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poly_chromatic2012-05-17 10:20 am
misterblackbird) wrote in poly_chromatic2012-05-17 10:20 am
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Entry 564; Day 1245
So final exams start tomorrow. I'm not worried. I've been doing the readings for class and sometimes in class, but no one really cares (half the time, anyway; the other half of the time I'm playing on the Network--@misterblackbird too, by the way, because I do like messages now and then).
That's all you need to do, really, if you've half a mind and can remember rote facts: pay a little attention, read a little, and have half a brain. Take note, everyone. If spend some time paying attention in class and a little time studying, you might not be in such a panic about finals coming up. I'm not panicked. I've a stack of books beside me on my desk, but I'm not panicked. They're only finals. I said the same thing back in those good old days at Ohtori Academy and I'll say the same thing now.
Besides, I've a few instructors who seem to think that 'final projects' are far superior to final exams. And that really is a thrill to contend with. No final exam, but just as much work. I've been working on these things for the better part of the semester and I'd just as soon finish with them and be rid of them. They're just pages and pages and pages long at this point. The group projects were all earlier in the semester--so thank goodness for small mercies. I don't think I could stand to deal with anyone else right now. Now it's just papers to finish off. And that I can do alone as I please.
Also, I hate lab reports and I think it's only fair to say so. I do. I hate them. I absolutely do. Mostly because they're tedious. It's not as if they're challenging either. I know the necessity of them. Of course I do. But that doesn't make them any less tiresome. And I seem to have more than a few still hanging over me. Maybe my instructors didn't get the message that exams start tomorrow and it would be good for the student body at large to not have these things to deal with so late in time. It's inhumane, these sorts of expectations. And I think I've a right to complain. I'm double majoring. So that means I have more of them.
I suppose the only good part is if the lab results are negative or unremarkable, I still pass. No result is no result and that's a genuine result. Which is better than what can happen in a literature course. I don't think those professors will let you get away with saying that there's no theme.
Anyway, it's all just a matter of thinking about it. All of it is, really.
Actually, on that previous topic, if I have to choose, I think my literature final will be the easiest. I read enough poetry and things before I came here--and, perhaps it may surprise you to hear, but I did enjoy quite a lot of it. That was all we seemed to do at Ohtori: read literature and write about it. Thanks to all that, I placed out of Freshman English here, and I heard that no one ever does that here at uni. So it's tiresome to sit through it all again. Uncle Neil would be appalled, I'm sure. Another year, more evidence that he's as provincial as they come.
But maybe I'm speaking a little too soon. Essays can sometimes be more work--more than, say, a lab report--but at least one can think rather than just recite. That was the real beastly part of early biology and chemistry classes: all the repetition of facts with precious little consideration behind them. I know it's all to establish a base of understanding on which to build later and on and on, but I think it nearly killed me. Or it made me want to go and major in literature or something--which is maybe not death but probably something like madness.
History really has too much memorization there to really redeem it. I've never been sure how much of a real education all this memorization and repetition is (Uncle Neil, do take note). I won't have too much more of that left to deal with, not if I keep on the medicine track (and, back to him and his opinions, I'm sure Uncle Neil is immensely proud of that). And, so help me, if I can swing a report so that it focuses on toxicology--somehow, some way--I will. You've no idea how fascinating the whole subject is until you look at it. For that matter, everything regarded as sort of 'morbid' over there in the biology department is fascinating. It's the other students who think it's all morbid anywhere. I say that if you want to understand the processes of life, you might as well understand the processes of death too. Otherwise you've only got half of it. But that's an absolute digression--as they used to say at Ohtori.
I intend to go out this afternoon, probably into town. The semester is as good as over, after all, the weather's far too good to stay indoors, and my uncle sent me some spending money. I only had to ask him about three times for it. It's as good as summer already, as far as I'm concerned. It's been a decent semester, and a decent year, but goodbye!
If anyone's up for doing something this afternoon that doesn't include either the library or studying, send me a message. I'm not staying in.
~C.
[Text Message to Rosella]
[//end]
[ooc: Whew. Okay. So Cain is a Sophomore, majoring in biology and chemistry--or some crazy combination like that--with the intent of going into medicine. This is because of, idk, his family or something. Maybe the Hargreaves family is the owner of, like, Hargreaves Pharmaceuticals or TAROT BioTech or something equally creepy medical/scientific. And they're still either genuinely nobles or they're just super-wealthy on account of drugs and medicines and technology and patents. Either way, Cain's going into the family business, more or less...
More importantly: he's in college and dating Rosella who is in high school. To summarize their relationship, it's very Blair Waldorf & Chuck Bass between those two.]
That's all you need to do, really, if you've half a mind and can remember rote facts: pay a little attention, read a little, and have half a brain. Take note, everyone. If spend some time paying attention in class and a little time studying, you might not be in such a panic about finals coming up. I'm not panicked. I've a stack of books beside me on my desk, but I'm not panicked. They're only finals. I said the same thing back in those good old days at Ohtori Academy and I'll say the same thing now.
