Worus

This has been a pretty sucky day. All in all class went well. I got to present in Spanish today, so I didn’t lose my points for missing Friday. That made me rest a little easier. Unfortunately, he started talking about the research paper today, and that makes me a little scared for the amount of time I will have. He’ll probably do the same thing in Asian American studies tomorrow, as well.

Physics lecture was impossible to follow today. I tried to print off the important slides for lecture, but there was an error with the printer. I don’t know what it was. There were sixty-four slides for him to present in fifty minutes today. He did it, too. It was less than a slide a minute.

I’ve decided that this man is not fit to teach physics. It’s not that he’s not enthusiastic about it, or that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He seems to enjoy himself, and he seems quite knowledgable. The problem lies in the amount of work he’s exptecting. He wants us to do twenty multi-part physics problems a week, minumum, plus quesions, plus a problem set. Add those to the labs and we already have a tight schedule. One hour a week I get a recitation, and now he’s saying that we have to do five projects this semester. Plus a quiz every week and tests every five!

The problem sets that he asked us to do for tonight weren’t even related to our current classwork. One of the problems was a full chapter ahead of where we’re supposed to be. He wanted us to use Boyle’s law. I had to ask a chemical engineer what it even was. Then the problem required binomial expansion or the use of infinite series, which are not discussed in the prequisite for the course!

Right now I’m scared about this class. My tutoring prospect and I are in talks about getting one session a week going, so that should help. I also attend two supplimental instruction sessions a week, which should help, but haven’t helped me with comprehension yet.

As a matter of fact, the homework for tomorrow was so bad that at supplimental instruction tonight, there was something like fifty people in a thirty person room in Pearson Hall. People brought in desks from other classrooms, and eventually some guys brought in one of the hall benches because they couldn’t find desks! It was absolute madness!

Help.

Now Listening to: Following the Wind
Final Fantasy III: Eternal Legend of the Wind

I went to work today. I spent a lot of the morning pulling receivings for Kim. It took until about noon, as a matter of fact. I didn’t finish, but after lunch I decided that it was time to actually do my stuff for the rest of the day. This involved moving a lot of boxes from point A to point B. It was all mostly boring.

I came home from work and sent out a few e-mails about Senate File 33. I really hope that it passes, because there will finally be statewide protection on sexual orientation in almost every area necessary. I was reminding Dean to write his representatives, and he was just like, “Right…”

I couldn’t believe this sentiment from him! He is a man who could be fired no matter what he does, and could have it justified because he is gay. Yet he doesn’t think it’s important to stand up for his rights. I just don’t see it at all. Only thirteen states provide this kind of protection, and as much as we ask for it all the time, you’d think that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and allied community would stand up for it. I bet a lot of the transgendered community would stand up for it too, just because if gender identity was introduced and I found out about it, I would be writing my representatives in favor of it all the way.