What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 64

Juniper · 11-06-2008, 08:47 PM

Sorry, Dana. Sometimes I'm so obtuse - assuming everyone in the world would know what a GPA is.

SteveDallas · 11-06-2008, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juniper

Can't they look up students' transcripts anyway? My business writing teacher did, and went and told the class that she knew my GPA, if you can believe that.

Where I work, faculty can generally see transcripts for their own advisees, but not for just random student.

Cloud · 11-06-2008, 11:45 PM

sheets, the fitted kind. the ones I have are either too short on the sides, so they pull away from the mattress; or in one case, far too big.

reminds me of why I resisted getting at traditional mattress for so long. Maybe I'd be better off with flat sheets tucked under.

boo!

HungLikeJesus · 11-06-2008, 11:55 PM

You fit the sheet, the sheet you fit, and on the fitted sheet you sit.

Juniper · 11-07-2008, 12:14 AM

Ever try folding a fitted sheet? Impossible. I always just wad them up and shove them in a box.

sweetwater · 11-07-2008, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juniper

Ever try folding a fitted sheet? Impossible. I always just wad them up and shove them in a box.

Ah, but there is a trick - tuck all 4 corners into each other then fold the overhang of the sheet to make a nice rectangle. Fold that and you are done. I put the sheets into one of the pillowcases to keep the set together so nobody can see that fitted sheet anyway, but it's nice to know it's in there looking good.

sweetwater · 11-07-2008, 06:50 AM

But finding little black buggies walking around in my hot cereal this morning is not so good.

ZenGum · 11-07-2008, 07:03 AM

The cellar: Is there anything we don't know?

Or anything we haven't talked about?

sweetwater · 11-07-2008, 07:11 AM

I was going to claim that those were all BS [Before Sweetwater] but I had joined, barely, by then.

Shawnee123 · 11-07-2008, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Where I work, faculty can generally see transcripts for their own advisees, but not for just random student.

It's supposed to be on a "need to know" basis. For example, if I saw a cute guy here at work, knew he had gone here, and looked him up out of curiousity for grades or address or whatever, I have violated FERPA law. If that guy were a student and I had to check eligibility for whatever reason, I am well within legal boundaries.

Clodfobble · 11-07-2008, 08:53 AM

Minifobette has stubbornly refused to adjust her schedule after the daylight savings time change, and is still waking up an hour earlier than she used to.

glatt · 11-07-2008, 08:57 AM

Are you keeping her up later?

Clodfobble · 11-07-2008, 10:43 AM

Trying... she falls asleep in my arms even if I'm actively trying to entertain her. What I really need to do is get her afternoon naps straightened out first so she has enough energy to make it later in the evening, but those have been disrupted recently because of unrelated crap going on in the house (people coming over, etc.)

Juniper · 11-07-2008, 02:53 PM

OK. So I go to history class this morning, and the prof says to me "stick around after class, we need to chat." Crap. I tried to hide in the back of class. But suddenly he wants to chat with me *during* class. Every now and then he's looking at me and saying stuff like "would you agree with that, Juniper*?" Weird. I don't like it.

*substitute my real name.

So after class he tells me my grade isn't as bad as I think, there's a curve and if I get an A on the final exam I'll get an A for the quarter. Nice to know. But then he wants me to walk out of the classroom with him down the hall, have a little chatty chat.

I apologize for mentioning my GPA...no biggie, he says...and then he says "your grandchildren will be proud of you."

Grandchildren?

Do I REALLY look like a grandmother? I'm FORTY for God's sake.

I had mentioned in the e-mail that my 12 year old daughter had pushed me to ask for extra credit because it's what I'd tell her to do. Unnecessary info, I guess, but I go for the poignancy and pathos.

That's DAUGHTER. Geez. I know I'm plenty old enough to have a granddaughter if I started early, but not a 12 year old one! I'd have to be at least 50 for that. Wouldn't I? And I do NOT look 50.

Alternatively, both my daughter and I could've been cheap ho's and popped out babies at 16. I don't think I like that implication, either. (sigh)

Damn, this is bugging me! I suddenly feel ancient. This prof is an older guy - I'm guessing he's about 60 - maybe he's going blind. That's all I can say.

glatt · 11-07-2008, 03:00 PM

Some people are unobservant.

Coming back through US customs with my wife 11 years ago (I was 30 and she was 29) the customs guy asked her "Just you and your dad traveling today?"

11-06-2008, 11:45 PM	#948
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	sheets, the fitted kind. the ones I have are either too short on the sides, so they pull away from the mattress; or in one case, far too big. reminds me of why I resisted getting at traditional mattress for so long. Maybe I'd be better off with flat sheets tucked under. boo! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-06-2008, 11:55 PM	#949
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	You fit the sheet, the sheet you fit, and on the fitted sheet you sit. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-07-2008, 06:50 AM	#952
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	But finding little black buggies walking around in my hot cereal this morning is not so good. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

11-07-2008, 07:03 AM	#953
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The cellar: Is there anything we don't know? Or anything we haven't talked about? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-07-2008, 07:11 AM	#954
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I was going to claim that those were all BS [Before Sweetwater] but I had joined, barely, by then. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

11-06-2008, 08:47 PM	#946
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Sorry, Dana. Sometimes I'm so obtuse - assuming everyone in the world would know what a GPA is.

11-07-2008, 12:14 AM	#950
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Ever try folding a fitted sheet? Impossible. I always just wad them up and shove them in a box.

11-07-2008, 08:53 AM	#956
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Minifobette has stubbornly refused to adjust her schedule after the daylight savings time change, and is still waking up an hour earlier than she used to. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-07-2008, 08:57 AM	#957
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Are you keeping her up later?

11-07-2008, 10:43 AM	#958
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Trying... she falls asleep in my arms even if I'm actively trying to entertain her. What I really need to do is get her afternoon naps straightened out first so she has enough energy to make it later in the evening, but those have been disrupted recently because of unrelated crap going on in the house (people coming over, etc.) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-07-2008, 02:53 PM	#959
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	OK. So I go to history class this morning, and the prof says to me "stick around after class, we need to chat." Crap. I tried to hide in the back of class. But suddenly he wants to chat with me during class. Every now and then he's looking at me and saying stuff like "would you agree with that, Juniper?" Weird. I don't like it. substitute my real name. So after class he tells me my grade isn't as bad as I think, there's a curve and if I get an A on the final exam I'll get an A for the quarter. Nice to know. But then he wants me to walk out of the classroom with him down the hall, have a little chatty chat. I apologize for mentioning my GPA...no biggie, he says...and then he says "your grandchildren will be proud of you." Grandchildren? Do I REALLY look like a grandmother? I'm FORTY for God's sake. I had mentioned in the e-mail that my 12 year old daughter had pushed me to ask for extra credit because it's what I'd tell her to do. Unnecessary info, I guess, but I go for the poignancy and pathos. That's DAUGHTER. Geez. I know I'm plenty old enough to have a granddaughter if I started early, but not a 12 year old one! I'd have to be at least 50 for that. Wouldn't I? And I do NOT look 50. Alternatively, both my daughter and I could've been cheap ho's and popped out babies at 16. I don't think I like that implication, either. (sigh) Damn, this is bugging me! I suddenly feel ancient. This prof is an older guy - I'm guessing he's about 60 - maybe he's going blind. That's all I can say.

11-07-2008, 03:00 PM	#960
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Some people are unobservant. Coming back through US customs with my wife 11 years ago (I was 30 and she was 29) the customs guy asked her "Just you and your dad traveling today?"

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