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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
dr. nervioso:
So I think I am going to do drag shows this semester.
And if I do, I will of course be posting pictures on the forum
Patrick:
It's times like right now that I am so happy you can embed yootoob videos on the forums these days.
Papersatan:
So I am only 2/3 done with the half of my semester schedule I can do (see my oughta be a law thread post) and should be starting my readings for next Friday, since we have crossed the starting line and things will only pile up from here, but instead I am trying to teach myself to build an Android app.
I have only the most minimal programming skills, and all of them I gained in the last 3 semesters. But I have an app I really want to make, and I am sure it is outside of my skill set to make it at this point, but I am going to try. I am trying a new approach to schooling. I am not going on to a PhD, I just don't have the grades for it (I've a 3.4, tangent... I always have a 3.4. In community college, 3.49 in undergrad 3.47 right now 3.46.... note for non-USA folks most scholarships and higher level programs have lower cutoffs at 3.5...) Also, I am not sure I can afford it financially or emotionally. With that in mind my new approach is to only worry about passing my classes, but to get as much experience doing things as possible.
I keep being told that even if I can't gain expertise in a thing, knowing what I am talking about and being able to talk to people who are experts will be a big selling point for me in interviews. So, I am going to make an app this semester, even if it ends up clunky and buggy and unusable. No one is ever going to hire me to develop apps, but I think the experience will be good for me.
Barmymoo:
I believe that unless you need a top grade in order to get to what you want to do next, it is always best to aim to do acceptably well, and spend the remaining time gaining a broader education. I could probably get a first in my degree if I did nothing else. But I'd probably burn out and almost certainly give up and quit because it would be so boring. The girls who want to be lawyers are aiming for the best marks they can get because they want jobs. I just want to graduate.
pwhodges:
That's wise. I spent a couple of hours a day while preparing for engineering science finals playing the harpsichord in the Ashmolean Museum; I even made a recording of it which is now in the National Sound Archive of the British Library.
Mind you, I also didn't need to think about getting a job, because I'd already got one in advance (at the BBC).
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