Heh. I was considering making this exact post. With the same punctuation and everything.
::high-fives tommyrot::
I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Sep 24, 2009 11:17:18 am PDT #10756 of 30001
Because books.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 11:21:35 am PDT #10757 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm in favour of writing 'I conclude.' Apparently the academic community doesn't like this construction. I don't care. I'm the one who's bloody well concluding.
Oh yeah, that's just crazy. I have gotten more flack for trying to make things clear and engaging when they were supposed to be about Serious Research, I swear.
megan walker - Sep 24, 2009 11:22:42 am PDT #10758 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The year I studied in France the exchange program from our school would take the grade the teacher gave us, compare it with other native and exchange students in the class, factor in somehow the teacher's evaluation of us and our evaluation of the teacher, and *somehow* come up with a grade. I got a 12/20 in French lit and a 16/20 in Prehistory (he was so nice to me, for me to get that grade on an oral exam on a randomly chosen subject). My American GPA went up.
I'm still bitter about the fact that my 13s and 14s junior year were Bs to my university but As anywhere else.
I heard many times the explanation that they're really tough at University, especially the first year, because it's so cheap for French students to go to college that they need to weed a bunch out. I don't know how true this is, or was in 1996, anyway.
Sort of. There's just a big inclination to not inflate grades. I taught first years at one of the most exclusive universities in the country and my mandated class average was 10 out of 20 (I think for second years that went up to 10.5). So, if you wanted to give someone a 14, you had to really want to. I think 15 was the highest grade I ever gave and 7 was the lowest.
I also had to rank each student in my class and you were limited on the number of ex-aequos you could give.
Laura - Sep 24, 2009 11:23:07 am PDT #10759 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I have bloody well concluded that y'all are funny.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 11:30:31 am PDT #10760 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, here's another topic: Why would you throw someone a surprise going-away party? If my boss hadn't just told me, I would have started to think that there wasn't going to be one! And I want a going-away party!
msbelle - Sep 24, 2009 11:33:21 am PDT #10761 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
dude, your office, as a culture, is lacking in social skills.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2009 11:34:51 am PDT #10762 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's just her office telling her, "Dude, nobody likes you. Surprise! We do like you!"
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 11:35:27 am PDT #10763 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Word of warning - don't let anyone bring in a John Deere.
Stephanie - Sep 24, 2009 11:36:16 am PDT #10764 of 30001
Trust my rage
I suspect this opinion is shared by many here, but I really dislike surprise parties
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 11:38:24 am PDT #10765 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They do this shit all the time here, and I just think it's bizarre. It's not like it's a surprise that I'm leaving!