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Jan. 19th, 2007
Starting Anew
Jan. 19th, 2007 04:17 pmYep, my semester started today. Which is really confusing, because it feels like a Monday, but I'm now starting my weekend.
And I have email. Lordy. Partially because the 171 prof I'm TAing for is treating me as the head TA (there's four of us again, another who TAed it last semester) in order to organize a meeting on Tuesday. Or maybe I'm just reading it that way. But Don was technically my adviser as an undergrad (which consisted of me taking my sheet down to his office, telling him what I wanted to take, and refusing his suggestion of PDE).
And organizing the minerals before the lab. I'm kinda glad I got the first real sample lab to prep for. It was a good opportunity to organize somewhat, and order supplies that we're running low on (I figured I might as well prep the testing boxes). Doing so I learned a lesson. I can make a command decision and through stuff out (well scratched glass plates, disintegrating magnets) and then ask for more. This works much better than mentioning the same during a meeting (what I tried last semester). And I don't even have to deal with the buying process.
Putzing around on the "public floors" (those above the basement) made me interact with confused students. Like the one who didn't realize that room 228 would not be found on the floor where all the other rooms have numbers like 316 and 309. I mean, I don't expect her to realize she's on the third floor (the main entrance to Lindley is halfway between the second and third floors, it's built into a hill, like the rest of campus), but figuring out simple patterns is easy. Or the guy who came to lab. For a Monday-Wednesday class. On Friday. Lordy.
Now I am sleepy (I got up 4 hours earlier than usual).
And I have email. Lordy. Partially because the 171 prof I'm TAing for is treating me as the head TA (there's four of us again, another who TAed it last semester) in order to organize a meeting on Tuesday. Or maybe I'm just reading it that way. But Don was technically my adviser as an undergrad (which consisted of me taking my sheet down to his office, telling him what I wanted to take, and refusing his suggestion of PDE).
And organizing the minerals before the lab. I'm kinda glad I got the first real sample lab to prep for. It was a good opportunity to organize somewhat, and order supplies that we're running low on (I figured I might as well prep the testing boxes). Doing so I learned a lesson. I can make a command decision and through stuff out (well scratched glass plates, disintegrating magnets) and then ask for more. This works much better than mentioning the same during a meeting (what I tried last semester). And I don't even have to deal with the buying process.
Putzing around on the "public floors" (those above the basement) made me interact with confused students. Like the one who didn't realize that room 228 would not be found on the floor where all the other rooms have numbers like 316 and 309. I mean, I don't expect her to realize she's on the third floor (the main entrance to Lindley is halfway between the second and third floors, it's built into a hill, like the rest of campus), but figuring out simple patterns is easy. Or the guy who came to lab. For a Monday-Wednesday class. On Friday. Lordy.
Now I am sleepy (I got up 4 hours earlier than usual).