January 24, 2006
We have a winner!
A new top-ten answer to my standard beginning-of-term questionnaire:"Please tell me something interesting about yourself."
"I like to travel to forbidden countries, i.e. Cuba, certain cities in Russia, someday N. Korea."
i love and fear this student. Definitely CIA material.
February 13, 2005
Teaching
Teaching is great, it is so good to be back in the land of adults and kids who dont have a crippling sense of entitlement. Makes teachingenjoyable again, thank GOD. However, i am so tired i have to steal from my own posts on the internet:<whiney-text>i definitely over-extended myself, as i knew i had, but the reality is more exhauting than the concept. What i did not bank on was how six months off of working the occasional 14-hour day makes you SOFT and WEAK, and i do it three days a week plus Saturday mornings. Oh, and it takes me an hour to get there, so ad on eight hours of train-time for a total of an additonal 20 hours to my week, prep not included. Prep time? A luxury! i really had better adapt soon, i don't want to keep sleeping through every Sunday.</whiney-text>
January 09, 2005
More on Celebrex
From our February 2005 issue: How industry is undermining academia. Adapted from the book University, Inc.
By Jennifer WashburnMore in link
Web Exclusive: 01.07.05M. Michael Wolfe, a gastroenterologist at Boston University, admits he was duped by the Pharmacia Corporation, the manufacturer of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex prior to its purchase by Pfizer in 2003. In the summer of 2000, The Journal of the American Medical Association asked Wolfe to write a review of a study showing that Celebrex was associated with lower rates of stomach and intestinal ulcers and other complications than two older arthritis medications, diclofenac and ibuprofen. Wolfe found the study, tracking 8,000 patients over a six-month period, persuasive, and penned a favorable review, which helped to drive up Celebrex sales.
December 18, 2004
Celecoxib
NIH Halts Use of COX-2 Inhibitor in Large Cancer Prevention Trial
Ummm, i've heard of one of those 40 trials. i haven't heard any insider info, and i wouldn't know enough to tell you anyway, so don't ask. It does make me really curious, though, how about you?September 27, 2004
Bye, Listerine. *snif*
i have been trying to come to terms with losing my Listerine. The peroxide whiteners being bad for you makes sense, and i can live with that, but this *couldn't* be true!So i asked my boss a million times, and he gave me this reference.
*sigh*
September 14, 2004
Awww, shucks
Today at lunchtime, i ran into a former student who just graduated, so i must have had her in my class three or four years ago. Now she is working in the medical area. She was sweet enough to say what a great teacher i was. Who can't use the occasional ego boost?July 10, 2004
Exploding Dog
Holy crap, i missed the whole week! At least this time i have a good excuse. Exploding Dog has a cute $4 book that is ...an uplifting story about how great going to work can be. Bleah, i have to go clean out my old office. |  |
July 01, 2004
Hello, New Job!
Well, it's finally official then, tomorrow the resignation letter goes to the old job, and the signed offer letter goes to the new job. Higher pay, better hours, less stress, and three weeks of vacation in addition to other great benefits. And i didn't even have to job hunt. It all happened so fast that my head is still spinning!
ETA: Not that there aren't people i would miss, but i can see them if i make the effort, and i hope that happens. On the way home from a haircut early this evening, a former student gave me a ride home since i was carrying a ton of packages. It was nice to be reminded of the students i really liked. And now we can go out for a drink! Hmmm, i bet i could make a good bit of pocket change by tutoring...
June 24, 2004
May 24, 2004
Girls Go Tech
It is nice to see the Girl Scouts are encouraging girls to consider careers in math, science and technology, and to understand how things work, with its Girls Go Tech site. | In general GSA has a good array of science education activities and discussion of career possibilities in general. Thank god my mom forced me to join. |
May 14, 2004
April 19, 2004
Today's Reading
My deck has a history of giving scary readings that are never what i want to hear and generally pretty on-the-nose.
Basic three-card hope-fear-opportunity layout:
Here, you tell ME what it means! Seriously, i am wide open for suggestions here.
Continue reading "Today's Reading"Gawker?
Why are these people advertising on Gawker?
Is that really the target audience? If it is, then so many things have become more clear to me. That is just not really what i associate with Gawker at ALL.
March 30, 2004
Screw you, schmuck
Dear Professor Semi-boss,
It is one thing to ask me to cover *several* of your lectures this term, at NO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, for the EVENING LECTURE so i have to stay late, especially when you have completely fucked me over on the preparation of the first two exams, and this is your first time teaching at this university, but,
a) it is not helpful to tell me that *maybe* i need to cover for your Thursday lecture, so i have to do all of the preparation anyway, and then you could just show up. i do not know how you lecture, but you should know that preparation is 90% of the work, if you do it right, and
b) before you tell me that you left me your (illegible useless) notes like you did last time, you should really make sure that you DO NOT LEAVE AND FORGET TO LEAVE ME THE FUCKING NOTES, and NEGLECT TO TELL ME HOW FAR YOU GOT LAST WEEK so i have no idea what to prepare.
Fuck you in your fucking ear. Ass.
March 28, 2004
AIEEEE kill me now. i BEG of you!!
From a student, sent to the wrong address (i.e. not the ones the students are told to use), who received a failure warning notice after exam I for her score of 15/100 (the average was 70), and another after exam II for her controversial‡ (see below) score of 4/100 (the average was 55). She was told to see her lecture Professor about the controversy‡, and did not show up to her appointment. And now she sends this: I was wondering about my progress as a student so far and what additional requirements do I need to receive a B in chemistry. Thank youDear Ms. ####:
‡ She turned in TWO completely different exam papers for exam II, both entirely filled out, and without explanation. Details continue:
March 05, 2004
February 29, 2004
Edumacation
Posted on Sk8 by Jim Massey; taken verbatim because nobody can say it better than Jim:
Advanced Students Are Really A Bit Dim
Fastest growing high school courses: Advanced Placement for college credit.
Fastest growing college courses: remedial math and English for Mary Smartypants and Billy Cleverbritches, who are in such a hurry to enter the collegiate life they forgo a little thing called learning.
February 21, 2004
Einstein exhibit!
This would be fun! MoS volunteer job Friday nights? http://boston.craigslist.org/edu/24552137.html