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It's days like these...
Mar. 22nd, 2006 11:36 amWell, Dr. Schaus kindly agreed to give me a reference letter for university, if I get back to him in the fall. ::adds one more thing to her 'TO DO' list:: Good, so I can suffer through tackling him AND Freed come October. And he wants a typed page of why I am going to grad school and what I hope to accomplish by going to grad school so that he can tell the university in the reference letter why I would be a good canditate for grad school. ::sighs in exasperation::
He was however impressed that I am applying to graduate schools in the UK. He suggested I apply to McMaster here in Ontario, because the chances are good I can get a Fellowship. I declined to tell him that money really isn't the deciding factor in this, but patiently listened to him tell me just how much Grad school in the UK is going to cost. I know, thanks very much. I also don't care. But he said if I can go to the UK, it will serve me well in life. Really? I hadn't thought of that. He was also pleased with St. Andrews. Now if I can just figure out what to do with my abysmal language marks...maybe if I don't plan to get a Ph.D he won't care?
It occurs to me it is Wed. and that I therefore have 1.5 weeks left of school. Somehow that would be more impressive if I had 1.5 weeks left for my degree. Alas, my university does not like me that much.
Am possibly going to see V again this weekend, because a) the movie is brilliant, b) it is essay writing weekend so I am going to try to do anything but, and c) I really have neither the time nor the money, which are two excellent reasons to spend money and waste time.
But Schaus thanked me twice for marking his papers, so I guess that's worth something. And we had a nice talk about how stupid and incompetant the first years have been the last few years. I blame it on High School. He blames it on them. And I also have a sinking feeling I was too nice on the essays. But then, Schaus always has been brutal when marking papers. We also had a nice talk about how wonderful the 321 class was last year, and how nice group projects are. Gah.
He wants sabbatical as much as I want to graduate. Nice to know the profs get tired of this too.
::sighs::
7 days of class and counting.
He was however impressed that I am applying to graduate schools in the UK. He suggested I apply to McMaster here in Ontario, because the chances are good I can get a Fellowship. I declined to tell him that money really isn't the deciding factor in this, but patiently listened to him tell me just how much Grad school in the UK is going to cost. I know, thanks very much. I also don't care. But he said if I can go to the UK, it will serve me well in life. Really? I hadn't thought of that. He was also pleased with St. Andrews. Now if I can just figure out what to do with my abysmal language marks...maybe if I don't plan to get a Ph.D he won't care?
It occurs to me it is Wed. and that I therefore have 1.5 weeks left of school. Somehow that would be more impressive if I had 1.5 weeks left for my degree. Alas, my university does not like me that much.
Am possibly going to see V again this weekend, because a) the movie is brilliant, b) it is essay writing weekend so I am going to try to do anything but, and c) I really have neither the time nor the money, which are two excellent reasons to spend money and waste time.
But Schaus thanked me twice for marking his papers, so I guess that's worth something. And we had a nice talk about how stupid and incompetant the first years have been the last few years. I blame it on High School. He blames it on them. And I also have a sinking feeling I was too nice on the essays. But then, Schaus always has been brutal when marking papers. We also had a nice talk about how wonderful the 321 class was last year, and how nice group projects are. Gah.
He wants sabbatical as much as I want to graduate. Nice to know the profs get tired of this too.
::sighs::
7 days of class and counting.
