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oceantheorem) wrote2007-02-27 09:39 pm
oceantheorem) wrote2007-02-27 09:39 pm
I want a do-over.
Today sucks.
I feel like a terrible person all around.
This morning in lab, I had to ask my postdoc what I was supposed to be doing. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Um... nothing. That's why I'm asking you what I'm supposed to be doing." She gave me a funny look and then had me streak out some cultures. I felt like... like... a college freshman. Bleargh. I should know by now how to proceed with my own stupid rotation project....
I had two discussion sections today, and read both papers right before their respective sections. For once, I felt like I actually had a handle on what was going on, so I piped up in class in the second one when the PI asked a question. He looked at me funny and then said, "No, the blah blah blah is like blah blah blah," and I said, "Yes, and that's because of blah blah blah," knowing full well that I was completely correct. He gave me another funny look, said something contradictory to what he'd JUST SAID, then explained what I'd said in almost exactly the same words. I wanted to throw a brick at his head.
I have a midterm Thursday and was expecting it to be a grad-level test. You know, they give us some data and we interpret it, or they give us a problem and we solve it, or something that tests intelligence. But no. I saw the practice test today and it's straight memorization. Just memorize everything we've talked about for the last two months and you'll be fine.
I'm screwed.
And I made a comment on someone's lj that I thought would be helpful advice, and it turned out to be deeply offensive.
I feel like a complete jackass.
I'm gonna go bang my head against a wall now.
I feel like a terrible person all around.
This morning in lab, I had to ask my postdoc what I was supposed to be doing. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Um... nothing. That's why I'm asking you what I'm supposed to be doing." She gave me a funny look and then had me streak out some cultures. I felt like... like... a college freshman. Bleargh. I should know by now how to proceed with my own stupid rotation project....
I had two discussion sections today, and read both papers right before their respective sections. For once, I felt like I actually had a handle on what was going on, so I piped up in class in the second one when the PI asked a question. He looked at me funny and then said, "No, the blah blah blah is like blah blah blah," and I said, "Yes, and that's because of blah blah blah," knowing full well that I was completely correct. He gave me another funny look, said something contradictory to what he'd JUST SAID, then explained what I'd said in almost exactly the same words. I wanted to throw a brick at his head.
I have a midterm Thursday and was expecting it to be a grad-level test. You know, they give us some data and we interpret it, or they give us a problem and we solve it, or something that tests intelligence. But no. I saw the practice test today and it's straight memorization. Just memorize everything we've talked about for the last two months and you'll be fine.
I'm screwed.
And I made a comment on someone's lj that I thought would be helpful advice, and it turned out to be deeply offensive.
I feel like a complete jackass.
I'm gonna go bang my head against a wall now.
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As for the LJ comment thing...was what you said really that offensive (and you just didn't realize it at the time) or is this person just being oversensitive?
(if you don't mind me prying a weensy bit)
-E
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Yesterday was bad all around. I think that, after the midterm tomorrow, I will drink myself into oblivion. I'm so sick of school right now....