Ok. Is this too mean? My radar is down right now...
Dear Incompetent Groupmate,
I got your five e-mails with articles attached that you would like me to incorporate into the final PowerPoint presentation. But, I need you to break down what you would like on each slide. We can't fit the whole article onto a PowerPoint presentation slide.
For example, you'll probably want to break it down like this:
*Topic
*Point 1 of the article
*Point 2 of the article
*Article conclusion
You could also include a short quote or two, if you'd like. Also, please let me know which videos go with which article, so I can match them up.
No Thanks, your very frustrated groupmate
Perhaps you could mention the rule of thumb I go by: "Never put more on a PowerPoint slide than you could put on a t-shirt."
Oh! That's a good one. So, it's not mean? I'm having to work so hard right now to not be mean.
For instance, I need to e-mail the financial aid guy back. His last two sentences are, "Please be aware of what you have borrowed in the past which includes both your private loans and federal loans as well. This will all need to be paid back once you graduate."
I just can't seem to start the e-mail with anything other than, "No shit, Sherlock!"
What an asshat.
Well, that or college students really are a whole lot stupider than I thought. And, today, evidence is pointing towards that conclusion. So, who knows.
I just can't seem to take it seriously, though. Dude, I was in your cubicle for almost an hour today. I think I made it pretty clear that I understand this will all need to be paid back.
His last two sentences are, "Please be aware of what you have borrowed in the past which includes both your private loans and federal loans as well. This will all need to be paid back once you graduate."
He might be legally required to say that. There are a hell of a lot of rules about disclosure wrt fin aid that seem kind of dumb.
There are very few white wines I like, and I have recently discovered that I don't like white grape juice, either. Yet seedless Thompson grapes are delicious, even w/o skins.
Yet seedless Thompson grapes are delicious, even w/o skins.
The best part of the hottest days of summer is freezing seedless grapes and sucking on them like hard candy. Yum!
Susan, I rock two (two!) white-noise machines and earplugs. Those help me sleep like a baby.
Actually, the main noise machine is my alarm clock, which also plays CDs & MP3 players, as well as having two different alarms that can be programmed for specific days. As soon as I can figure out how to make that motherfucker brew coffee and surf the internet, I'm marrying it.
Earplugs! I should probably try those first, given that they're the lowest tech intervention. Last time I used them was when I had a writing conference roomie who froze if I used my usual hotel drown-out-noise technique of blasting the AC all night, but they worked and kept me sane and her thawed. I'll just have to have the alarm set loud enough to get through them.
