Wed Dec 3 20:02:04 CST 1997
consensus has it: Thanksgiving throws us students off. We're all very much in a rested holiday mode, as in a few weeks we'll have a month off, and over thanksgiving weekend we were given plenty of opportunity to adapt to that.
i slept through work and class this morning, and have no desire to write my B&TW paper due tomorrow just now. I blew off the draft that was due Tuesday.
i had an interesting conference with one of my professors recently. they had a hard time, because i can do very well in the class, and am particularly adapted and suited to the type of work that goes on. well, i'm never been one for assignments for the sake of any grade ... but it frustrates teachers sometimes because they see the ability and talent i have, but that which i will display for evaluation does not merit such a good grade. what a frustrating question of judging people they are asked, no? so, for this professor's own personal morality, i assured them that i would endeavor to do well enough for the end of the semester.
the first approach that the professor tried to take was to persuade me that despite the idealism involved in deciding what is best for oneself and not playing the good grades game of the system, i stood firm with the decision that i must have made implicitly long ago, that i'm not at all interested in working for an employer who would dismiss me as a candidate based on GPA alone. GPA has never come up in any of my work situations yet, nor do I expect it to. I take classes for my own benefit. I work for money. Money is earned by satisfying the employer, hopefully with work that I find interesting, but grades are not payment, and teachers don't derive any benefit from the work I do, in general. I'm not going out of my way to satisfy nobody but a particularly narrow-minded potential employer. And luckily, I'm not likely in a situation where it will matter in any overly-tangible manner.
And even if it were, I'd rather bank on satisfying my own interests today than the hypothetically unproven and likely material interests of tomorrow. Materialism isn't very big for me. At least, I like to think so. As computers become cheaper, my primary mode of expression, I can say this with more confidence.
And you know, I can always work in computers, even if the pay may not be that good. But people with ability, are generally payed for their ability, and I'm no incompetent fool in this department ...
Thu Dec 4 00:50:37 CST 1997
Ground South is being charged close to five hundred dollars for their new door.
They're appealing the floor fine, attributing the loss of the old door to wear and tear.
They'd just as soon not have a door.
Or prop it open.
The RA's under great pressure though I guess. Today he wrote me up for propping the door open.
Another R.A. informed Sean that it was her job to make sure the security doors were locked, and that in sitting in front of the door, she'd have to write him up if she came by again and the door wasn't locked.
Or something. There's much bitter pissed-offedness about.
In happier news, Kat has informed me that she is successfully moving past her ex. The eyebrow piercing is a manifestation of that, as I correctly guessed. She seems intimidated at the idea of having sex standing up, however. You see, she's an Aquarius, birthday being 7 February ...
I may go ahead with my desired shaving of the head before the holidays, as she seems pretty intent on seeing that happen, and it may also help her in getting along, moving from old to new, or whatever. Hell, it helped me out back in July. It looks better too, and feels more hygienic ya know? I dunno, I like the idea. grandma may just have to suffer. but she's a tough ol' lady ...
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