That's comforting...got back my first two assignments today.
Philosophy: perfect 4.
Modern Jewish Thought: 9.5/10.
Good start to the semester!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
ANP 840 Sadness
I'm so excited for one of the core courses of the Anthropology degree - Biocultural Evolution. And I noticed that the grad-level course fits better in my schedule next year. Through the Honors College, we're allowed to take grad courses as H Options. So I sent an email to the Anthro department asking if I could take the course. They told me to talk to the prof. And...
"Hi Rebecca. I am sorry but the class ANP840 is not open to undergraduate students."
Meanie! Very tempting to fight it...but I won't. I will simply take it as a sign that I should make the undergrad one work. But seriously. MEANIE!
"Hi Rebecca. I am sorry but the class ANP840 is not open to undergraduate students."
Meanie! Very tempting to fight it...but I won't. I will simply take it as a sign that I should make the undergrad one work. But seriously. MEANIE!
Gender and Global Change Specialization
I was originally planning (hoping) to do a Gender and Global Change additional major with my International Development degree. But the two are actually coded under “Global and Area Studies” together, and I can’t major in the same thing twice. So I was playing around with things, trying to figure out what I might do. The Gender and Global Change specialization is available, but I thought I was going to have to do some serious cajoling of an advisor to make the requirements line up. Nope! She made it easier on me than I was planning…so there it is. How fun! Go, advisor! Go, go, advisor!
The Wallet Fiasco
Oh, do I have a humdinger for you. Yesterday's epic adventure:
After getting out of a meeting with my PA prof (Peterson, chair of Philosophy Department), I decided to do some massive indulgence and get some Taco Bell after running a few errands. So I parked my bike and went in.
And the guy at the counter was high on something. Maybe it was only life. But there was definitely something going on that made him able to perform his job but be incredibly, absurdly...outgoing, shall we say? I know that I'm "the second Rebecca [he's] messed with today" and his first girlfriend was named Becky. I also received a free soda. Yeah. Not my fault.
Anyways, I went from Taco Bell to my next class, not very far away at all. And realized about ten minutes later that my wallet had fallen out of my coat pocket - probably in my quick attempt to get away from Taco Bell so I could laugh hysterically without hurting anyone's feelings and escape the awkwardness that is a guy asking "So, what's your thought process right now?" in a vain attempt to score.
I had a few minutes before class, so I biked back over, scouring the ground as I went. No luck. I had to go into class panicking. Contacted a friend who lived nearby and asked him to go into all the restaurants and businesses asking if anyone had turned in a wallet. No luck. Then my phone vibrated. Unknown number coming in from Iowa. I had a hope, a prayer. After class, my voicemail sang out the "Hallelujah Chorus" to me. A nice TA in the Pyschology Department picked it up and got it back to me that night. La vie est belle!
After getting out of a meeting with my PA prof (Peterson, chair of Philosophy Department), I decided to do some massive indulgence and get some Taco Bell after running a few errands. So I parked my bike and went in.
And the guy at the counter was high on something. Maybe it was only life. But there was definitely something going on that made him able to perform his job but be incredibly, absurdly...outgoing, shall we say? I know that I'm "the second Rebecca [he's] messed with today" and his first girlfriend was named Becky. I also received a free soda. Yeah. Not my fault.
Anyways, I went from Taco Bell to my next class, not very far away at all. And realized about ten minutes later that my wallet had fallen out of my coat pocket - probably in my quick attempt to get away from Taco Bell so I could laugh hysterically without hurting anyone's feelings and escape the awkwardness that is a guy asking "So, what's your thought process right now?" in a vain attempt to score.
I had a few minutes before class, so I biked back over, scouring the ground as I went. No luck. I had to go into class panicking. Contacted a friend who lived nearby and asked him to go into all the restaurants and businesses asking if anyone had turned in a wallet. No luck. Then my phone vibrated. Unknown number coming in from Iowa. I had a hope, a prayer. After class, my voicemail sang out the "Hallelujah Chorus" to me. A nice TA in the Pyschology Department picked it up and got it back to me that night. La vie est belle!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Life is good, by the way
I haven't posted in a while...'cause I'm too busy loving classes and life. : )
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Ah, Advisors
I had a meeting with my Arts & Letters (main) advisor today. She hasn't seen my full big proposal of five bazillion degrees, which is probably just as well. I did email it to her, but it must have been lost in the shuffle. I'm still playing around with it, though, and it's definitely changed since I emailed it, so it's all good. I have meetings with a few other advisors in the next few weeks and hopefully things will get ironed out.
That said, the meeting today was a bit pointless EXCEPT...
The College of Medicine is working to create a 4+1 bachelor's + master's of public health degree. Essentially, I could get my master's in one year of online courses and a 4-week practicum if I dropped some undergrad credits. My epidemiology professor has been pushing this the last couple of days. I was getting kind of jazzed about this idea, though I'm not sold on online courses. And then Dr. Fryer looked at me and told me that I should probably be going to Harvard or Yale for my master's. At which point I remembered that I either will be doing random work in Africa helping people in a completely non-bureaucratic way, in which case no one cares if I have my MPH, or I'll be doing something incredibly high-profile and be an academic snob, in which case I want my MPH plus other stuff with as big a name as possible. Good point, Dr. Fryer. No online classes for Becca!
That said, the meeting today was a bit pointless EXCEPT...
The College of Medicine is working to create a 4+1 bachelor's + master's of public health degree. Essentially, I could get my master's in one year of online courses and a 4-week practicum if I dropped some undergrad credits. My epidemiology professor has been pushing this the last couple of days. I was getting kind of jazzed about this idea, though I'm not sold on online courses. And then Dr. Fryer looked at me and told me that I should probably be going to Harvard or Yale for my master's. At which point I remembered that I either will be doing random work in Africa helping people in a completely non-bureaucratic way, in which case no one cares if I have my MPH, or I'll be doing something incredibly high-profile and be an academic snob, in which case I want my MPH plus other stuff with as big a name as possible. Good point, Dr. Fryer. No online classes for Becca!
Favorite Quotation from ANP 201H
Good moment today from our wonderful professor:
“You guys are young and stupid right now, so we’ll forgive that.”
“You guys are young and stupid right now, so we’ll forgive that.”
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