So the first week is almost over. Lecturing is going well, i guess it comes down to the fact that i have to do it so i do. Its not that tough, and it helps actually knowing what im talking about.
The tutes have been kinda cool, helping everyong out. Already had someone ask in the tutes if they could install IRC and download movies through the internet... :) what can i say to that? :) of co0urse i said "of course yout can" - "but you might get busted". The young fella looked at me and didnt know what to say. Then off he went to download an IRC client :) lol
Its amazing to find that some young people dont know about the internet, or email and stuff... i thought most schools would have it know, or maybe even most homes, but ive had a few people that havnt used email before.. bizarre
Went to mcDonalds the other day.. Melanie has this value meal card thing where you get every 10th meal free.. anyway we went there, i was gunna buy one and get hers for free... sooo we did, went to pay and the girl behind the counter has asked which meal we like to pay for, and i was - well whats the difference, and she said well one is dearer... yup.. "one is dearer", now am i totally weird, or is it common sense that everyone is going to want to pay for the cheaper one and get the dearer one for free..huh? So ive looked at the chick, looked at melanie, looked back at the chick and said ummmm id like to pay for the cheaper one, and the chicks gone... ok... yup, im not kidding here... now is that chick stooopid or what? Was she expecting me to say? .. umm id like to pay for the dearer one oh and heres and extra $5 just cause i want to give money away.. :S sheesh... *sigh - gawwwwwd*
Still marking fricken exams.. getting through then, just taking a coke break and filling out my blog between exams. I know ill get em done by monday so thats cool. *think of the money - the money dammit*
Im looking forward to actually starting some programming in the lectures and tutes/labs, that will be cool. So far all the students have been good.
ohhhhhh my powerbook died... yup its back at the shop... tried to wake it from sleep yesterday morning and it reset, and gave some crappy "you need to restart" message, then freezes during startup. Tried starting while resetting the power manager and it boots, but the minute it goes to sleep or restarts it craps itself again. Did all the hardware tests and everything is ok, so it must be somthing bad wrong with it. Oh well, just means im without a powerbook for a few more days, ill probably just get a new one. yay!
Got a meeting tomorrow morning with the head of school about the subject im lecturing, i think its just a check up me on type thing to see how im going. Also got a meeting with my PHD supervisor for some stuff, gotta get some stuff started, but that will suck without my mac... :(
hrmm anyway, back to marking... now where did my iPod go...
The tutes have been kinda cool, helping everyong out. Already had someone ask in the tutes if they could install IRC and download movies through the internet... :) what can i say to that? :) of co0urse i said "of course yout can" - "but you might get busted". The young fella looked at me and didnt know what to say. Then off he went to download an IRC client :) lol
Its amazing to find that some young people dont know about the internet, or email and stuff... i thought most schools would have it know, or maybe even most homes, but ive had a few people that havnt used email before.. bizarre
Went to mcDonalds the other day.. Melanie has this value meal card thing where you get every 10th meal free.. anyway we went there, i was gunna buy one and get hers for free... sooo we did, went to pay and the girl behind the counter has asked which meal we like to pay for, and i was - well whats the difference, and she said well one is dearer... yup.. "one is dearer", now am i totally weird, or is it common sense that everyone is going to want to pay for the cheaper one and get the dearer one for free..huh? So ive looked at the chick, looked at melanie, looked back at the chick and said ummmm id like to pay for the cheaper one, and the chicks gone... ok... yup, im not kidding here... now is that chick stooopid or what? Was she expecting me to say? .. umm id like to pay for the dearer one oh and heres and extra $5 just cause i want to give money away.. :S sheesh... *sigh - gawwwwwd*
Still marking fricken exams.. getting through then, just taking a coke break and filling out my blog between exams. I know ill get em done by monday so thats cool. *think of the money - the money dammit*
Im looking forward to actually starting some programming in the lectures and tutes/labs, that will be cool. So far all the students have been good.
ohhhhhh my powerbook died... yup its back at the shop... tried to wake it from sleep yesterday morning and it reset, and gave some crappy "you need to restart" message, then freezes during startup. Tried starting while resetting the power manager and it boots, but the minute it goes to sleep or restarts it craps itself again. Did all the hardware tests and everything is ok, so it must be somthing bad wrong with it. Oh well, just means im without a powerbook for a few more days, ill probably just get a new one. yay!
Got a meeting tomorrow morning with the head of school about the subject im lecturing, i think its just a check up me on type thing to see how im going. Also got a meeting with my PHD supervisor for some stuff, gotta get some stuff started, but that will suck without my mac... :(
hrmm anyway, back to marking... now where did my iPod go...
