Oh, and vw, I hope you are able to keep things under control, focus on your test, and then deal with the medical stuff later. Not that you should have to do it that way, but I hope it works out.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Stephanie - May 13, 2008 5:16:23 am PDT #8873 of 10001
Trust my rage
Pix - May 13, 2008 5:40:37 am PDT #8874 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yeah, with something like a writing class or a business class or something, I could see some utility in attempting to argue (*argue*, not *pester*) for a better grade, by making a case for why your performance on specific tasks was better than the teacher graded them.Arguing your grade in my English class is a surefire way to make me want to lower it. Asking why you got the grade, no worries. I'm happy to review. But I grade on a set rubric and am very consistent. This idea that English grades are completely nebulous makes me growly. (I mean, I get why people think they are and that they may have had bad experiences with some teachers, but its not nearly as subjective as everyone seems to think.)
vw, I get that it's a freshmen course and that the prof is worried about fake excuses, but getting a note from the ER? I'm sorry, but that's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Even if you make it through the exam all right, you have grounds to file against the school for denying you emergency health care. IOW, grr. And hang in there.
Aims - May 13, 2008 5:43:05 am PDT #8875 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Timelies!! Ok - I'm not gonna get too excited, but I got a call from one of my professional references that the woman from the interview a couple of weeks ago called him asking for a reference. He's calling her back with glowing reviews of me.
Good sign, yes?
But I'm not gonna get too excited.
SuziQ - May 13, 2008 5:43:24 am PDT #8876 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
But I grade on a set rubric
Oh yes, I much preferred the courses that had rubrics as part of the syllabus's. I've had too many English type classes where I got a bad grade and had no idea why.
sumi - May 13, 2008 5:43:58 am PDT #8877 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, I think that's a good sign.
sj - May 13, 2008 5:44:05 am PDT #8878 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Aims, that sounds like a very good sign.
Nora Deirdre - May 13, 2008 5:45:23 am PDT #8879 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
It is a good sign- IME, people don't generally start calling references until they are pretty sure that they want to hire someone.
brenda m - May 13, 2008 5:48:14 am PDT #8880 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Timelies!! Ok - I'm not gonna get too excited, but I got a call from one of my professional references that the woman from the interview a couple of weeks ago called him asking for a reference. He's calling her back with glowing reviews of me.
Whoot whoot whoot! Calling references is generally the last step in hiring someone, IME.
Aims - May 13, 2008 5:49:29 am PDT #8881 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
*IF* I get this job, 'm gonna totally thank the thank you cards.
Volans - May 13, 2008 5:57:28 am PDT #8882 of 10001
move out and draw fire
(crossing fingers for you, Aimee)
Here's something for billytea: "Rats laugh in the ultrasound when they're tickled. They also seek the hand that tickled them (not to bite). Listen to the Radio Lab segment on it, where the researcher who discovered the rodent guffaw talks about how he came to do so. I first found out about it in the excellent QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance, where you can learn that a kangaroo can shuffle foetuses between its two uteruses to wait for droughts to end before giving birth, monotremes are literally "one hole" (for pee, poo, and procreation), and the New Zealand kea are parrots strong enough to rip the kidney fat out of sheep.
And here's something for the die-hard (sorry) Hello Kitty fan: the Hello Kitty tombstone.