Besides, I've a few instructors who seem to think that 'final projects' are far superior to final exams. And that really is a thrill to contend with. No final exam, but just as much work. I've been working on these things for the better part of the semester and I'd just as soon finish with them and be rid of them. They're just pages and pages and pages long at this point. The group projects were all earlier in the semester--so thank goodness for small mercies. I don't think I could stand to deal with anyone else right now. Now it's just papers to finish off. And that I can do alone as I please.
Also, I hate lab reports and I think it's only fair to say so. I do. I hate them. I absolutely do. Mostly because they're tedious. It's not as if they're challenging either. I know the necessity of them. Of course I do. But that doesn't make them any less tiresome. And I seem to have more than a few still hanging over me. Maybe my instructors didn't get the message that exams start tomorrow and it would be good for the student body at large to not have these things to deal with so late in time. It's inhumane, these sorts of expectations. And I think I've a right to complain. I'm double majoring. So that means I have more of them.
I suppose the only good part is if the lab results are negative or unremarkable, I still pass. No result is no result and that's a genuine result. Which is better than what can happen in a literature course. I don't think those professors will let you get away with saying that there's no theme.
Anyway, it's all just a matter of thinking about it. All of it is, really.
Actually, on that previous topic, if I have to choose, I think my literature final will be the easiest. I read enough poetry and things before I came here--and, perhaps it may surprise you to hear, but I did enjoy quite a lot of it. That was all we seemed to do at Ohtori: read literature and write about it. Thanks to all that, I placed out of Freshman English here, and I heard that no one ever does that here at uni. So it's tiresome to sit through it all again. Uncle Neil would be appalled, I'm sure. Another year, more evidence that he's as provincial as they come.
But maybe I'm speaking a little too soon. Essays can sometimes be more work--more than, say, a lab report--but at least one can think rather than just recite. That was the real beastly part of early biology and chemistry classes: all the repetition of facts with precious little consideration behind them. I know it's all to establish a base of understanding on which to build later and on and on, but I think it nearly killed me. Or it made me want to go and major in literature or something--which is maybe not death but probably something like madness.
History really has too much memorization there to really redeem it. I've never been sure how much of a real education all this memorization and repetition is (Uncle Neil, do take note). I won't have too much more of that left to deal with, not if I keep on the medicine track (and, back to him and his opinions, I'm sure Uncle Neil is immensely proud of that). And, so help me, if I can swing a report so that it focuses on toxicology--somehow, some way--I will. You've no idea how fascinating the whole subject is until you look at it. For that matter, everything regarded as sort of 'morbid' over there in the biology department is fascinating. It's the other students who think it's all morbid anywhere. I say that if you want to understand the processes of life, you might as well understand the processes of death too. Otherwise you've only got half of it. But that's an absolute digression--as they used to say at Ohtori.
I intend to go out this afternoon, probably into town. The semester is as good as over, after all, the weather's far too good to stay indoors, and my uncle sent me some spending money. I only had to ask him about three times for it. It's as good as summer already, as far as I'm concerned. It's been a decent semester, and a decent year, but goodbye!
If anyone's up for doing something this afternoon that doesn't include either the library or studying, send me a message. I'm not staying in.
~C.
[Text Message to Rosella]
Has your brother taken out a restraining order on me yet? Or should I keep trying?
[//end]
[ooc: Whew. Okay. So Cain is a Sophomore, majoring in biology and chemistry--or some crazy combination like that--with the intent of going into medicine. This is because of, idk, his family or something. Maybe the Hargreaves family is the owner of, like, Hargreaves Pharmaceuticals or TAROT BioTech or something equally creepy medical/scientific. And they're still either genuinely nobles or they're just super-wealthy on account of drugs and medicines and technology and patents. Either way, Cain's going into the family business, more or less...
More importantly: he's in college and dating Rosella who is in high school. To summarize their relationship, it's very Blair Waldorf & Chuck Bass between those two.]
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AND SO IT BEGINS
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comment not here but:
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this one isn't here either but:
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Where in town are you going this afternoon?
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I'm not sure yet. Some cafe or something, maybe.
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I'm going dress shopping.
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And have you found anything to wear on your arm yet?
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Not yet but I have a few ideas.
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Have you?
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1/2
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Aside from all the obvious reasons I mean. ♥
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But you should meet me somewhere in town before then.
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Maybe I'll see how you look on my arm while I'm at it.
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You know her, right? The redhead at the public school? She's a junior.
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Oh. Yeah. I'm sure that it's really hard to believe that you like reading. I'm guessing you didn't like group projects 'cause you were the one that did all the word, right?
What are you, a Freshie? Who made you the finals expert, shortie?
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Wait, really? [He squints at him.] Huh. I guess that you do look sorta familiar. I dunno, I guess we wouldn't really run into each other much.
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I suppose we don't. What's your major?
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Music!
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