I have a cold, not a particularly terrible cold, but one that is bad enough to make it hard to go to sleep and easy to wake up at night. I woke up this morning at 5:00 AM just because I was hacking up a lung, so I got up and swigged some Buckley's straight out of the bottle. It worked, quite well, I was able to sleep for another 45 minutes or so until the alarm went off.
We had to get up and get going this morning by 6:00 AM so that we could be at the University for 7:00 AM. Which is just freaking crazy, I found it hard enough to be up and at the University for 8:00 AM meetings with my marketing group, but B had to be up and with her group for 7:00 AM. Which is just really crazy, no one should be up that early, at least no University students. And her group wanted to meet for 6:00 AM until someone knocked some sense into that group member (no it wasn't B who suggested 6, I believe she did the knocking).
The nice thing though is that it makes it really quick at Tim Horton's because no one is there except for a few plumbers and an electrician. But when I get up that early even an extra large Double-Double doesn't work. So, I might have to do more than write my semi-weekly blog in Computer Science this morning, I might have to....... zz zzzz zzzz zzz zzz
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
School is Cool...
and Eric is corny...
But really, I think I'm starting to see that school really is cool. I know, I haven't posted in two weeks, and now I'm saying something like school is cool, you are thinking have I gone off my rocker? No, I haven't, at least I don't think so!
I've been working on mid term exams, had a computer science (CPSC) last week, marketing this week and math in a week or so. So I've been a little overwhelmed with school, studying for exams and doing assignments.
So the question becomes, why would I say school is cool? I say it because it is, I've gotten to the point where it's not so much fluff and more content, a higher SNR (signal to noise ratio) which I like. And you know what the crazy thing is? The longer I'm in school the more I realize I don't know. If I come out of school and pretend to know everything I give you full permission to kick me, because the more you learn in school the more you realize there is to learn. And a big part of what they are doing here is teaching you is how to learn more.
I used to rail against University because it was so impractical, they don't teach you skills that you can directly translate into the workplace. Well, that is true in many cases, but what they are showing you is how to come up with bigger and grander ideas, how to learn how things work, how to evaluate and prove ideas. Which is cool.
Now not every class is like that, some are still kind of mundane concepts and ideas that they try to pound into your head, and expect you to memorize for exams. But some of them are really great, specifically my math class. I know, I know, I've always kind of hated math or so it seemed. But the fact is I like math, I like it alot, it's such a practical, logical language, I've always hated the amount of work I have to do to be good at it. But with a few good professors, and taking a few courses more than once :-) I'm slowly getting better at it. And it appeals to me, because it teaches me how much I don't know!
Cheers,
E
PS: I had to write this down so I remember in the future when I'm tired of school and I've decided I don't like it anymore. Which should be now because I'm tired and worn out and in the middle of exams, but I still like it.
But really, I think I'm starting to see that school really is cool. I know, I haven't posted in two weeks, and now I'm saying something like school is cool, you are thinking have I gone off my rocker? No, I haven't, at least I don't think so!
I've been working on mid term exams, had a computer science (CPSC) last week, marketing this week and math in a week or so. So I've been a little overwhelmed with school, studying for exams and doing assignments.
So the question becomes, why would I say school is cool? I say it because it is, I've gotten to the point where it's not so much fluff and more content, a higher SNR (signal to noise ratio) which I like. And you know what the crazy thing is? The longer I'm in school the more I realize I don't know. If I come out of school and pretend to know everything I give you full permission to kick me, because the more you learn in school the more you realize there is to learn. And a big part of what they are doing here is teaching you is how to learn more.
I used to rail against University because it was so impractical, they don't teach you skills that you can directly translate into the workplace. Well, that is true in many cases, but what they are showing you is how to come up with bigger and grander ideas, how to learn how things work, how to evaluate and prove ideas. Which is cool.
Now not every class is like that, some are still kind of mundane concepts and ideas that they try to pound into your head, and expect you to memorize for exams. But some of them are really great, specifically my math class. I know, I know, I've always kind of hated math or so it seemed. But the fact is I like math, I like it alot, it's such a practical, logical language, I've always hated the amount of work I have to do to be good at it. But with a few good professors, and taking a few courses more than once :-) I'm slowly getting better at it. And it appeals to me, because it teaches me how much I don't know!
Cheers,
E
PS: I had to write this down so I remember in the future when I'm tired of school and I've decided I don't like it anymore. Which should be now because I'm tired and worn out and in the middle of exams, but I still like it.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Funny
My Sis-in-law K (actually my only Sis-in-law at the moment) has introduced me to Goodreads.com which is an interesting way of keeping track of the books you've read, are reading and would like to read. If you aren't signed up yet, and like to read, sign up and look for me :-)
In relation to that it was a funny XKCD this morning; I can totally concur, because I find it difficult to discuss a book (or game, or movie) where you spend more time figuring out what each person is talking about because there are more made up names then content.
In relation to that it was a funny XKCD this morning; I can totally concur, because I find it difficult to discuss a book (or game, or movie) where you spend more time figuring out what each person is talking about because there are more made up names then content.
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