


Emily - Dec 05, 2005 11:04:28 am PST #7915 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

D., are you using the same book? Hey, maybe you're just going into more depth, or... something.


Ginger - Dec 05, 2005 11:08:57 am PST #7916 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Such a fine line between warm fuzzies and butt-kissing.

Ah, but if there ever was a time for sucking up, it's in the post-interview e-mail. It's not like you're going to say, "You have the best school ever ever in the history of the world and I want to stay there until I collapse in the middle of an equation, struck down by the chalk dust that smells like the finest perfume to me."


Gris - Dec 05, 2005 11:10:54 am PST #7917 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Heh, I just checked, and yeah, we are using the same text.

We're supposed to cover the same material by the end of the second semester as you guys. We'll see if that happens..