Good old narratives
Oct. 25th, 2003 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sniffnoyExcept, unfortunately, they're neither good nor old.
The good news is that I am, so far, getting a B in History. That won't make it any easier to do all these assignments, though. Unsurprisingly, I got a "has not completed one or more assignments" in several classes; I'm surprised I got one in Chem, though. I don't recall any missing homework there.
The bad news is that I am performing "in the low C range" in PCS. Huh? I was *sure* I was doing better than that. I did pretty well on my nervous system paper, and on the multiple-choice part of the PPAO, or at least I assume so, and on my second current event, and I can't have done too badly on my third, and honestly the fact that I haven't yet actually handed in my *first* current event isn't significant enough to cause *that*. So apparently I totally bombed the essay part of the PPAO, then. I don't know how. I mean, I can see having done badly on it, for reasons I've describe earlier, but enough to bring my grade that low? Hm.
The other good news is that, surprisingly, my parents didn't rant at me that long upon seeing the bad narratives. Hm.
In other news...
At dinner tonight: (approximate)
Mom: ...and I asked him, what are you looking for? And he said, "I'm looking for one of my wives." So I asked, "How many do you have?" and he said three, why, don't you? And I just said, no, only one...
Dad: That's pretty weird...
Me: Um, mom, I don't think you have *any* wives.
So, yesterday, since we're starting magnetism, Mr. Liva passed around a little construction with magnet in it and some iron filings, to demonstrate the magnetic field. And, while it was getting passed around, told our class that it was a cow magnet. "It attract cows?" Well, no. Apparently, cows, not being very smart, have a tendency to eat random bits of metal. Now, you don't want this going through the smaller parts of their digestive tract, it could damage it. So what they do is they feed the cows cow magnets, which are magnets which they somehow get to stay in the cow's stomach. (He never really did explain how that worked...) But the idea is that this magnet attracts any metal the cow may eat and thus keeps it in the cow's stomach rather than letting it continue through the cow's digestive tract. And when the cow is killed, the cow magnet is simply recycled. And, apparently, magnets that you get from scientific catalogs are usually made from old cow magnets. As soon as he explained this the person holding the magnet dropped it, and the whole table went "Ewwwww!" Hehe.
-Sniffnoy
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vodka and glows with an eerie green light.
The good news is that I am, so far, getting a B in History. That won't make it any easier to do all these assignments, though. Unsurprisingly, I got a "has not completed one or more assignments" in several classes; I'm surprised I got one in Chem, though. I don't recall any missing homework there.
The bad news is that I am performing "in the low C range" in PCS. Huh? I was *sure* I was doing better than that. I did pretty well on my nervous system paper, and on the multiple-choice part of the PPAO, or at least I assume so, and on my second current event, and I can't have done too badly on my third, and honestly the fact that I haven't yet actually handed in my *first* current event isn't significant enough to cause *that*. So apparently I totally bombed the essay part of the PPAO, then. I don't know how. I mean, I can see having done badly on it, for reasons I've describe earlier, but enough to bring my grade that low? Hm.
The other good news is that, surprisingly, my parents didn't rant at me that long upon seeing the bad narratives. Hm.
In other news...
At dinner tonight: (approximate)
Mom: ...and I asked him, what are you looking for? And he said, "I'm looking for one of my wives." So I asked, "How many do you have?" and he said three, why, don't you? And I just said, no, only one...
Dad: That's pretty weird...
Me: Um, mom, I don't think you have *any* wives.
So, yesterday, since we're starting magnetism, Mr. Liva passed around a little construction with magnet in it and some iron filings, to demonstrate the magnetic field. And, while it was getting passed around, told our class that it was a cow magnet. "It attract cows?" Well, no. Apparently, cows, not being very smart, have a tendency to eat random bits of metal. Now, you don't want this going through the smaller parts of their digestive tract, it could damage it. So what they do is they feed the cows cow magnets, which are magnets which they somehow get to stay in the cow's stomach. (He never really did explain how that worked...) But the idea is that this magnet attracts any metal the cow may eat and thus keeps it in the cow's stomach rather than letting it continue through the cow's digestive tract. And when the cow is killed, the cow magnet is simply recycled. And, apparently, magnets that you get from scientific catalogs are usually made from old cow magnets. As soon as he explained this the person holding the magnet dropped it, and the whole table went "Ewwwww!" Hehe.
-Sniffnoy
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Life is a shopping bag that checks your spelling, is laced with
vodka and glows with an eerie green light.
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Date: 2003-10-25 08:08 pm (UTC)But lol at your mom claiming to have one wife.
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Date: 2003-10-25 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-26 05:04 am (UTC)The grades are nothing to worry about...I got a C on my first test in Deaett's class, and I haven't been able to get higher than a B since then. The fact that I did my current event but forgot to bring it in doesn't help. :-P We just need to get more used to the rhythm of lots of schoolwork, that's all. (Wow, that has got to be the worst metaphor I've ever made..."rhythm of schoolwork"?)
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Date: 2003-10-26 06:36 am (UTC)The guy actually asked mom if she had more than one husband. Not if she had more than one wife. Later i saw the guy hanging out with three women.
-elana
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Date: 2003-10-26 10:59 am (UTC)is that AP or pre-AP or something else?
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Date: 2003-10-26 12:32 pm (UTC)the cow didn't start the fire....
Date: 2003-10-26 03:23 pm (UTC)-Avi
PS. So, BTW, Harry, actually i don't think the problem is with the scratchies going through tiny tracts, i think it's just that the cow magnet is heavy and stays in the stomach, attracting, and for a long time, or perhaps forever, keeping the metal stuff that would otherwise go on into the small intestine where those fun little ions that are only supposed to be taken in moderation go: "weee!!! concentration gradient!!!! weeee!!!!" and go into the blood and poison the cow. Thus the cow dies by poisoning, i should venture to guess, QED. But i think 'twould be wise to ask Dr. DeWitt, at this junction. Aye.
-Avi the Avi the Avi of Avi the Avi
Re: the cow didn't start the fire....
Date: 2003-10-26 03:44 pm (UTC)