I think that I'll stop putting day numbers up there. It really makes no sense to.
Lunch at the conference was grilled chicken and pulled pork. While it tasted really good compared to the "eggs" I ate this morning at the hotel, the pulled pork doesn't compare to my dad's. I can't believe I had to miss my mom's second birthday party where there was pulled pork sandwiches. School...
I was able to put my Synergee knowledge to good use today in a competition among conference goers. (Other than work that is) The other members had little or no experience with the Model Builder Module, which I have worked with a lot before. I was able to whip out the model and create it in no time. In the end, my team finished 30 minutes before any other answering other questions and jumping other hurdles. We didn't win. The "tie-breaker" was pick a number between 1 and 100.
Ah, but today, and on other days, I realize how much I like being treated like an adult. I have real responsibility. I have a real job. The staff members here come to me to arrange with my schedule and needs. (Quite a few of them were shocked to see me, seeing that I am "so young") I'm driving a rental car for which I am responsible for. I don't know how to describe it. It makes me just so excited to go back to class to be baby sat for an hour and a half then assigned homework like I wasn't really paying attention in the class. Or given pop-quizzes to make sure that I'm attending. Or only having to show enough responsibility to not cheat on an exam.
I'm not a child! (Yes there is a word that precedes that. No I will not say it)
If I had access to professors like at a university, I almost prefer reading and learning on my own. The almost is because I like listening to intelligent lectures. But out here, I learn on my own time, which I have to manage well. I've gotten 3.667/4 homework assignments done while at a business conference attending sessions all day. (I'm stuck on a third of an assignment, this is where the professor would be nice)
Why can't school be more like this?
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