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WildZoo said:
I know they don't necessarily agree with him. I guess from my viewpoint any issues of privacy are overruled by the awful idea of someone who is racist owning a business that largely employs African Americans, or being allowed to continue to hold such prejudices without any consequences. But I know other people are more concerned with how the information got out and all that.
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Oh I agree with you 100%. I can see the argument they're making but I have no qualms about a racist ahole receiving such a punishment.
 
that redhead said:
Oh I agree with you 100%. I can see the argument they're making but I have no qualms about a racist ahole receiving such a punishment.
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What sucked was to see my grandmother arguing with my mom about it, since my mom is biracial and I could tell the argument was really bothering her.
 
Yeah...I'm of the opinion that a person can think and say what they want and I would defend that right no matter what terrible things they happen to believe.

Threaten any profits though, and you'll be taken care of. lol
 
Not really a rant, not really a rave, just something I'm thinking.

I don't know if it's the fact that I'm getting older or my anxiety meds, but I have become extremely hardened. I don't feel as much. It's funny because it sounds like compassion fatigue, but I don't have this problem with clients or patients or coworkers. It's with classmates, friends, etc. Maybe it's a protective mechanism since school is getting close to being over and I'm going to be moving away. I know that I build walls and push people away to avoid being hurt, but I don't want to be seen as a bitch. The end.
 
This is a petty rant, but right now I'm feeling pretty broken 🙁. I just had quite a terrible break-up... and I feel horribly lost and shattered...

There's not enough ice cream and puppies in the world for how I'm feeling right now 😢
 
Ashgirl said:
This is a petty rant, but right now I'm feeling pretty broken 🙁. I just had quite a terrible break-up... and I feel horribly lost and shattered...

There's not enough ice cream and puppies in the world for how I'm feeling right now 😢
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That's not petty at all, I'm so sorry 🙁
 
I feel cheated by a grade I received and now I'm not sure how to approach the matter with the professor.

I ended up with a B+, which isn't bad, but based on the points that were entered into the grading system (413.5/450 points or 91.9%), I firmly believed and still believe, after e-mailing him, that I deserve an A-. To compound matters, this guy said Tuesday night that he would post the final grades for students to see how they did and ask questions before officially submitting them. He did not do that, so I was completely blindsided. I had no chance to discuss this prior to him submitting the final grade (which can only be changed now through petitioning the registrar, btw).

The biggest issue though is that he decided, without discussion with the students, that our lab illustrations were going to be graded on a S/U basis even though the syllabus clearly states that dissections and illustrations are worth 30% of the class grade. In the online grading program, I even have 100/100 points for these drawings. He dismissed that grade as, "Well for whatever reason the program made the illustrations worth points." WTF? The instructor controls that!
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The damn cherry on the cake is that one student actually gets a letter grade for his drawings because he teleconferenced in for labs from a satellite campus. Special treatment much?:eyebrow:

Arbitrary. Random. Unfair. Nonsensical. Bull-****. :annoyed:

... and I don't know what to say in a non-accusatory tone that I'm right and he needs to change my grade as well as the grades of other students that were underscored. I even like this guy, but as a professor he is just so disorganized in his teaching style that it was mentally painful taking two classes with him this semester.
 
B+ to A-? Is that worth pulling your hair out over?

I agree that it sucks, but I would just let it go and be done with it. You sound really, really worked up over something that will probably affect your GPA very little in the long run. Just brush your hands of it and be done. $0.02.
 
Rabbit Riot said:
I feel cheated by a grade I received and now I'm not sure how to approach the matter with the professor.

I ended up with a B+, which isn't bad, but based on the points that were entered into the grading system (413.5/450 points or 91.9%), I firmly believed and still believe, after e-mailing him, that I deserve an A-. To compound matters, this guy said Tuesday night that he would post the final grades for students to see how they did and ask questions before officially submitting them. He did not do that, so I was completely blindsided. I had no chance to discuss this prior to him submitting the final grade (which can only be changed now through petitioning the registrar, btw).

