I know I’ve been neglecting you, tumblr. For that, I’m sorry.
In my defense, look at these grades. I love you.
Exams and other things!
Texas and Local gov exam to be exact. I turned in my argumentative paper and I really hope he doesn’t take off points for the interjection of my personal experience. I do think it’s relevant to my case. Going to start contextualizing my notes and posting them on Google docs so I can remember them.
God, so much has happened and yet nothing to note really.
I honestly wish Mark had a longer time with us in class and that we’d bring up these topics in the next class instead of simply just for that one.
Currently, we’ve read Faux Friendship and The End of Solitude from this William Dersiewicz.
God, his writing comes from SO much privilege. I just can’t. I’m supposed to be analyzing this shit. But. Ugh.
Diary of a would be ME: The River Won’t Flow
Okay, I have assignments that have come and gone since I last wrote. I’m currently working on the internet assignment our government professor assigned us. Yeah, I’m a terrible student, I procrastinate. I didn’t intend to, but things happen.
I mentioned Shamitriss last time, turns out she’s pregnant. I’m really hoping she stays clean, I think she’ll be okay. She’s going to school too. She doesn’t give herself nearly enough credit.
I got a 98 on my first government exam! Additionally, we have bonus points that weren’t added to the test score, so it’s around a 99-100. Yay me.
Surprisingly, Mark did appreciate the “white savior” angle on my critical analysis of the ad.
Anyway, been busy with homework. Odd that I feel I’m doing more this eight weeks than I did last eight weeks, when I had more classes. It might be because government isn’t my forte and I’m essentially learning all new things.
Musicals help so much.
Easter was awesome. Also, I got the new Selena album.
Diary of a Would Be ME: exams, class and racial things!
Augh! Okay, I’m so behind I haven’t really written you guys since Spring Break. Blau.
Alrighty. So, I have Texas State and Local Government along with the second half of my English Comp I class.
We’ve already had a week of class that I never really blogged about. So, our deadline came and went and I really don’t think I did as well with it because frankly I don’t think my topic was as ~socially conflicting~ or ~scandalous~ as he wanted it to be, but we’ll see. I really don’t have high hopes for it which means that on our fourth paper, I need to write it well.
Speaking of papers. Do you ever get the feeling that your professor is grading you on a harsher scale than the rest of the students? Because, I kind of get this feeling and it makes me sick to my stomach.
Turned that in on Monday. Had my first exam in Tx Govt on Wednesday along with visiting the state capitol. (Not that I’ve never been there but it was a tour for our government class, so it was nice.)
Now during this tour, the tour guide (who I later found out is a history professor for class at my college), kept differentiating between “Mexican” and “Latino”. Specifically when he was talking about “our” side of things during things like the Battle of the Alamo and San Jacinto.
Okay. I get that he did it to differentiate from the United States (Texas) and Mexico. But I hated his wording of it. Because. Texas was Mexico. Texas is Mexico. While Latino is inclusive of Mexico and Mexicans, it really didn’t settle well with me. I asked him why he differentiated it in that particular way and I kind of got a bullshit answer from him. He mentioned mestizos but the way he did it, kind of like it was something foreign and sanitized and historical. Like they don’t exist currently.
Granted, I’m one of maybe 4 PoC in this class. I guess I’ll get to explore this more in my History classes.
That was last week, before Shamitriss came out. I have to get back to analyzing this stupid ad posted in Mark’s magazine. I’d like to critically analyze it and point out its flaws but I don’t think he’d like that.
For someone who “reads color lines” every day, he certainly doesn’t listen when the WoC talk about our experiences in class. Go figure.
Spring Break
Obviously that happened this past week, in case you didn’t know. I spent most of it trolling WoW’s Alliance general chat channels. They’ve made that game super easy to play, since I last dipped my toes in it.
I really needed the break that I got from school. Also: my three year rape anniversary happened. It was hard. I’m always pretty emotional around that time. I really hope I’m better healed by the time I’m in med school.
My aunt is in the hospital again, well she should have been released Sunday, I believe. It’s heartbreaking. In the truest sense of the word. I was in San Antonio, Saturday-Sunday. Super triggering along with the fact that one of my cousins decided that I was the perfect person to vent out all her frustrations on. Spent half the ride home crying. I’m glad Mom doesn’t know the real reason why.
So! Spring break is over. Supersadface. :C
Back in school and my synthesis paper is now due next Monday, instead of this Friday. I’m kind of grateful. I had my first TX government class Monday and well, have I mentioned that Government and History aren’t my subjects?
