Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
That Can-Do Attitude
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Jobs on Campus
I was all excited earlier today because I had thought of some material to post to the blog...and now, of course, I've forgotten what it was. Too many little to-do-list items on my mind to keep up with myself, I guess.
I have a job on campus now, and the odds are looking reasonable that I may have another one soon. I started last week as a monitor in the CS lab, which is a computer lab that's kept especially for CS101 students. (I think the department has to keep a lab for them because they're all too stupid to own their own computers. Oops, was that out loud?) Our job is to keep the lab from being abused and to tutor the CS101 students. I never took CS101 myself, although I remember that Chrysann did when we were roommates my freshman year, but given what I've seen so far of the projects and the level of computer knowledge of the students, I'm not worried.
The other job I've applied for is as a student tech at the school help desk. I interviewed for that one on Thursday, and I'm supposed to hear about it sometime on Monday. Eoin seemed impressed with my hardware diagnostic skills, and then promtply told me that I wouldn't actually need them, since we're not allowed to take apart anyone's computer. Our job is software support (like the KSC email system) and "classroom emergencies" (go press buttons when the professors can't get their DVDs to play).
I still can't imagine what else it was that I was planning to say. Hopefully I'll think of it. If not, apparently it wasn't that important.
I have a job on campus now, and the odds are looking reasonable that I may have another one soon. I started last week as a monitor in the CS lab, which is a computer lab that's kept especially for CS101 students. (I think the department has to keep a lab for them because they're all too stupid to own their own computers. Oops, was that out loud?) Our job is to keep the lab from being abused and to tutor the CS101 students. I never took CS101 myself, although I remember that Chrysann did when we were roommates my freshman year, but given what I've seen so far of the projects and the level of computer knowledge of the students, I'm not worried.
The other job I've applied for is as a student tech at the school help desk. I interviewed for that one on Thursday, and I'm supposed to hear about it sometime on Monday. Eoin seemed impressed with my hardware diagnostic skills, and then promtply told me that I wouldn't actually need them, since we're not allowed to take apart anyone's computer. Our job is software support (like the KSC email system) and "classroom emergencies" (go press buttons when the professors can't get their DVDs to play).
I still can't imagine what else it was that I was planning to say. Hopefully I'll think of it. If not, apparently it wasn't that important.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Welcome to My Life (Again)
Now back by popular demand: the rants and raves of Katherine!
I got so many sad comments when I ended my last blog, which was the tales of my trip to Ecuador, that I'm giving in to peer pressure and starting another one. This is just a general blog with no particular topic, where you can come and visit me and keep up-to-date with whatever trouble I'm causing. Ahem. I mean, whatever I'm working on at the moment.
August 25th marked the start of my junior year at Keene State. I moved into a single room in a suite-style dorm last Sunday, proving my coordination and grace in the process by falling over a grassy hillock with an armload of stuff. I didn't drop what I was carrying, but I did twist both ankles and remove several square inches of skin from one leg and knee. Though the scrapes are healing and the ankles feel all right, my knee is swollen and not so happy with life. We shall see how that progresses. In the meantime, I've once again stopped running to give it some rest. That's leaving ME rather restless, but there's not a lot I can do about that.
My class schedule this semester is pretty busy. Since I'm a semester behind in my major requirements (a product of my trip, during which I couldn't take any techie classes), I've loaded up the credits. Twenty credits is the top limit you can take without having to apply for more and pay lots of extra money, so that's what I've done: 20 credits, 5 classes. No fluff. My schedule is as follows:
CS 205: Visual Programming (in .NET Basic)
INCHEM 100: Introduction to Chemistry (all lecture, no lab)
CS 210: Midrange Systems Development (with an IBM i5 that has yet to actually function)
MU 116: History of Rock & Roll
CS 280: Data Structures (in Java)
You might see "History of Rock & Roll" in that list and protest my claim to no fluff classes, but you would be incorrect. While it's certainly not my number-one hardest class, it's not going to be an easy A. My guess is that chemistry will actually be my easiest class, just because I already had some of it when I took the introductory course in molecular biology. Easy or not, it promises to be interesting: the first day of class, the professor pulled out his first chemistry textbook "for nostalgic purposes" and started reading from it...and it burst into flames. This was followed by a grinning admission of being a pyro. This make me extremely happy.
The result of the 20-credit load, while I do like being kept busy, is that I spent all weekend doing homework and still haven't got it all done. I should probably stop telling you about this now and actually fix it. See you next time!
I got so many sad comments when I ended my last blog, which was the tales of my trip to Ecuador, that I'm giving in to peer pressure and starting another one. This is just a general blog with no particular topic, where you can come and visit me and keep up-to-date with whatever trouble I'm causing. Ahem. I mean, whatever I'm working on at the moment.
August 25th marked the start of my junior year at Keene State. I moved into a single room in a suite-style dorm last Sunday, proving my coordination and grace in the process by falling over a grassy hillock with an armload of stuff. I didn't drop what I was carrying, but I did twist both ankles and remove several square inches of skin from one leg and knee. Though the scrapes are healing and the ankles feel all right, my knee is swollen and not so happy with life. We shall see how that progresses. In the meantime, I've once again stopped running to give it some rest. That's leaving ME rather restless, but there's not a lot I can do about that.
My class schedule this semester is pretty busy. Since I'm a semester behind in my major requirements (a product of my trip, during which I couldn't take any techie classes), I've loaded up the credits. Twenty credits is the top limit you can take without having to apply for more and pay lots of extra money, so that's what I've done: 20 credits, 5 classes. No fluff. My schedule is as follows:
CS 205: Visual Programming (in .NET Basic)
INCHEM 100: Introduction to Chemistry (all lecture, no lab)
CS 210: Midrange Systems Development (with an IBM i5 that has yet to actually function)
MU 116: History of Rock & Roll
CS 280: Data Structures (in Java)
You might see "History of Rock & Roll" in that list and protest my claim to no fluff classes, but you would be incorrect. While it's certainly not my number-one hardest class, it's not going to be an easy A. My guess is that chemistry will actually be my easiest class, just because I already had some of it when I took the introductory course in molecular biology. Easy or not, it promises to be interesting: the first day of class, the professor pulled out his first chemistry textbook "for nostalgic purposes" and started reading from it...and it burst into flames. This was followed by a grinning admission of being a pyro. This make me extremely happy.
The result of the 20-credit load, while I do like being kept busy, is that I spent all weekend doing homework and still haven't got it all done. I should probably stop telling you about this now and actually fix it. See you next time!
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