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Physics lab determined my reaction time to be .14 seconds (averaged over 10 trials), slightly shorter than the class average.
I have so far spied one other natural blonde on campus, and only two from bottles. The ethnicities around me are not by any means homogeneous, but the hair color is overwhelmingly dark.
I iz scientist now. I haz methylene blue thumbs.
As of today, three classes out of three have said "I presume you're majoring in ___________." Apparently the CHEM 1ABC series is meant for chemistry majors, PHYS 2ABC is meant for physics majors, and BIOL 6ABC is meant for biology majors. I want to tell people I'm majoring in medieval French literature just to see what they say.
I've smelled more cigarette smoke in the last four days than I probably had in the last few months. De Anza is "a smoke-free campus", which means piles of students cluster around the entrances of the outermost buildings (and sometimes a building or so inside the campus boundary) for smoke breaks. The smell improves when you get inwards a bit, although sometimes switching lab partners is a really good idea.
Chemistry is the class that's going to kick my butt. It's not difficult by any means, but there's a metric truckload of homework. I spent three hours on chem homework today -- not the prep for the next lab or the writeup for the previous lab, but just the lecture homework. There were something like forty problems, many requiring calculation.
Lack of ability to refrigerate food is also going to kick my butt. Classes run from 8:30am to 8:10pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays, with clinic work until closing, are similar in length. Breakfast and a big bag of nuts just don't last that long. (I can't eat the commercial food that's available on or near campus.) There is a break big enough for me to go home; I'd thought I might stay on campus and study, but it's obvious I'll want to go home most days.
Speaking of going home, this campus has some of the worst drivers I've seen, and that's saying something.
I really like my biology teacher. Friendly, cheerful, hasn't so far made a rule she hasn't also politely enforced, and very helpful in lab. I hope she teaches the next one in the series.
Physics lab determined my reaction time to be .14 seconds (averaged over 10 trials), slightly shorter than the class average.
I have so far spied one other natural blonde on campus, and only two from bottles. The ethnicities around me are not by any means homogeneous, but the hair color is overwhelmingly dark.
I iz scientist now. I haz methylene blue thumbs.
As of today, three classes out of three have said "I presume you're majoring in ___________." Apparently the CHEM 1ABC series is meant for chemistry majors, PHYS 2ABC is meant for physics majors, and BIOL 6ABC is meant for biology majors. I want to tell people I'm majoring in medieval French literature just to see what they say.
I've smelled more cigarette smoke in the last four days than I probably had in the last few months. De Anza is "a smoke-free campus", which means piles of students cluster around the entrances of the outermost buildings (and sometimes a building or so inside the campus boundary) for smoke breaks. The smell improves when you get inwards a bit, although sometimes switching lab partners is a really good idea.
Chemistry is the class that's going to kick my butt. It's not difficult by any means, but there's a metric truckload of homework. I spent three hours on chem homework today -- not the prep for the next lab or the writeup for the previous lab, but just the lecture homework. There were something like forty problems, many requiring calculation.
Lack of ability to refrigerate food is also going to kick my butt. Classes run from 8:30am to 8:10pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays, with clinic work until closing, are similar in length. Breakfast and a big bag of nuts just don't last that long. (I can't eat the commercial food that's available on or near campus.) There is a break big enough for me to go home; I'd thought I might stay on campus and study, but it's obvious I'll want to go home most days.
Speaking of going home, this campus has some of the worst drivers I've seen, and that's saying something.
I really like my biology teacher. Friendly, cheerful, hasn't so far made a rule she hasn't also politely enforced, and very helpful in lab. I hope she teaches the next one in the series.
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Cig smoke hasn't been too bad here. The campus isn't smoke-free (yet - it's under consideration), but inside the buildings and within 30 feet of entrances is, which helps.
I thought my chem class was a ton of work because I crammed it into a six-week summer session. I guess not.
Can you do what I do with a lunch bag? I've got a good insulated lunch bag that takes a cold pack, so I can at least take refrigerated stuff with me. Frozen stuff would be pushing it, though.
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Chem in a six-week summer session must have been brutal. "Basic first-year chem", I'm presuming. Was it a lab course?
Yeah, I'm debating putting stuff in an insulated lunch bag. I'm kind of at my carrying limit until I get a roller-bag. My backpack is bursting at the seams. Now if I could also carry a heat pack... :-)
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It was the second half of the first-year chem course for science and engineering majors. Techinically, the lab component was a separate course, but I did also have it in the same summer session. Toni could verify this, but I think I was always doing homework if I wasn't in class, sleeping, or eating.
I think it's interesting I haven't seen a single roller bag here at Purdue. Younger student body, not a commuter campus. When I was at IUPUI taking fundamental stuff in 2006 (large city downtown commuter campus, lots of older students), I saw a large number of them. I know what you mean about a bursting backpack. When I was still commuting 75 miles up here, I ended up duplicating stuff in my office here in the lab and at home, due to the inaccessibility of something I might forget.
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Sadly, campus security would frown on the first, and I'd get kicked out of lab for having food anywhere near it.