sooo... I constantly hang out in chatrooms. The past few days on AIM, I've launched into a few angry tirades of "I hate school, I hate technology, it's going to be a long night, a long week and I feel like I'm doing a decapitated chicken routine".
And I know most of it's uncharacteristic because I'm an IT major, technology is in some sense my life force. I just have really bad luck when it comes to laptops (My Dell just fried this weekend--yeah, i know you get what you pay for with a Dell laptop). And I've learned generally that by no means am I a coder. I simply don't have the thought process for it. I'm a tester. My passion is in playing and experimenting, not building.
Today, said rant lead to a very interesting discussion with a Science Education/Computer Science double major about coding team projects, professors, and the downfalls of the academic system.
He's older so I do think he has some valid points.
His view is that essentially most Computer Science professors are resear ... more »
Posted: November 3, 2008 9:06 pm | 0 comments
Tags: academic system, coding, computers, extracurriculars, higher education, thought process
so i'm with the crowd tonight in quadside and I'm kinda involved in this. I keep occasionally looking up at the big tv... but I also have twitter open, watching the #current tag because i can't hear for beans from where I'm sitting. It's an awesome tracker and average person opinion grabber. though at the moment MOST of the people seem to be Obama supporters.
Posted: November 4, 2008 10:03 pm | 0 comments
Tags: current tv, election2008, politics
When I think about why I'm wearing purple today and why I picked up a headscarf for tomorrow, I think about this pledge I took 2 years ago.
Tempest Smith's story is one of the more extreme effects of religious intolerance and hateful speech.
The pledge was created as a spirit of tolerance. I've cited it and Tempest Smith's story below:
What is remembered, lives.
I remember Tempest Smith.
I remember that it's never right to make fun of someone's beliefs.
I remember that sticks and stones can break my bones, but names are
words of power that can wound the soul.
I remember that many mocked - and one died.
I remember Tempest Smith.
I remember that it takes all types to make a world.
I remember that nature likes biodiversity. This is true of beliefs and ideas as well.
I remember that I make a better witness to my own beliefs by simply living them, not belittling others.
I remember Tempest Smith.
And I remember that another person’s belief (or non-belief) is just as sincerely held as my ... more »
Posted: November 6, 2008 3:52 pm | 0 comments
Tags: peace, solidarity, thoughts
