Test done
pfeew, well at least that is over.
the test ended up to be no multiple choice. but it wasn't as bad as it could have been do to a large number of questions for a few number of points each. this was for the best as i could answer with bits and pieces of what i know. next on the plate is operating systems test 2 on thursday. commence w/ the stress once again...
whoever can guess what this is wins a cookie
1) Create constancy of purpose for improvement of production and sevice
2) Adopt the new philosophy
3) Cease dependence on mass inspection
4) End the practice of awarding business on price tag alone
5) Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service
6) Institute training on the job
7) Institute leadership
8) Drive out fear
9) Break down barriers between staff areas
10) Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the workforce
11) Eliminate a) numerical goals for people in management b) numerical quotas for the workforce
12) Remove barriers to pride of workmanship
13) Encourage education and self-improvement for everyone
14) Take action to accomplish the transformation
I'll give you a hint. I hate it.
-J
soft. eng test 2 from HELL
as i sit here in hour god-only-knows of studying for test2 for software engineering. i have just realized that i have no idea what is going to be on the test. jeff just told me that his test 2 was multiple choice (hard multiple choice at that) but can i really expect that to happen again? test 1 was explicitly defined to us as "no multiple choice". at this point i feel that if it is not multiple choice i will have no shot at getting a decent grade on this test. hopefully the fact that i did like 23% above the curve on test 1 will help but who really knows how cubuert will end up grading. i am expecting only the worst and with 12 hours before the test it is not looking good for a full night's rest tonight. i still haven't covered all the material and i need to spend an Isht more hours remember demming's damn 14 points and the 8 principles of the ISO9001 standard. and i have to compare and contrast them because cubert pretty much told us that it would be on there.
forgive my lack of the
key
-j
The hell that is graduate school applications
I have "officially" begun my graduate school applications... Submitted my first one to MIT yesterday and throughout the course of this week will be finishing off the rest of them.
For those of you that don't know what this means, consider it the educational equivalent of a rectal exam. Those of you that are pre-med or pre-law or pre-anything can attest to this.
MIT in particular wanted to know every textbook that I had used for all of my classes, luckily the only textbook that I ever sold back was my chemistry book >:-) [read: chemistry = crap]. Cal Tech is even worse, in addition to this information they would also like to know the teacher that you took it with, and what subjects were covered in the class.
I can't even remember what I had for lunch and these guys want me to remember what chapter we got to in Calc I!
Even more painful than cleaning out the cob webs from the old cranial closet is writing a statement of purpose. This has to be the worst experience someone like me ever has to do. For those of you that don't know me, I don't like talking about myself, which is mainly why this blog is filled with rants of things I don't like about other stuff. But for the statement of purpose you must spend a page of single-spaced text blabbing on about why you are a good candidate for grad school.
Don't these guys know that I want to go to grad school so that I can get a better job and make more money!
But alas this one sentence would not help distinguish you from your opponent applicants and is thusly unacceptable. And far be it for the 4.5 years of academic work that you have done to get to this point of applying does not help enough!
For those of you that would like to read my statement of purpose send me an email and I will promptly reply with a photocopy of one of my fingers ;-).
Anyhow, consider yourself warned.
-J
