The World this Week
This TA thing is more time consuming than I thought. The lab sessions takes most of my time during the weekdays, and the weekends are spent evaluating reports. Ofcourse, if I had been a better manager of time, I wouldn’t have a problem, but we all know that is likely to happen.
Inspite of the drain that this TA is turning out to be, I am actually enjoying it. It forces me to come out of my bedroom and interact with people. It had been really really hard for me to do that before. I used to go out of my way to avoid any and every social contact. I am able to handle my interactions with students here because deep down I know that I know this topic better than them, and it puts me in an authoritative position. It is sad, but I can function properly only when I feel superior to others.
On the research side things have come to a grinding halt. I had a semi productive meeting with QoH on Tuesday. I did not let me steam roll me and blame me for everything that went wrong like I usually do. This time I was assertive and called it as I saw it. It feels good to not be on the defensive.
My quals preparation is a non-starter. I am way too tired after TA stuff to actually do anything else. My energy levels have been pretty low lately. Even getting through a normal workday is a fight. On the days I dont have TA stuff, I need to take it easy to recoup. I should start working on it sometime soon though.
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By zelda, April 23, 2006 @ 3:07 pm
when do you have to write the exam?
p.s. there is something weird going on with your comments. the windows for name and website have bunch of letters in them.
By Pseudosanity, April 27, 2006 @ 3:54 am
The exam is in 2 weeks. I don’t know the exact date yet.
Thanks for the heads up on the comments. I dont know why its happening. I tried fixing it but it just refuses to go away. I will work on it a bit more. I like this theme too change it.