So this morning, just like every Thursday morning, I woke up at 7, with the knowledge that I had to be up and moving in time to get to my CompS 121 lab at 8. I decide to sleep in till 7:20. It takes me 20 minutes to get my teeth brushed and my personal effects in order. It takes me ten minutes to make sure I've got everything I need for today in my backpack. I'm out the building by 7:55. On the way down, knowing it would make me late, I decide that I'll get breakfast before going to a several hour long lab in which I really won't be doing all that much of anything. By the time I'm out the building, I decide to just skip my useless Econ 102 class instead, and get breakfast then, so I begin to trudge down to the ME/EE building where my lab is. At about 7:58 I arrive at the classroom, full of computers, and vacant of any students or teachers. Then, just like every Thursday morning, I remember that my CompS 121 lab is on Friday, rather than Thursday, and I leave to get breakfast.
I really hate Engineering 120 right now. This is a very sad thing, because it's not a bad class, it's the group I've been paired with. They are both frat-boys, who wear colorful and ugly clothing, and talk about girls. I know it shines them in a worse light than perhaps they deserve, but every time I think of them, I remember one of their conversations that I overheard as they unenthusiastically worked on that day's assignment (consequently shutting out the one guy who actually WOULD enjoy the assignment). They were talking about some girl, presumably of loose morals, that they both knew. Apparently neither had seen anything of this girl since she got pregnant from some guy. Apparently it ruined her hotness...
But I digress. I really hate this group, because these two are unenthusiastic and hard to work with, because they practically shut me out. I'm mentioning this in my blog post today, because I have Engr 120 later today, there is a project document based on today's lesson due this Sunday, and if the last document assignment is any indication, they will wait until the last day to get the document done, and they will both do a crappy job. Last time, I had borked up my homework enough so I didn't have enough time to fix the document before turning it in. Today, I am going to suggest that they let me take care of the document, though I really don't suspect this will meet a good reaction. Either they will be against the idea because A) I almost messed everything up last time or B) they won't like that I don't trust them, OR they will be for the idea because they're completely unenthusiastic about the whole project. This last option, although superficially good for me, is equally as disheartening, because this is the "robotics" assignment, and I've been stuck with two fools willing to make only the minimal effort, who cannot for the life of them follow a development procedure that would make a complete document possible. Now, I'm afraid I don't have COMPLETE right to complain, because I haven't brought up these complaints with them, and I'm certain if they read this blog that'd be their first defense. HOWEVER, the way these two have managed to shut me out denys the ability to make any complaint, and suggests the possibility of an extremely negative reaction to anything that requires more than the minimal effort. I know this because I've TRIED to wedge myself into the assignment to no avail. I've TIRED to contribute. I really hate this group. That is not to say they are bad partners. In fact, they work very well together, because they are both very friendly to each other, and I'm sure were their third partner of a similar disposition as themselves, they would heartily welcome him or her into their circle of self perpetuating boredom and listlessness*.
The thought comes to mind that they probably see me as exactly the kind of person to keep my opinions to myself and complain about it on my blog. Who am I to disagree?
Furthermore, I'm unenthusiastic about the class myself. Now, that doesn't mean I can't enjoy myself. I don't consider it a rip-roaring time, but performing a proper procedure (say that ten times fast) has its appeal. However, Cole warned me that this class would be simplistic (like middle school level) and poorly defined, and he was completely correct. The teacher gives us a one or two page assignment outline with everything he wants covered in our document, and then presents a powerpoint that suggests a class assignment that contradicts this assignment. I wanted to work on what I thought was the first part of our document before class, so I could get as much done as possible on my own time, but now I'm unsure of what the teacher even wants. So instead I'll wait to talk to him before class, then suffer through a horribly botched experiment and development process, only to finish class by suggesting that "maybe I could do the document myself because (let's face it) you guy's are hacks."
Fun times.
*I almost said disenchantment here, but I decided to change it because DISenchantment implies they were at some point enthusiastic, and I do not believe this is the case. Dave is disenchanted because he had expectations. I think they expected to be bored out of their mind, and so they are.
I really hate Engineering 120 right now. This is a very sad thing, because it's not a bad class, it's the group I've been paired with. They are both frat-boys, who wear colorful and ugly clothing, and talk about girls. I know it shines them in a worse light than perhaps they deserve, but every time I think of them, I remember one of their conversations that I overheard as they unenthusiastically worked on that day's assignment (consequently shutting out the one guy who actually WOULD enjoy the assignment). They were talking about some girl, presumably of loose morals, that they both knew. Apparently neither had seen anything of this girl since she got pregnant from some guy. Apparently it ruined her hotness...
But I digress. I really hate this group, because these two are unenthusiastic and hard to work with, because they practically shut me out. I'm mentioning this in my blog post today, because I have Engr 120 later today, there is a project document based on today's lesson due this Sunday, and if the last document assignment is any indication, they will wait until the last day to get the document done, and they will both do a crappy job. Last time, I had borked up my homework enough so I didn't have enough time to fix the document before turning it in. Today, I am going to suggest that they let me take care of the document, though I really don't suspect this will meet a good reaction. Either they will be against the idea because A) I almost messed everything up last time or B) they won't like that I don't trust them, OR they will be for the idea because they're completely unenthusiastic about the whole project. This last option, although superficially good for me, is equally as disheartening, because this is the "robotics" assignment, and I've been stuck with two fools willing to make only the minimal effort, who cannot for the life of them follow a development procedure that would make a complete document possible. Now, I'm afraid I don't have COMPLETE right to complain, because I haven't brought up these complaints with them, and I'm certain if they read this blog that'd be their first defense. HOWEVER, the way these two have managed to shut me out denys the ability to make any complaint, and suggests the possibility of an extremely negative reaction to anything that requires more than the minimal effort. I know this because I've TRIED to wedge myself into the assignment to no avail. I've TIRED to contribute. I really hate this group. That is not to say they are bad partners. In fact, they work very well together, because they are both very friendly to each other, and I'm sure were their third partner of a similar disposition as themselves, they would heartily welcome him or her into their circle of self perpetuating boredom and listlessness*.
The thought comes to mind that they probably see me as exactly the kind of person to keep my opinions to myself and complain about it on my blog. Who am I to disagree?
Furthermore, I'm unenthusiastic about the class myself. Now, that doesn't mean I can't enjoy myself. I don't consider it a rip-roaring time, but performing a proper procedure (say that ten times fast) has its appeal. However, Cole warned me that this class would be simplistic (like middle school level) and poorly defined, and he was completely correct. The teacher gives us a one or two page assignment outline with everything he wants covered in our document, and then presents a powerpoint that suggests a class assignment that contradicts this assignment. I wanted to work on what I thought was the first part of our document before class, so I could get as much done as possible on my own time, but now I'm unsure of what the teacher even wants. So instead I'll wait to talk to him before class, then suffer through a horribly botched experiment and development process, only to finish class by suggesting that "maybe I could do the document myself because (let's face it) you guy's are hacks."
Fun times.
*I almost said disenchantment here, but I decided to change it because DISenchantment implies they were at some point enthusiastic, and I do not believe this is the case. Dave is disenchanted because he had expectations. I think they expected to be bored out of their mind, and so they are.
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