Quick little update

[jackofallgeeks]

Just a quick little update before my next meeting (I swear, that's all I do any more!).

First, had an awesome, awesome chat with my whateveritis, Valerie (she's part advisor, part supervisor, part almost-coworker, all very awesome lady). The first 10 to 15 minutes were business, but then we just chatted for 15 or 20 minutes, and that was great. She's awesome.

Second, I don't care how much trouble you're having in a class, people need to not complain about other people doing well. Especially when it comes down to "he's ruining the curve!" Pardon my french, but that's bullshit. If you're relying on a curve to get you through, something's wrong with your priorities. (As a note, no, such remarks were not directed at yours truely, that I know of, but rather to some other guys who really DO get it. And good on them; they deserve the higher grade they get. For me and the rest, we just need to apply ourselves as best we can and work to get a passing grade. Complaining that others are doing better is worse than useless.)

And suddenly, I'm gone.

Comments

[otakulk.livejournal.com]

Yeah I saw a lot of that curve ruining bullshit comments in undergrad, but graduate classes seemed to be more... civilized? mature?
Either way I am surprised there was that kind of shit at a graduate level. By that point people should realize that they are paying for the education, and they can get out of it what they put into it.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Amen. I'm not going to say anything about the guys I'm here with -- most of them are good people, and most of them get this basic concept. There's been quite a bit of this sort of grumbling, though it's telling that it generally comes from the guys on the bottom rungs of the grading scale... Makes me wonder how and why they ended up here.