So, I got bored and decided to look at the number of hits this blog has been getting, and I'm starting to get excited because I've been getting between 2 and 7 hits a day, AND my follower count has gone from 8 to 10! WOO! I'm starting to think more than two people actually read this blog now, and that makes me happy because it means I'm not as dull and boring as I thought I was.
That being said, I'm not sure if the slight increase in traffic is due to my increase in activity or if it's due to the fact that I've been shamelessly advertising this thing on Twitter and Facebook... It might be a combination of everything too, but oh well. The increase in traffic will increase my interest in keeping this blog active, which means more semi-entertaining posts for everybody! :D
Now, I'm gonna rant a little bit again! YAY!
So, as I'm sure you remember, I was scheduled to help with culinary math workshops today. I talked to the person in charge of creating the lessons for the workshop about the discrepancy I found, and she said she understood where I was coming from and that she'd consider changing it, but that it wasn't a huge issue considering that my point was a little more advanced than what they were teaching. I understand where she was coming from, but I stand by my original point.
Anyway, that's not what this rant is about... This rant is about the arrogant freshmen I had to deal with.
So, there were two rounds of students that came in. The first was the students that had PM labs. They were alright, but two showed up late... one was 10 minutes late, the other was 30 minutes late... Their excuse: Ulearn (the website that JWU uses for class stuff) gave them the wrong room number. The funny part: They were sent an email with the correct room number and the other 12 people in the class managed to read their emails and find the correct room... BTW, the AM class only had two people that went to the wrong room. I know this because I was waiting outside of the other room, telling them which room they actually needed to go to.
That's not my only complaint though. There was a disturbing amount of students who didn't realize why they needed to learn the math, and a surprising amount still didn't understand even when they were told why they needed it... There was one student in particular who really got on my nerves. He was having a hard time understanding the information, which is fine, and I'm more than willing to work with him, but when I told him that the best way for him to learn the information was to practice every day, he told me that he didn't have time to do it... Now, I was good about it and just said, "I understand exactly where you're coming from." but in my mind I was saying, "You ignorant little fuck. You have no idea what busy is."
The only reason I was thinking that was the way he said that he didn't have time. The workshop leader and myself were talking to him about how important it was that he got the information and he said something along the lines of, "Well I have a project I need to do for my lab, and I don't have time to be doing the math stuff." Hence my internal reaction, because I have three classes, each with a decent sized work load, a job, and my peer tutor position. Granted, I do have a decent amount of free time, but for the most part, my days are swamped.
So needless to say, I've been wanting to get that off my chest most of the day... I shared it with my roommates and they were equally disgusted, but it's still nice to write everything out.
Don't get me wrong now, I think JWU is an awesome school, but they have almost no standards when it comes to academics... It's disturbing and frustrating, but the fact that the professors are so awesome makes up for the poor standards and incompetency of some of the administration.
That's it for now. I'm debating about posting a how-to about something, but I'm unsure of what to do... I'm thinking about something with chicken... Hmm... Oh well... I figure it out. haha
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