Well, school has started again. I’ve got two online classes this semester in addition to my “on campus” classes. One of the things I find truly fascinating about the online class experience is that the instructors insist on trying to develop something akin to a sense of community for each class. Every semester, every class, [...]
Tagged Personal, pointless gestures, wordsmithingThis has to be one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever seen. Mike Rowe (the Dirty Jobs guy) talks about work and our perceptions of work.
Tagged workplaceI’ve been plugging along all semester in an online introductory IT class. Now, it hasn’t been worthless; I’ve been exposed to quite a bit of stuff I didn’t know or was only vaguely familiar with, but the whole experience has been rather frustrating. Feedback from the instructor has been minimal. Out of assignments for 23 [...]
Tagged free speech, pointless gestures, whining, wtf?One of the classes I’m taking this semester is a sort of general computer course. I know that’s not terribly descriptive, but it’s hard to describe. It’s pretty much a hodge-podge of basic information. In the book we’re using, the current chapter introduces the concept of “find and replace” in text documents. (Yes, it’s a [...]
Tagged Computers, whiningI was hanging out with my folks Monday night. They are having some work done on their house and had to move some stuff around to accommodate the carpenter (who was my high school math teacher). In the process Mom found some old pictures and other assorted things she had saved. One of the items [...]
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