Monday...supposedly the day before supervisor meeting and matroidal tutorial. Supposedly the day that I work till I drop. So of course it wasn't the day it was supposed to be. Woke up late, slept some more, did a tiny bit of work, didn't go to school at all until the Bible study, came back and still couldn't do much work, and then slept. I wonder why I could never get anything done.
Tuesday...had trouble with devotion time, kept falling asleep while praying. Matroid class was slightly embarrassing, because I don't know why I volunteered for the question that I felt was strangely too easy, only to have errors discovered. I guess it's the participation that counts, not the accuracy, eh? After class, I was plannning to do more supervisory prep, but that was disrupted by David's full office hour where I sort of helped out to ease the crowd... The meeting was ok, supervisor took the little thing that I've done and ran with it.
After the meeting, there were two hours of break, then two hours of proctoring where I almost fell asleep. In the email, Jochen mentioned something about marking right after the exam (two sessions, I proctor the 5-7 session, second session 7-9). I thought that might have meant marking the next day. Nope, he meant after 9pm, just a couple hours before my bedtime...heh. So I had two hours of break, hoping to catch up to some sleep, but wasn't able to because of phone calls and more emotional breakdowns. But I had to compose myself to go do the marking...which was kind of funny, or laughing and lamenting simultaneously at the students' incompetence... There was a pizza break, which is nice. The funniest thing is that one student got so bored that on the last page of the exam, he drew a replica of what is on the other side of the exam, so it's essentially that other side in reverse. It was so good a replica that when I held up that page under the light, I couldn't even see what was printed on the other side... Anyway, David and I finished slightly earlier and played a game he invented of some sort...we all left at around 12:30. That was quite an experience.
Tuesday...had trouble with devotion time, kept falling asleep while praying. Matroid class was slightly embarrassing, because I don't know why I volunteered for the question that I felt was strangely too easy, only to have errors discovered. I guess it's the participation that counts, not the accuracy, eh? After class, I was plannning to do more supervisory prep, but that was disrupted by David's full office hour where I sort of helped out to ease the crowd... The meeting was ok, supervisor took the little thing that I've done and ran with it.
After the meeting, there were two hours of break, then two hours of proctoring where I almost fell asleep. In the email, Jochen mentioned something about marking right after the exam (two sessions, I proctor the 5-7 session, second session 7-9). I thought that might have meant marking the next day. Nope, he meant after 9pm, just a couple hours before my bedtime...heh. So I had two hours of break, hoping to catch up to some sleep, but wasn't able to because of phone calls and more emotional breakdowns. But I had to compose myself to go do the marking...which was kind of funny, or laughing and lamenting simultaneously at the students' incompetence... There was a pizza break, which is nice. The funniest thing is that one student got so bored that on the last page of the exam, he drew a replica of what is on the other side of the exam, so it's essentially that other side in reverse. It was so good a replica that when I held up that page under the light, I couldn't even see what was printed on the other side... Anyway, David and I finished slightly earlier and played a game he invented of some sort...we all left at around 12:30. That was quite an experience.
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