The biggest issue though is that he decided, without discussion with the students, that our lab illustrations were going to be graded on a S/U basis even though the syllabus clearly states that dissections and illustrations are worth 30% of the class grade. In the online grading program, I even have 100/100 points for these drawings. He dismissed that grade as, "Well for whatever reason the program made the illustrations worth points." WTF? The instructor controls that!
:boom:

The damn cherry on the cake is that one student actually gets a letter grade for his drawings because he teleconferenced in for labs from a satellite campus. Special treatment much?:eyebrow:

Arbitrary. Random. Unfair. Nonsensical. Bull-****. :annoyed:

... and I don't know what to say in a non-accusatory tone that I'm right and he needs to change my grade as well as the grades of other students that were underscored. I even like this guy, but as a professor he is just so disorganized in his teaching style that it was mentally painful taking two classes with him this semester.
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I had a very similar situation with my genetics professor and can understand your frustration... unfortunately this guys was both disorganized and stubborn, so no matter how many ways I demonstrated that I deserved the A-, he was convinced that he was right... he also said that I shouldn't complain and that the B+ was a fine grade.. but that isn't really the point is it. Ultimately.. you can't fix stupid.. and I decided to just wash my hands of the situation and move on.. it wasn't worth the stress for me to try to get the grade changed and it wouldn't have been changed in time for this last application cycle anyway.. Hope you get it figured out and are okay with whatever the outcome may be.
 
Rabbit Riot said:
I feel cheated by a grade I received and now I'm not sure how to approach the matter with the professor.

I ended up with a B+, which isn't bad, but based on the points that were entered into the grading system (413.5/450 points or 91.9%), I firmly believed and still believe, after e-mailing him, that I deserve an A-. To compound matters, this guy said Tuesday night that he would post the final grades for students to see how they did and ask questions before officially submitting them. He did not do that, so I was completely blindsided. I had no chance to discuss this prior to him submitting the final grade (which can only be changed now through petitioning the registrar, btw).

The biggest issue though is that he decided, without discussion with the students, that our lab illustrations were going to be graded on a S/U basis even though the syllabus clearly states that dissections and illustrations are worth 30% of the class grade. In the online grading program, I even have 100/100 points for these drawings. He dismissed that grade as, "Well for whatever reason the program made the illustrations worth points." WTF? The instructor controls that!
:boom:

The damn cherry on the cake is that one student actually gets a letter grade for his drawings because he teleconferenced in for labs from a satellite campus. Special treatment much?:eyebrow:

Arbitrary. Random. Unfair. Nonsensical. Bull-****. :annoyed:

... and I don't know what to say in a non-accusatory tone that I'm right and he needs to change my grade as well as the grades of other students that were underscored. I even like this guy, but as a professor he is just so disorganized in his teaching style that it was mentally painful taking two classes with him this semester.
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I had a teacher like that last semester. I actually have him again now but he's much better after what we did. Some of us from the class went straight to the dean. It might sound extreme, but if he's doing it to you, he will probably do it to others in the future, which might affect them more. Just because yours is a B+/A-, doesn't mean it won't be worse for someone else. He also needs to change his syllabus if he's not going to go along with what he wrote, or tell you beforehand. that's not cool. I would definitely go to someone higher up. I know that at my school that's encouraged. Maybe not at yours. But I think its worth shot. Especially if you can get others to back you up, and if you can prove with your grades and such that you get a better grade.
 
Ashgirl said:
This is a petty rant, but right now I'm feeling pretty broken 🙁. I just had quite a terrible break-up... and I feel horribly lost and shattered...

There's not enough ice cream and puppies in the world for how I'm feeling right now 😢
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I'm in the same boat as you 🙁 Hang in there, Ashgirl!! Sending you good vibes
 
Today I was reminded why I almost never join executive boards in organization. :boom:
 
twelvetigers said:
B+ to A-? Is that worth pulling your hair out over?

I agree that it sucks, but I would just let it go and be done with it. You sound really, really worked up over something that will probably affect your GPA very little in the long run. Just brush your hands of it and be done. $0.02.
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Ordinarily I would probably agree with you, but I'm at the end of my graduate degree and have no GPA-counting classes left before I finish. Having those credits go for a 3.3 and a not a 3.7 has actually dropped my cumulative GPA for grad school (difference between a high 3.5 and a low 3.6) and more than likely has dropped my last 45. If I weren't still looking at vet school in the future, it would not matter, but as it stands I'm trying to overcome a lower undergrad GPA and having a professor go rogue with his grading isn't helping me to achieve that goal.

Honestly, I'll probably keep the grade unless he seems open and willing to work with me to change it. I will let him know that I am extremely disappointed that the final grading plan was not shared with the students at an appropriate time. To me, there is no excuse for an instructor to keep that information from the students, especially when it differs from the syllabus in a way that works against them and their efforts.

