Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I can't spell erginear... but I can do math. 1+1 = two 1's

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/top-5-reasons-i.html

Read the comments in the link above, some people left interesting stories to tell.

From the site... (Does these apply to you?)

5. Awful Textbooks
Thick, dry, black and white manuscripts are rarely a source of inspiration and sometimes can cause loads of confusion. Often, the text is poorly written and interrupted by lengthy equations with symbols that are different from those used by the professor during lectures.

4. Professors are Rarely Encouraging
During each class, a professor that would rather be tending to his research will walz up to a blackboard or ovehead projector and scribble out equations for an hour without uttering a single sentence to create some excitement.

3. Dearth of Quality Counseling
College students may not have a sense for how to build their resume and they might be clueless about the variety of career opportunities that await them. Unfortunately, some academic advisers do little more than post fliers about internships and hand out a checklist of classes to take. They should make some projections about the future job market, learn about the interests of each young scholar, and offer them tailored advice for how to best prepare themselves.

2. Other Disciplines Have Inflated Grades
Brilliant engineering students may earn surprisingly low grades while slackers in other departments score straight As for writing book reports and throwing together papers about their favorite zombie films.

Some professors view undergraduate education as a type of natural selection, but their analogy is flawed. Many of the brightest students may struggle while mediocre scholars can earn top scores because they have a larger group of supportive friends to or more time to dedicate to studying.

1. Every Assignment Feels the Same
Nearly every homework assignment and test question is a math problem. Only a few courses require creativity or offer hands on experience.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Pick one... anyone

I Guess You'll Do - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkp9UqVVHs&e

After viewing this video, it dawns to me this is probably how my life will be.
  • Is there no diversity in how relationships will end up?
  • Can we just all not get married and live a solitude life of pursuing happiness by ourselves?
It is most likely unavoidable. Most of us want to have kids and be successful... or strike out kids and be happy living a life we would want someday (aka live our "dreams"). I actually contemplated seeking a place to live where no social influence will affect my life. As the world's population grows, that seems to prove to be more difficult. *shrug* Back to my studies...