One presentation down, one more to go, two ~20 page papers,and three exams.. then I'm freee! The big free, too, and one comp sci degree richer. I'm somewhat concerned that I havn't been given a formal job offer for my contract in january.. (software dev at a neat lil company 
).. though they did invite me to the christmas party, so I'm attributing it to an oversight. Still, something tells me I should look into that, but with this stress++, it just. doesn't happen :S
That said, with all this work, I'm taking a break this evening. This presentation today was really not that hard (I've been working on this thing for 4 months, I have plenty to say about it!) but it was MADE to be hard and stressful by the prof and his constant emails over the last two weeks reminding us and making it into a huge deal. A la 'Do not rely on ANYTHING working! Have your slides downloadable AND on disk AND on memory stick just in case something doesnt work cause then you FAIL FAIL FAIL DOOOM DOOOOOOMMM Strict marking, 20% fail!' So much, in fact, that I arrived at school an hour early after 4 hours sleep to make sure my files looked just as good in power point as they do in Open Office. They did, fortunately, aww free software, you're awesome
Oh yea, right, taking a break. I've napped (much needed) and swept up the fur tumbleweeds.. I have enough fur to construct a third cat :S Other much needed cleaning up. Now, off to the gym, as I have been sitting in this chair at this computer for like 15 hours a day for the last week. My body is crying for something more active than typing, haha.
).. though they did invite me to the christmas party, so I'm attributing it to an oversight. Still, something tells me I should look into that, but with this stress++, it just. doesn't happen :S
That said, with all this work, I'm taking a break this evening. This presentation today was really not that hard (I've been working on this thing for 4 months, I have plenty to say about it!) but it was MADE to be hard and stressful by the prof and his constant emails over the last two weeks reminding us and making it into a huge deal. A la 'Do not rely on ANYTHING working! Have your slides downloadable AND on disk AND on memory stick just in case something doesnt work cause then you FAIL FAIL FAIL DOOOM DOOOOOOMMM Strict marking, 20% fail!' So much, in fact, that I arrived at school an hour early after 4 hours sleep to make sure my files looked just as good in power point as they do in Open Office. They did, fortunately, aww free software, you're awesome
Oh yea, right, taking a break. I've napped (much needed) and swept up the fur tumbleweeds.. I have enough fur to construct a third cat :S Other much needed cleaning up. Now, off to the gym, as I have been sitting in this chair at this computer for like 15 hours a day for the last week. My body is crying for something more active than typing, haha.
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quite honestly it felt like shit when i found out what i had done. i felt worse realizing that the people i was visiting didn't think it was an issue. in the former soviet union religeous morals were quashed by an athiestic regime. also women are not equal to men. girls are taught that the way to success in life is by finding the right man to take care of them. girls over there don't have the career or educational opportunities that american girls do.
this fourteen year old girl had all the signals down. poise, posture, clothing and body language. she also took better care grooming herself than most american girls. i had no clue.
i am not trying to say that what i did was excusable. i brought up this topic to highlight mistakes. i repeat: i felt low. like i unknowingly proved the truth of the bad reputation american tourists have overseas.
i got defensive because it hurt to read your response. i respect you more than most on this group.
Plus I support a local business man.