Really, they’re not. It’s not that I’m not interested in them. It’s just the way that they’re taught that puts me off to the information. I find it dull.
So, back to that. This is another eight week course. (You must be thinking I’m crazy.) It looks pretty intense, but I don’t plan on retaking this class. I just have to dedicate myself to learning Texas Government. I’m grateful that my professor C. Laughlin is pretty awesome.
She seems fairly straight forward, i.e., she says that her exams are reflective of her classes. We’ll see about that.
Anyway, that synthesis paper needs me to work on it. I need to get off of tumblr.
First round of finals are over!
Took my Spanish and Intro to Psych finals and totally aced both of them. Well, I got a 98 on my Psych final for sure for sure. My Spanish grades haven’t been put up yet, so I don’t know what it is, but I’m pretty confident about that test.
I have a research/synthesis paper due the week after next, Friday. I’ve been reading up on my resources and I wish I had access to these other papers.
I am so excited to start Texas Government class. The professor sounds alright on Rate My Professors.com. We’ll see though.
I’m really going to miss talking to people from my other classes. Let’s hope I’m not a douche and I continue to talk to them.
Anyway, I’m going to head on over to Google docs to work on some stuff. ♥ See you around.
Diary of a would be ME: Researching Take Home Exams.
I have to do a research paper for my English Comp I class in a week or so, Mark wants a ~current controversial topic~. There are some things that are simply off the table:
- Weed/Marijuana/Pot
- Abortion
- Guns
- Drinking Age
- Stem Cell Research
- Cloning
What’s on the table? Well, we tried covering that in class and he really seemed adamant on talking about Immigration for a while. Personally, I can’t write an unbiased research paper on immigration. It cuts way too close to home. I also don’t know how I feel about the word “illegal”, though I’ll admit it is a word that I use. Then we discussed Education very briefly. I mean, maybe 30 seconds of Education discussion. Uh, fracking was mentioned.
I’m thinking Erin’s Law (Illinois SB2843) or something involved in Sex.
Also: I’ve kind of been pushed into singing in class on Monday as part of my final. I’m most likely going to do it a cappella just so I don’t have to worry about singing in a slightly lower key. Can’t decide between “Volver, Volver” and “Tu Solo Tu”, starting to practice each song just to find what it is exactly I sing better. Hell, I may even record “Sunrise” from In the Heights.
I totally forgot to mention my take home exam for Psych. It was crap. I hated it. I really hope I never have to do another take home exam again. I strongly prefer exams that I can study for and just take without having to give mini-essays for the answer.
I don’t know. I want to do so much. Anyway, I have to finish working on this essay for my English Comp class.
Diary of a would be ME: Pre-Calc(ulated movements)
A lot’s happened since I last wrote you, dear internet. I’m maintaining my grades, though I’d like them to be higher. I might try studying more than I am now.
So my friends at school have been fantastic. Okay. This is what my college looks like:
It’s essentially a high school refurbished. Well, actually it’ll be undergoing some refurbishing in 2013.
Anyway, I have some great friends in each of my classes. Cat told me about talking to David Woods in the Mathematics department about my classes, he was really the beginning of a great help. I finally also found a counselor who is willing to discuss my classes with me.
See, I’ve compiled a list of the classes I need to get the degrees I want. I’d like to write technical papers during my free time in med school.
I’ve had a pretty bad history with my previous counselors. The two I had previously just weren’t as helpful as I wanted them to be. I mean, they weren’t bad necessarily, I was just looking for a sounding board to make sure that I am on the right track. Essentially I was looking for someone who cared and I didn’t seem to get that from them.
My third try at this campus got me Barbara K Chambers and I have to say that she is fantastic. She really seems to care and is super helpful, I’d refer just about any ACC student to her, if the RGC campus is your campus.
Previously, I spoke to an unhelpful man (whose name I won’t include because that just seems downright rude) who simply advised me to talk to someone at UT.
Well, UT did come to the campus and I spoke to Candice C Tirta about classes and transfers to their College of Natural Science. Great thing is that she’s the Biochem advisor. I’m excited. I have people I feel like I can depend on when it comes to getting my schooling done.
I can’t explain how afraid I was that I’d mess things up this early into my classes. I had to actively keep myself from crying a few times when I spoke with Chambers. It’s been hard getting back into school and I finally know what I want and I don’t want it to pass me by.
Anyway, Dr. Woods has helped me get into Pre-Calc to refresh my memory on trig and all of that before Calc, add Chambers and I seem to have a solid team that’s willing to help me. I won’t be letting them down, either.
