'Objects In Space'
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.
I knew about that WEIRD phenomenon but didn't remember the term.
Thanks for the wishes for my sister. They are quite welcome, although I don't want to give the false impression that pursuing chemo is a GOOD sign. But it's something, and hey, I'll take it.
Oy Ginger. People!
My psych prof in college mentioned how a lot of studies use a pool of freshman psych students instead of real population cross sections. We had to volunteer for a certain number of tests to pass the course. I had one grad student bitch me out for throwing off his statistical spread by being too good at picking out words from jumbled letters. Certainly didn't raise my faith in studies to hear that.
I remember once before a pop quiz that my psych prof asked if we had any questions before we began. I raised my hand and asked what the answers were.
He gave them.
Unfortunately, the final answer was "caffeine" and my pavlovian response was to write "coffee" because it was an 8am class and I am not a morning person.
Burrell, well enough to go home is great on many levels. That's excellent.
My one psych class destroyed my image of the science (including as a science--I'm still recovering from that) by using broad brushes that didn't colour me.
I just realized that Philosophy had my favourite electives.
I had a philosophy prof who used to be a marine, and cleared the room by at least two thirds by giving a scary speech about kids looking for an easy elective. We got into lots of arguments. One day he was talking about unpredictable random things, and I was pissed at him for something (most likely me using an argument of his against him, one that he used often on us, that he then dismissed as unfounded).
So I got up and walked out.
He didn't count it as an absence.
After the class was over he wrote me a nice letter about how much he enjoyed our talks.
So many teachers are just waiting for someone to yell back at them.
So many teachers are just waiting for someone to yell back at them.
And yet, so few judges.
Home. Unpacked. Trying to decompress so I can freaking get up early enough to swim tomorrow. I miss it. Also miss the Milky way and stars down to a visible horizon, but that's NM's effect for you.
I'd have argued less with my professors if they were able to give me jail time for contempt of class.