Well its been a few busy and fun weeks, and if you are my friends you've either seen pics on facebook or flickr. So, I have started a new semester of classes and oh boy the same as before, just boring. Web site development was the first class, and is an online class. Guess what remember when my adviser said I would be bored the first six weeks, well turns out he was right and wrong, I will be bored not just the first 6 but all 15 weeks will be boring. So I got to learn how to create a web page, and use Google analytics in week 1, week 2 will have links, tables and image maps, this program wants me to become an alcoholic. I mean seriously what the hell is wrong with my school, yes its a school now no longer a program. Wahoo! (please note the sarcasm)
Class #2 is a fun management class, yes I have to take management again. But this time with less management theory and more talking about what/why we need. Awesome, so I have to go to a class and learn things I know again, and what I do everyday...I'm beginning to see a pattern with these classes I'm taking. In all seriousness though I might complain about these classes but I really do like my job and what I'm doing. I have fun at work, and that's what's important, I can sit through the classes and talk to people take facebook quizzes and find sneak peak tickets to movies during classes. The only drawback is the busywork that I don't really want to do.
On a totally different side note Motor City Brewing Co. has their Summer Brew back, so any takers? It's good stuff.
Showing posts with label web-design. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Catching up on the posting...
...because of my social reprimand last night. So sorry that I have not been posting every day, or posting stupid videos/links for all of you to go to. I have been busy, well not really but at least I can say that and make myself feel better. So it's been a while since I've complained about the newest adventures in my academic escapades.
So I am taking a whole two classes in grad school, why you ask because it's expensive and that's all I can do at a time. So this semester I am taking cataloging, and referencing, yes I know I sound like a fun, crazy, wild guy you all know and love.
These classes maybe the reasons that I drink as much as I do, seriously one teaches you common sense, and is filled with students who apparently have A) No social Skills B) Know nothing of real life C) Have been home schooled D) have been beaten repeatedly with the ugly stick E) Have had a mid life crisis and decided to change their career paths E) the few of you are actually cool, and I will talk to and F) A grade school teacher teaching grad classes. I actually get homework time during class, something I have not had since 4th grade, oh and if you can't find all the requirements for the assignment that's ok, it's hard to find things and you will not be marked down? Seriously thank you, that two hours you gave me last week for homework, I was at the bar drinking away my Motor City Ghetto Blasters, and the one shock top, which I will never drink again. Oh and I will get another two hours in class to do homework this week, so I'll put up a poll on what you think I should do during this homework time.
So far the best part was after the first assignment, we have a guest speaker come in to talk about real life situations. She started off by telling us that the last time she used what we just did, was for the assignment when she had the same class years ago. Guess what she uses Google to look stuff up, and never goes to reach for a book. Thank you, you mean that the internet has made the task of finding information easier? No, you don't say. I mean I can determine if a source is reliable on my own, holy crap thank you for this nugget of information. In all my collegiate life I never knew that the internet was a large warehouse of information that can be accessed anywhere and at anytime. I mean why should I pay for this degree when I can find everything on Google, it's such a time saver, and anyone can use it. Am I being too cynical here?
Second class has surprisingly more socially acceptable people, except for the teacher. Truly a surprise to find a class filled with mostly social people, the teacher is monotone, and appears to have stopped caring about teaching about 20 years before I enrolled for the class. So during her reading the freaking book to me for 3 hours at time, I take those stupid facebook quizzes, or read blogs/sites, or read watchmen. The teacher also has a habit of telling you very disturbing stories/facts mixed into her reading us rules; some great gems were her racist comments, disturbing revelations of her husband and "Daddy," and usually anything else she tells us that is not read from a gigantic rule book.
So, this a fun semester filled with beer, and me slacking through again. If I learn anything worthwhile I will be amazed, but looking forward to registering for a web development class this summer, and one of the main points of teaching is frames, you know what, 1995 called and they want their outdated web design idea back. WTF, I now think they are going to teach me how to log into AOL in this class, FRAMES SERIOUSLY!??!! Should I be prepared to hang myself now, is this the reason it's an online only class, that the people who know what they are doing do not beat you senseless for even mentioning the word frames in 2009? I half expect to log in and watch the first video and hear behold the power of FrontPage 5.0!!! Welcome to the new and exciting life of web-sites. ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
So this summer might be filled with more booze than I thought, and I'm going to love to learn about web design drunk! Behold the power of education, and how it is greatly improved with the addition of alcohol.
So I am taking a whole two classes in grad school, why you ask because it's expensive and that's all I can do at a time. So this semester I am taking cataloging, and referencing, yes I know I sound like a fun, crazy, wild guy you all know and love.
These classes maybe the reasons that I drink as much as I do, seriously one teaches you common sense, and is filled with students who apparently have A) No social Skills B) Know nothing of real life C) Have been home schooled D) have been beaten repeatedly with the ugly stick E) Have had a mid life crisis and decided to change their career paths E) the few of you are actually cool, and I will talk to and F) A grade school teacher teaching grad classes. I actually get homework time during class, something I have not had since 4th grade, oh and if you can't find all the requirements for the assignment that's ok, it's hard to find things and you will not be marked down? Seriously thank you, that two hours you gave me last week for homework, I was at the bar drinking away my Motor City Ghetto Blasters, and the one shock top, which I will never drink again. Oh and I will get another two hours in class to do homework this week, so I'll put up a poll on what you think I should do during this homework time.
So far the best part was after the first assignment, we have a guest speaker come in to talk about real life situations. She started off by telling us that the last time she used what we just did, was for the assignment when she had the same class years ago. Guess what she uses Google to look stuff up, and never goes to reach for a book. Thank you, you mean that the internet has made the task of finding information easier? No, you don't say. I mean I can determine if a source is reliable on my own, holy crap thank you for this nugget of information. In all my collegiate life I never knew that the internet was a large warehouse of information that can be accessed anywhere and at anytime. I mean why should I pay for this degree when I can find everything on Google, it's such a time saver, and anyone can use it. Am I being too cynical here?
Second class has surprisingly more socially acceptable people, except for the teacher. Truly a surprise to find a class filled with mostly social people, the teacher is monotone, and appears to have stopped caring about teaching about 20 years before I enrolled for the class. So during her reading the freaking book to me for 3 hours at time, I take those stupid facebook quizzes, or read blogs/sites, or read watchmen. The teacher also has a habit of telling you very disturbing stories/facts mixed into her reading us rules; some great gems were her racist comments, disturbing revelations of her husband and "Daddy," and usually anything else she tells us that is not read from a gigantic rule book.
So, this a fun semester filled with beer, and me slacking through again. If I learn anything worthwhile I will be amazed, but looking forward to registering for a web development class this summer, and one of the main points of teaching is frames, you know what, 1995 called and they want their outdated web design idea back. WTF, I now think they are going to teach me how to log into AOL in this class, FRAMES SERIOUSLY!??!! Should I be prepared to hang myself now, is this the reason it's an online only class, that the people who know what they are doing do not beat you senseless for even mentioning the word frames in 2009? I half expect to log in and watch the first video and hear behold the power of FrontPage 5.0!!! Welcome to the new and exciting life of web-sites. ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
So this summer might be filled with more booze than I thought, and I'm going to love to learn about web design drunk! Behold the power of education, and how it is greatly improved with the addition of alcohol.
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