as the semester slowly makes its way over the hill i begin to wonder -- what have i learned?
i notice that my peers' vocabulary...even from the ones who would never say nor text words that were not found in MY First Dic-tion-ary started using fancy words with French origins.
What is my writing class doing? I guess I'm just too busy reading old texts describing ancient buildings and getting embarassed that I can't distinguish a trigylph from a philaster.
Yes. I am bitter...and under -learned.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Myers Briggs
Your personality type is ESFJ.
| Extraverted (E) 54% | Introverted (I) 46% |
| Sensing (S) 50% | Intuitive (N) 50% |
| Feeling (F) 65% | Thinking (T) 35% |
| Judging (J) 59% | Perceiving (P) 41% |
Monday, October 6, 2008
I Want to Get My Money's Worth
My earlier question on the conference: (the only question posted on the conference -forum)
I know that the presence of triglyphs is a characteristic of the Doric order --- but can I conclude that our library , though it may follow the ionic order has triglyphs?
John G. Rhodes writes:
In response to a couple questions I've received: folks, there's plenty of material online and in Stokstad and on Reserve in the Art Library for you (like any other Arth 100 students) to firm up your knowledge of the Orders and their parts, which we've also reviewed in class. Some of you apparently need to catch up. (emphasis added by me)
My (pending) email:
Dear Professor Rhodes,
I would like to bring to your attention that I felt very uncomfortable of the diction in your response to my question ( and possibly to the question some other students emailed you about privately) earlier today. I would like to elaborate that I posed this question after examining the diagram in Stokstand and had a slight confusion. I was wondering if anyone ( including other students on the conference) could clarify my point of confusion. As a professor, you may choose not to directly answer questions and instead direct students to resources where they could find answers. However, I felt that your ending note compromised the safe space to grow and ask questions which the Wellesley Community so actively promotes. (AKA WHAT I AM PAYING 50K FOR!!!!!!!) I firmly believe that the online conference is an extension of class where there should definitely be a safe space. You may not have intended that your post cause such a response, but again, I just wanted to be honest and tell you how I felt when I read the email. I would like to talk to you during your office hours -- after class tomorrow- or any other time that is convenient for you. (I can meet after the Art 100 lecture or before class also)
Thank you for your time,
Grace
I know that the presence of triglyphs is a characteristic of the Doric order --- but can I conclude that our library , though it may follow the ionic order has triglyphs?
John G. Rhodes writes:
In response to a couple questions I've received: folks, there's plenty of material online and in Stokstad and on Reserve in the Art Library for you (like any other Arth 100 students) to firm up your knowledge of the Orders and their parts, which we've also reviewed in class. Some of you apparently need to catch up. (emphasis added by me)
My (pending) email:
Dear Professor Rhodes,
I would like to bring to your attention that I felt very uncomfortable of the diction in your response to my question ( and possibly to the question some other students emailed you about privately) earlier today. I would like to elaborate that I posed this question after examining the diagram in Stokstand and had a slight confusion. I was wondering if anyone ( including other students on the conference) could clarify my point of confusion. As a professor, you may choose not to directly answer questions and instead direct students to resources where they could find answers. However, I felt that your ending note compromised the safe space to grow and ask questions which the Wellesley Community so actively promotes. (AKA WHAT I AM PAYING 50K FOR!!!!!!!) I firmly believe that the online conference is an extension of class where there should definitely be a safe space. You may not have intended that your post cause such a response, but again, I just wanted to be honest and tell you how I felt when I read the email. I would like to talk to you during your office hours -- after class tomorrow- or any other time that is convenient for you. (I can meet after the Art 100 lecture or before class also)
Thank you for your time,
Grace
Monday, September 8, 2008
CampusEdge Checking
I've always kept a vague account book in my head. $50 for sneakers. $3.45 for bubble tea. $600 for textbooks... so on and so forth. Though I may tally my purchases, I guess I forget to add up all the expenses and then subtract it from my balance. Thank God for online banking!
Too bad everytime I check my current balance... its always 1/3 of the balance in my head.
heart . attack .
Too bad everytime I check my current balance... its always 1/3 of the balance in my head.
heart . attack .
Saturday, September 6, 2008
a clean slate - no, blog
In the past two weeks I have been at college I have learned three things:
1.) the luxury, and comfort of your own private bathroom -- a true haven
(ahem: you NYU kids might not have noticed)
2.) the health benefits and the warmth of grandma's cooking
3.) the clarity of the people you want to keep in touch with
I've also learned to cope with or assimilate to these three points:
For #1 -- I can't do anything about. I simply do not have an extra $3 billion floating around to donate to Wellesley so that they can install private bathrooms
For #2 -- I just have to visit the salad bar. And ONLY the salad bar.
For #3 -- this blog.
Yes I am being exclusive by only inviting a certain number of people. Yes, in some aspects this may come off as very 'snooty' because only invited guests have the "privelege" of reading my blog-- but I simply don't want random people looking into my life. I want to write things more worthwhile, and because this is an exclusive group I'd feel safe (as safe as I can be on the internet) to write more personal messages- things more worthwhile for you too.
Hmmm I should I end this?
Ahhh...... haha welcome my dearest ones ;]
1.) the luxury, and comfort of your own private bathroom -- a true haven
(ahem: you NYU kids might not have noticed)
2.) the health benefits and the warmth of grandma's cooking
3.) the clarity of the people you want to keep in touch with
I've also learned to cope with or assimilate to these three points:
For #1 -- I can't do anything about. I simply do not have an extra $3 billion floating around to donate to Wellesley so that they can install private bathrooms
For #2 -- I just have to visit the salad bar. And ONLY the salad bar.
For #3 -- this blog.
Yes I am being exclusive by only inviting a certain number of people. Yes, in some aspects this may come off as very 'snooty' because only invited guests have the "privelege" of reading my blog-- but I simply don't want random people looking into my life. I want to write things more worthwhile, and because this is an exclusive group I'd feel safe (as safe as I can be on the internet) to write more personal messages- things more worthwhile for you too.
Hmmm I should I end this?
Ahhh...... haha welcome my dearest ones ;]
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