I received the course evaluations for the class I TAed last quarter. Have to say, it was better than I expected it to be. On an average, the class thought that I was being too tough on them, but also mentioned that they learnt a lot more and that I was helpful. I will take [...]
Original from DirtFlake. Edited by your’s truly.
Last Saturday, arguably one of the leading academic stalwarts of our times, Denise Dee Denton, committed suicide. She was a faculty at University of Wissconsin, and then the Dean at University of Washington, before joining UC Santa Cruz as its chancellor. We will never know the entire truth behind her decision, but the leading theory [...]
Got quite a bit of work done today. Wrote a proposal for QoH. Not the best of my work, but passable. Honestly I didnt feel like going all out on it. Why should I work my ass off getting funds for some project that is going to fund the other grad student? Anyways, it is [...]
I had a really pleasant evening with myself. I went for a long walk around a lake, and then went golfing. It was more of a fun golf course than anything else. Easy fairways, and no bunkers Got home, took a shower, ordered in a pizza, and watched Woody Allen’s “Melinda and Melinda”
Good times.
The spring quarter ended on Monday. Turned in the evaluated project reports and labs. I was very very generous with the grades. If I got the feel that the student knew what he/she was doing, I gave them 95% of the score irrespective of the final result. It is my strong belief that it is [...]
My office is all sparkly now. Well, not so much sparkly as not dusty. I removed my PC from my desk. I am going to use my laptop for everything from now on. I am using my desktop as a file server now. I threw out more than 2 boxes of papers. Talk about rain [...]
I am feeling a lot better these days, and have learnt a lot of interesting things about myself during the short period since failing quals. More on that later.
Couple of days ago I rearranged the furniture in the living room to my taste. My roommate did not like the new arrangement, and wanted to revert [...]