Plus, I really wish he didn't mention to me that one student is getting grades for his illustrations. That is just not right and really adds fuel to my fire.
 
The hardest part about every 4 months spent in Grenada is eating. Inevitably the last month rolls around each term and eating becomes a struggle. WHY!!! So much time gets wasted to feeling like crap until I remember I haven't fed myself anything in many hours. Grrr.
 
jmo1012 said:
The hardest part about every 4 months spent in Grenada is eating. Inevitably the last month rolls around each term and eating becomes a struggle. WHY!!! So much time gets wasted to feeling like crap until I remember I haven't fed myself anything in many hours. Grrr.
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I wish I had this gift. I waste so much time walking to and from my refrigerater and I forget that I just ate 10 min ago...
 
Minnerbelle said:
I wish I had this gift. I waste so much time walking to and from my refrigerater and I forget that I just ate 10 min ago...
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if i had more interesting things to eat, i would spend a lot more time perusing my shelves, but its either expensive, unavailable, or i'm really tired of it already. dont worry, i'm not some whiny, skinny chick. i just really wish i had a little more variety in my life to entice me to treat myself a little better.
 
I will never provide any ideas or input on anything ever again. Also I will never be on another board of any organization. Nope, not happening. Once I finish these obligations I am DONE!
 
Minnerbelle said:
I wish I had this gift. I waste so much time walking to and from my refrigerater and I forget that I just ate 10 min ago...
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Seriously. And all the people in my class who go on about how they forget to eat when they're stressed... damn, I wish I could forget to eat when stressed, instead of being ravenous.
 
Trilt said:
Seriously. And all the people in my class who go on about how they forget to eat when they're stressed... damn, I wish I could forget to eat when stressed, instead of being ravenous.
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I eat a lot when I'm procrastinating, but when I'm actually truly stressed, I tend to not feel like eating. It's kinda nice around this time of year, although when I do eat my meal probably consists of brownies or ice cream, so...
 
Trilt said:
Seriously. And all the people in my class who go on about how they forget to eat when they're stressed... damn, I wish I could forget to eat when stressed, instead of being ravenous.
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And you're not even ravenous for things that are good for you. I want cookies, chips, brownies, cake, chocolate bars, ice cream, take out (mainly Indian), etc.
 
I'm so sick of my mail program on my mac only deciding to load my school email half the time. I keep missing out on time sensitive emails! 😡 I was just keeping my web mail open since it hadn't been working, but then it was working, so I thought I didn't have to keep checking online. But no, it had stopped working again... and really, what good is having a sister who used to work in tech support for a university if she can't fix your computer problems for you?
 
BlackDog17 said:
I've had fewer problems with people not pulling their own weight, but more problems with the Type A personalities. Things like trying to power grab, stepping on other group members' toes because they feel they can do the project better than anyone else, or doing the bare minimum of work and then deciding the night before the project is due that the perfectly acceptable final product is not good enough and everyone should spend all night rewriting their sections until the particular group member is satisfied.
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My undergrad university is filled with Type A personalities in the biological sciences; this perfectly describes doing group work with them! I know I'm a bit of a Type A too, but at least I do recognize it and try not to step on toes or do that horrible last-minute tantrum crap.
 
Note to self: dirt roads on PEI don't get plowed in winter. Just because snow everywhere else is gone, don't assume there won't be a giant snow bank in the middle of that dirt road. And when your mom says that her new car has four wheel drive, don't assume that she knows the difference between four wheel drive and all wheel drive. And don't assume she knows enough about handling that new car to realize that she needs to gun it to get through that giant snow bank.

All these assumptions will lead to the two of you being stuck in the middle of the aforementioned snow bank hoping like hell that the tow truck can make it down the muddy dirt road to rescue you. :smack:
 
BlackDog17 said:
Note to self: dirt roads on PEI don't get plowed in winter. Just because snow everywhere else is gone, don't assume there won't be a giant snow bank in the middle of that dirt road. And when your mom says that her new car has four wheel drive, don't assume that she knows the difference between four wheel drive and all wheel drive. And don't assume she knows enough about handling that new car to realize that she needs to gun it to get through that giant snow bank.

All these assumptions will lead to the two of you being stuck in the middle of the aforementioned snow bank hoping like hell that the tow truck can make it down the muddy dirt road to rescue you. :smack:
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...but its MAY!! there's still snow in Canada?? i would die! ugh 🙁
 
jmo1012 said:
...but its MAY!! there's still snow in Canada?? i would die! ugh 🙁
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It is actively snowing here right now, lol.

