Oda's Journal

03/06/2007 22:37 #38384

as good as it gets
Category: pharmacology

i want to record this because i think it is the most positive i will ever feel about my pharmacology class.

i just took my second exam this evening. i got an 86, which is a b. i got 80% on first exam, which is a b-, which literally meant that i was failing out of school because i need to get at least a b in every one of the classes i'm taking this semester in order to start nursing school in may.

right now, i have an 87.04% in the class (i got full credit on each of the five quizzes i took), and a b+ is an 87% (and a b is only 81%). so i'm excited that right now i have this buffer that allows me to relax a little bit.

in fact, this is the last "real" exam i have before spring break. i have a statistics exam next tuesday, but i'm really good at math, so i don't even think of statistics as a class, it's more like fun and using a part of my brain i don't often get to use anymore.

and i'm actually excited about the next class we have in my pharmacology class. we're going to study drug abuse. i already read this chapter in the book, because i have a personal interest in this topic... most of what we've learned in pharmacology i don't care for. i would enjoy an "Herbs 302" class, or (as i realized the first day i took this class), i would very much enjoy a "THC 302" class.

for now, all is good in the school department.
happy-relax.

leetee - 03/06/07 22:55
Yay!! I'm happy for you. Keep up the good work.

Math is the bane of my exsistence... i think i would have written and passed the GED months ago had i been competent in maths!! For you, however, i am glad to know you enjoy it and will get to!

Like you, i think i would find studying drug abuse interesting... but probably for different reasons. ;o)

03/03/2007 02:52 #38336

road trip
Category: travel

road trip

march 14-19

destination: warmth, relaxation, happiness

i'm so excited!

02/28/2007 15:32 #38308

run around

i fucking hate UB. [/

if anyone is thinking about going to school there, i would strongly advise you to go somewhere else instead. it is the worst school. every single class i'm taking there has over 200 students and no teachers who care about the classes.

and it isn't that cheap either. they stick you with about a million dollars of fees and other hidden costs--way more than any other school i've seen.

plus since it's so big, NO ONE takes any personal responsiblity for anything. i've never met such unhelpful people as those in the student response center (where you go to pay your bills.)

paul - 02/28/07 20:14
My classes all had like 5-15 students. I guess I was taking grad level art classes though. On the other hand, terry's classes seems to be the same as yours. I guess it depends on what you are taking.

libertad - 02/28/07 20:07
Hey oda,

sorry that it is not going well. If buffalo state has a nursing program I would say go there. Not sure if they do or not. UB... never actually attended classes there, but I was an official UB student for a semester. Yes they ripped me a new asshole. 15k later.

joshua - 02/28/07 15:45
Weird - my 300 and 400 level classes had 40 or less, most of them being 25 or less. What level classes are you taking?

It is generally true though, that the large lecture hall concept is kind of lame. UB is absolutely, positively not the only one that does it, and many "better" schools still have lectures with 400 people in them.

As far as the cost goes though, if you wanted cheap classes that is what ECC is for. When I was in school I lived on campus and my yearly costs were still under 10k per year - for a 4-year degree that isn't so bad in comparison to private schools. Also, I was in the business school and another added benefit was the alumni connection through them - it wouldn't have been the same if I went to a school like Canisius.

02/28/2007 09:08 #38305

tranquil destruction
Category: buffalo

hmm. i just walked outside and they are killing a large tree three houses down from where i live. it wasn't even destroyed in the october storm.

when i was watching this, i called the weatherman and he used the word tranquil to describe the day. he said tranquil more than once.

i don't understand all this destruction in buffalo. first i lived next door to the atwater house (next to panos) and they tore that building down. now it's just a blocked off ugly gravel area. then this poor tree, who just stays there peacefully all the time and gives us oxygen and beauty and stability.

i guess we just need to accept what is and love it all...

literally, i was just appreciating oxygen this morning. my roommate and i had been discussing the high percentage of oxygen that we get from the plankton in the ocean, so i drew a cartoon of someone swimming appreciating all of that.

02/21/2007 12:04 #38229

trash

we have a lot of construction material trash that we need to take away from our house. does anyone know where we can drop that off? and when (what days, hours) we could do so?

thanks!

lilho - 02/22/07 14:09
terry, why do you know so much about trash? it is because you grew up in las vegas?

terry - 02/21/07 23:48
oh on that first link you have to click on the link on the left hand side that says 2006 Trash Schedule and it downloads a PDF

terry - 02/21/07 23:46
here is B-lo's trash collection schedule:
:::link:::

on the specified days you can lay out a big ole pile of trash and they'll take it away...if you can't wait that long then you can cart it to the East Side Transfer Station:
:::link:::

each household gets a ton free every year. It's right off the 190, but you got to get it there yourself.

Hope that helps