Ramblings

        For my Latin course this year I have to do an "orientation class" for one hour and fifteen minutes every night this week. I had my first one today. To put it frankly.......it was like torture. For one hour and fifteen minutes I sat at the computer in a chatroom with audio listening to this guy who talks INCREDIBLY slow tell all twenty something students in the chatroom how to copy and paste, open an internet browser, use email, etc. I have already known this for four years!!!!!! I was going crazy by the end. I'm certain every kid in that chatroom was snoring at their computer. And I have to go through this every night this week. Every night from 5 to 6:15. And the bad thing is that I can't just quit the chatroom and play "hookey" because the long-winded teacher person will see my name missing and then I'm in big trouble. I think tomorrow night I'm just going to try and surf the web while this guy talks. Otherwise I'll lose my sanity. 

       School is starting up again for me. I have about two billion subjects. Even my Dad(who is NOT one to be sympathetic torwards people when they say they have too much going on) agrees that I have too many subjects this year. But no, Mom still says that each and every subject is important and I must take them all. So stupid. The fact that I'm playing violin at a wedding in two weeks isn't helping my scheduale. But at least for the violin thing I get paid.....

       Welcome all new members! If you need help ask me because I have a pretty thorough knowledge of the software here. 

-Moderngeek™ 

[anonymous]
on August 22, 2006 at 2:29 PM

Ugh, I know, I almost had to do a course like that for credit, NO! It's not even worth it, it's not like this generation is DUMB, we're one of the most technologically advanced generations of our time, so they should think before they enroll already samrt kids like you and your [email protected]
on August 22, 2006 at 5:20 PM

I would be going crazy if I had to do that stuff. You could just shrink down the window and do something else while he talks then go back and check it now and then and see if its anything important and if it is you can come bac to 'class'.
Oops, sorry must have missed the bit about the audio I guess you can't realy skip then come back and learn it since its not in text where you can backread, or is it? Hmm. Seems boring to me I have kown how to do that stuff almost since I was a baby(or at least it seems like its been that long). And you said this was for a latin course? Right.....
on August 22, 2006 at 9:26 PM

Yes, well see the latin course is taught online through audio. So they want to make sure everyone can use the software.