And I'm happy to report that the tow truck was able to get us out. It was a little hairy but at least we weren't stuck there until July. Definitely never taking that road again unless I have my truck.
 
I may be the worst company rep ever. It's so frustrating! Also if I could please just have one migraine free day during finals week that would be awesome!
 
BlackDog17 said:
It is actively snowing here right now, lol.

And I'm happy to report that the tow truck was able to get us out. It was a little hairy but at least we weren't stuck there until July. Definitely never taking that road again unless I have my truck.
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it's snowing?!?!?! my brain just can't handle this! how...? why...? ughhhh
 
Started a 4 week Nike Training App program to hopefully get me in shape and maybe keep me more on a schedule. About 25 minutes into the 30 minute body weight circuit today the app forced closed and now it doesn't think I logged my workout for the day. =(
 
BlackDog17 said:
Note to self: dirt roads on PEI don't get plowed in winter. Just because snow everywhere else is gone, don't assume there won't be a giant snow bank in the middle of that dirt road. And when your mom says that her new car has four wheel drive, don't assume that she knows the difference between four wheel drive and all wheel drive. And don't assume she knows enough about handling that new car to realize that she needs to gun it to get through that giant snow bank.

All these assumptions will lead to the two of you being stuck in the middle of the aforementioned snow bank hoping like hell that the tow truck can make it down the muddy dirt road to rescue you. :smack:
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Now today I'm sitting at a mechanic in New Brunswick because my truck started having problems an hour in to our 12 hour drive home. I should just stay away from all motor vehicles. I have the worst luck ever.
 
my roommate fried potato pancakes and fish for dinner tonight. our apartment smells HORRIBLE!!! i can't stand the smell of seafood. hello migraine, not like i needed to study tonight for our final tomorrow or anything... 😡

edit: idk what she did but the smell is completely gone and now shes making crepes 😀 and my headache isn't too bad
 
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BlackDog17 said:
Now today I'm sitting at a mechanic in New Brunswick because my truck started having problems an hour in to our 12 hour drive home. I should just stay away from all motor vehicles. I have the worst luck ever.
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That stinks 🙁 Hope the rest of your drive is uneventful.
 
"This is why people don't want to answer government questionnaires."

^That's my thought today as I call up people and ask them about their dead relatives. It wouldn't be so bad if these people hadn't already filled out a nearly identical paper copy. I just feel like I'm bothering them now... 🙁
 
I am about to strangle my boyfriend. He is moving up to the DC area for an internship this summer and we are trying to secure a place for him to live. Instead of asking me questions nicely, He is getting an attitude. Argh I know he stressed out about this but I am trying to help and getting an attitude with me.
 
Coquette22 said:
In my opinion, horses will always be one of the difficult animals. Right up there with birds and cats.
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But birds and cats are the best! I was just saying the other day that if I could feasibly open up a practice that just saw cats and birds, I'd be a happy vet.
 
Coquette22 said:
In my opinion, horses will always be one of the difficult animals. Right up there with birds and cats.
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okay okay, horses are difficult. but theyre not more difficult that a food animal test with 30 more questions and more than double the material. and they're certainly not more difficult than toxicology taught in dutch by a professor who never actually had toxicology in vet school or any time after that...
 
I am getting so frustrated with this clinic I was trying to do an externship with. At their request, I sent them two dates I was interested in with assurances that I could choose plenty of other dates if those were not available, since I haven't found a job yet and my summer is wide open at the moment. Three weeks went by with no response. So I emailed again asking if they'd had a chance to consider the dates I'd given and reminding them that I could choose other dates if necessary. Today I finally get a response: "Externships are not available in May. Good luck with your search."

Wtf? I feel like I've just been dismissed. I had also given them dates in June in that email and I'm not sure if they didn't read the whole email or if they're just completely done with me. I'm not sure how to proceed from here. It especially sucks because it was exactly the type of practice I'm interested in and they provide housing. So frustrated.
 
Lost my cat Genie early this morning. She went very fast, only 2 days of lethargy before her little body could not take anymore 🙁 She gave no signs anything was amiss but she had a large mass in her caudal lung lobe. These past 6 months have been the worst of my life with losing Alvin, Libby, and now Genie while both my mom and my SO's mom have been ill (his mom has terminal cancer). I'm so frustrated, exhausted, and heartbroken.
 
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