To function or not to function
I've just spent all afternoon taking notes for my chemistry exam on Tuesday. It's depressing to think I still need to memorize them. This test will be harder for me than the last one because it's just so hard to understand what it's all about which is very hard on my pride. Not only do we have to know how chemicals bond, but we also have to know their shapes--sigma bonds versus pi bonds. Along with that, we have to know how to figure the energy involved in breaking and forming bonds. Then there are the different kinds of forces--dispersion, dipolar, & Hydrogen bonding. We also have to know how to figure osmotic pressure. Then there is DNA versus RNA, the structures of 11 different functional groups, etc.
On top of all that, I need to study for the final on Thursday. We are allowed to take in a 5x8 notecard with anything written on it that we so desire. Since he said that our final would consist of things off previous tests, my lab partner took all the exams and shrunk them onto hers. I may try some of that, along with some formulas and constants. All in all, I would highly recommend avoiding chemistry to one and all. I will have to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed the lab though. I was a little nervous in my first assignment of the final which was identifying 4 unknown solutions. You have to use flame tests and precipitation tests along with logic to eliminate possiblilites and nervousness isn't conducive to logic. But after I made it through that one, it was a breeze. And I'm totally thrilled that I got a 100% on the practicum part of the exam and only missed one on the written part and ended up with a 97 for the term.
I'm looking forward to my Math class next term, but I'm a little leary of the Psychology class. I guess you could say the Developmental Psychology class I took at WKU left a bad taste in my mouth.
Things at work are going much better now. I was totally dreading this week. I had this really horrible day on Friday, and I'd finally just had it up to my eyeballs. I was emotionally distraught because I couldn't do my job and felt like I was being sabotaged at every turn. So I finally e-mailed the manager and demanded an explanation. I had e-mailed him before asking him some round about questions while trying not to reveal my distress and never received a response. I started hearing little tidbits from keyers and other supervisors, none of whom really knew much of anything about anything So I got straight to the point in this e-mail although I never mentioned feeling sabotaged or distraught. I just wanted an explanation as to why things were being done this way. He must have read between the lines because half an hour before I was due to leave, the supervisor came out and asked to talk to me. Our relief was there so we could leave them to it. She told me that the manager had called and advised her to talk to me and that I thought she didn't like me (which I had not said). She was very distraught that I might think that because she said I was her favorite supervisor and better than any they had. She apologized for how she came across and for not telling me what they were trying to accomplish. We both ended up crying, emotional females that we are. Without going into any complicated details, we made an arrangement that would compensate me for what she was taking away while she got accomplished what she was trying to do on her end. And now things are much better. I also got an e-mail from the manager apologizing for not communicating with me and assured me that I was doing a great job and that the other supervisor was my biggest fan. In fact, he had given me Saturday/Sunday off until she demanded to have me back on Saturdays when she worked because she didn't want to work with anybody else. Thanks a lot for taking my Saturdays! So I feel much better now with the air cleared between us.
I was really hoping Tamy wouldn't work the holiday so we could go do something, but she signed up for it. So if I want to do something, I'm on my own. So off to bed I go so I can get up and spend my Memorial day studying!
On top of all that, I need to study for the final on Thursday. We are allowed to take in a 5x8 notecard with anything written on it that we so desire. Since he said that our final would consist of things off previous tests, my lab partner took all the exams and shrunk them onto hers. I may try some of that, along with some formulas and constants. All in all, I would highly recommend avoiding chemistry to one and all. I will have to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed the lab though. I was a little nervous in my first assignment of the final which was identifying 4 unknown solutions. You have to use flame tests and precipitation tests along with logic to eliminate possiblilites and nervousness isn't conducive to logic. But after I made it through that one, it was a breeze. And I'm totally thrilled that I got a 100% on the practicum part of the exam and only missed one on the written part and ended up with a 97 for the term.
I'm looking forward to my Math class next term, but I'm a little leary of the Psychology class. I guess you could say the Developmental Psychology class I took at WKU left a bad taste in my mouth.
Things at work are going much better now. I was totally dreading this week. I had this really horrible day on Friday, and I'd finally just had it up to my eyeballs. I was emotionally distraught because I couldn't do my job and felt like I was being sabotaged at every turn. So I finally e-mailed the manager and demanded an explanation. I had e-mailed him before asking him some round about questions while trying not to reveal my distress and never received a response. I started hearing little tidbits from keyers and other supervisors, none of whom really knew much of anything about anything So I got straight to the point in this e-mail although I never mentioned feeling sabotaged or distraught. I just wanted an explanation as to why things were being done this way. He must have read between the lines because half an hour before I was due to leave, the supervisor came out and asked to talk to me. Our relief was there so we could leave them to it. She told me that the manager had called and advised her to talk to me and that I thought she didn't like me (which I had not said). She was very distraught that I might think that because she said I was her favorite supervisor and better than any they had. She apologized for how she came across and for not telling me what they were trying to accomplish. We both ended up crying, emotional females that we are. Without going into any complicated details, we made an arrangement that would compensate me for what she was taking away while she got accomplished what she was trying to do on her end. And now things are much better. I also got an e-mail from the manager apologizing for not communicating with me and assured me that I was doing a great job and that the other supervisor was my biggest fan. In fact, he had given me Saturday/Sunday off until she demanded to have me back on Saturdays when she worked because she didn't want to work with anybody else. Thanks a lot for taking my Saturdays! So I feel much better now with the air cleared between us.
I was really hoping Tamy wouldn't work the holiday so we could go do something, but she signed up for it. So if I want to do something, I'm on my own. So off to bed I go so I can get up and spend my Memorial day studying!
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