Midterm postponed again.

[lance_sibley]

I went to class tonight, all prepared to write the midterm... and there were only something like 5 other people there tonight, and nobody else seemed ready because - get this - the instructor had forgotten to post on the class website that the midterm was being rescheduled for this evening.

Come on, people! It was supposed to be last Thursday, but class was cancelled due to the weather. When did you think it was going to be?

So now we're having it this Thursday. Argh.

Add to that, the instructor wanted the assignments (which were due tonight) handed in on a diskette, of all things. When I first learned that, I said to him, "Do you really mean a diskette? Not a CD?" and he confirmed it, and said that if anyone didn't have a diskette, not to bother buying them - he'd provide them. So I said that I would need one. I repeated that the next time the topic came up. So, tonight, does he have any diskettes with him? No! He said, "Nobody asked for one." *headdesk* So he said that we could just email a zip file to him containing all the files, which is what I ended up doing.

Anyhow... interview tomorrow afternoon, so I'm off to bed. I kind of wanted to go to bed an hour or so ago, but I got caught up in "Gay Marriage Debate #647" and "Should Hate Crimes Be A Distinct Class Of Criminal Charge? Debate #428" over at TrekBBS.

*headdesk*s all round.

Comments

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

My computer doesn't even have a drive for a diskette.

What year does your instructor think this is?

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

1834?

I know. I do have a 3.5" disk drive, but I've never used it.

[kipron.livejournal.com]

that's indeed bizarre, but at least the 3 inch disks are still in general circulation.

the machine i use at uni only accepts 5 inchers! though i'm sure it was really cool back in 1986. ;)

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

that's indeed bizarre, but at least the 3 inch disks are still in general circulation.

I probably could have bought a box, but the instructor did tell us not to bother, and that he would supply us with them.

the machine i use at uni only accepts 5 inchers!

WTF? I haven't seen one of those since... oh, high school or early university.

though i'm sure it was really cool back in 1986. ;)

* boywhocantsayno refrains from mentioning that he graduated high school and started university in 1985 *

[huntingdon.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the interview

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I updated a couple of hours ago with my thoughts on how it went.

[jj79.livejournal.com]

Send the dummy the assignment by carrier pigeon. :D

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

ROFL! Now there's a thought... or, how about transmitting it in Morse code?

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

You should have handed it in on Beta.

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

You, jj79 and kipron are such comedians. :P

Next you'll be suggesting that I somehow record the data on an 8-track. ;)

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

That was my next thought, yeah. ;)