Status Report for 2-22-11
Girl is sick, on her way back from Canadia. Gotta go take care of her when she gets back because she’s a big pile of stupid. I hate sleeping on her floor, but it is what it is.
Two tests on Thursday. I’ll start my review today, and do the rest tomorrow after I hit the gym.
Got a text from my assistant manager, they’re running shorthanded again. Couldn’t help him today, though. I COULD maybe give a few hours tomorrow, but I’d prefer to stay focused. I should be fine for both tests, I just need to put the study effort in. I mean. I know all this calc stuff just fine. I just need a little practice so I can catch any stupid mistakes that can be made. Like:
Copying an equation wrong. In my homework, I recall having to use the pythagorean theorm and them use implicit differentiation. Not hard, except when you plug in given quantities wrong. When I reread it, I went SHIT, THAT WAS STUPID.
Missing a minus sign. Or an exponent. They just go missing sometimes!
Misreading a problem. Last test, I found the equation of a line parallel to one flawlessly, unfortunately the question said perpendicular.
There is no reason I shouldn’t ace the class.
As for my other class, it’s just a matter of going over the readings again. And. I hate reading. My mind wanders while I’m reading and I’ll end up retaining nothing. I’ve noticed I’m able to focus better and get “the point” if I read things out loud to myself. Hence why I could never be one of those people who just skips lectures, reads the book, and aces exams. I’m a visual and auditory person, I need to see and hear where the emphasis lies, so to speak.
Umm..
Having a lot of fun playing Aion. I’ve been periodically taking silly screenshots. Friend pointed out that Rift is in open beta. Never heard of it, but hey, free is free. Class system looks very promising, but the UI feels clunky right now. And the map sucks. I’ll keep it in mind, as it’s just a bad idea to play more than one mmorpg at once. About to smack the girl for suggesting we try world of warcraft. Yes. I spell it out. It looks stupid otherwise. I also think I’m one of the only people on the planet who actually played the original WarCraft. Yes! There was a time way back when! I still have it on a disc somehwere. A lot of fun, though StarCraft was definitely better.
Need to get groceries, too. Must buy food. So i can eat food. So I can stop accidentally missing meals. Gotta increase my squat.
Calculus. **SHUDDER** I never retain anything I’m reading, unless it is something that interests me. I’d rather watch paint dry than read about math. I wish that weren’t the case, but it is what it is. I have disovered recently that (for the class I’m taking) if I just work through the problems in the book over and over again, I learn in a more efficient and thorough way. Which doesn’t mean that I should stop reading altogether, since I need to under the concept of what I’m doing. UGH. I’m giving school a big thumbs down at the moment. Seems like this semester is never going to end. Wishing you the best on your exams!
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The only way I can retain what I read is if I sit down with a pen and paper and basically copy everything down into my own words. At least the key points. It takes fucking hours, so the result is that I usually either don’t have time to study, or give up on the note-taking and wind up forgetting the second half of the section. Ugh. Reading sucks.
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I’ve never played Aion. I have always played WoW… Although I’ve heard good things. I just can’t justify leaving wow after putting in so much money and time… sad really.
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