Today was by far one of the worst Tuesdays I’ve had this quarter. We had a very long and complicated lab to do in Chemistry today, so what does the TA do? She shows up late, and then tells us to be patient and hold on. The other classes not only get twelve extra minutes (that is a lot of time when it comes to labs), but now she is late and of course refuses to give us any Leigh way or extra time. The lab is not clearly explained, and is hard to decipher even on paper. Not only that, but people are still behind on other labs and this lab happens to count as double the points. So I hurriedly complete the lab, just manage (probably with several errors) and then am prompted to redesign the lab and find two unknown cations. Have we learned how to do this or even talked about it? No way, why would we. It’s only our grade. I did my own experiment and still have not deciphered the results, which will probably be wrong. I have so much more to do for this lab tonight. Not only that, but my math lecturer is behind while the homework just keeps moving ahead. I got my math quiz back from last week, it’s a failing grade. Wonderful. I understand the material, do well on homework, but when it comes to tests and quizzes I’m absolutely awful. I don’t do well under pressure. Then after that class I’m overwhelmed and doing homework again. The pressure is really getting to my brain. For some reason I thought it was Thursday, so I went to Denney for English and then at 1:28pm realized it was Tuesday. So I sprinted to Central Classroom building, not realizing I needed yet another hard copy of my commonplace paper. I get there late and unprepared, looking like an idiot, and proceed to pass my laptop around instead of a paper. Then I get my paper back and am told it’s more ARP than CP and that I basically need to rewrite it. I also have to go home and take care of my little brother right after school. I have to completely rethink and rewrite this paper, which I worked really hard on. I don’t know what to do anymore…Tuesdays suck.
Teachers that do that make me so mad. Even advisers have been being crappy lately. I had called to make an appointment with an education adviser and they said I had to go to an information session first. The session is in December. They're advisers for a reason. That's their job. They need to make time for their students!!!! My TA for math class took a week to respond to my email. If they can't handle their jobs, they shouldn't have them! I basically have to rewrite my paper as well. It's so frustrating. The second week of class, I made the same mistake of going to Denney on Tuesday. I hope things get better for you. Our break is almost here so hang in there!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a rough day!
ReplyDeleteI had to pass around my laptop too, don't feel dumb...i didn't know we needed another copy either.
ReplyDeleteThere is a saying in Korea, "A good day and a bad day always cross in our lives."
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