I'm so glad it's reading week.
I get this week off to catch up on work and de-stress a little after the first batch of midterms last week. I can't wait for summer!
I have a lot of stuff to get done but it feels like a vacation. All I need is a lawn chair, a glass of lemonade and I'm almost there:)
Anyway, off to relax some more!
Oh ya, congratulations to the new black belts. You guys n gals did great!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Lame Conference...
I can't write for long. I'm bogged down in research papers, exams and assignments. On top of that, I was gone yesterday to Calgary at a geology conference. What a long day!
I found it dissapointing.
I took an entire day to go down and "mingle" and listen to talks but it ended up being 6 hrs on the bus, 2 hrs sitting waiting for the thing to start (our bus from the university got there WAY too early!), 4 hours of "mingling" with professionals to network (although there were only about 10 or so and 50 students) and only about 4 hours of actual talks.
I hated "mingling" because it seems so fake and insincere. I enjoyed the talks, but I don't think they were worth it; the only talk I really got something out of was by one of my professors who teaches me three times a week back at the U of A.
Oh well, lesson learned. Don't go to lame conferences sponsered by the union because you'll spend most of your time learning how to "develope professionally."
I'd rather be out in the dirt looking at some rocks...
I found it dissapointing.
I took an entire day to go down and "mingle" and listen to talks but it ended up being 6 hrs on the bus, 2 hrs sitting waiting for the thing to start (our bus from the university got there WAY too early!), 4 hours of "mingling" with professionals to network (although there were only about 10 or so and 50 students) and only about 4 hours of actual talks.
I hated "mingling" because it seems so fake and insincere. I enjoyed the talks, but I don't think they were worth it; the only talk I really got something out of was by one of my professors who teaches me three times a week back at the U of A.
Oh well, lesson learned. Don't go to lame conferences sponsered by the union because you'll spend most of your time learning how to "develope professionally."
I'd rather be out in the dirt looking at some rocks...
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