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| I saw Bob again today. I wasn't able to greet him at all, because (a) I am shy around him and (b) he was in a hurry to climb up the stairs. I don't have him as a professor this semester because he doesn't teach any of the subjects that I am currently taking. In any case, much as I enjoyed his childish antics and whatnot, I must say that not having him as a professor this semester is a breath of fresh air. (Although given the 'powerhouse' cast of professors this semester, this 'breath of fresh air' will soon run short...)
I pity Bob. Nobody seems to like him (as a teacher, I mean). I have classmates telling me that they avoid him and walk the other way if possible (if running across him). Some curse his mere presence and proclaim that they would kill him if ever they would see him again. Just by these, you can already tell how much my batchmates hate him.
I know for one that Bob just wants to challenge his students. Personally, I find him friendly and he's really trying hard to 'connect with his students.' His 'terrorness' (forgive me for inventing another term) is just limited to tests and requirements. He isn't a completely horrible person...
Well, compare him with this teacher from the Math department whom we shall from henceforth call Gus. Gus is a really, really, really terror professor. I believe more than half of the batch failed in College Algebra and Trigonometry because he was the one who made the final exam. A lot of students missed the chance to get an extremely high grade in this subject just because of the finals. His exams are extremely difficult and we aren't even given enough time to solve them.
Some of my friends have the misfortune of having Gus as a professor this semester. One of them complains that Gus doesn't explain concepts well, speaks very inaudibly in class, and is very cranky towards his students. He isn't the approachable type of teacher.
I think that this Gus person has a complex or something. I wonder what kind of satisfaction Gus gets with this kind of teaching. Does he feel good when a lot of students fail because of his unreasonable exams and poor teaching? Does he feel comfortable when people perceive him to be an antisocial? Geez. What a horrible, twisted mind! | | |
| Since when have I lost the will to do anything?
Not too long ago, I used to be such an eager person. I was always excited to learn new things. I aimed high and stopped at nothing to achieve my ambitions. I exerted my best in everything I do back then. I'm barely in my twenties right now and I feel sort of embarrassed talking like this, but cynicism has slowly started to take over me. I'm worried because I'm not exhibiting any interest towards things that I used to be really interested in (or at least curious about).
I hate to believe that I've succumbed to mediocrity or maybe I'm just really stupid.
On the other hand, all my dreams and ambitions are slowly crumbling into itty bitty pieces.
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| I want to cry, but it seems that no matter how much I cry, nothing good seems to come out of it.
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| Nothing pisses me off more than when I suddenly have to reformat my hard drive on the night before the deadline of a school project. Lucy, my Windows computer's name, had an unfortunate experience. It contracted some virus that my commercialized antivirus program was unable to clean or even delete. I have tried deleting the infected file, but to no avail. The file kept coming back. It was then that I decided to back all my files up (they mostly consist of my school projects, videos of one of my favorite anime ever, scanlated manga, a layout I am working on, and icons which I have not yet uploaded to my LJ account).
I thought there was still hope. I tried the 'repair installation' thingamajig on my Windows XP installation CD, but it only made the problem worse. Windows wouldn't load stating that its virtual memory is too low. So, I really had no choice. I had to reformat my hard drive or else I wouldn't be able to submit the project on time and my groupmates will surely kill me.
At the time, I was thought about Sir Bob's Linux advocacy sessions, how Linux was more invulnerable to viruses and things like that and all about those "let's promote open source programs" I have been reading lately and in my mind, all I could say was, "Screw you, Bill Gates and your evil Windows software. Screw you commercialized software makers; you couldn't even get the job done right."
I'll spare you from my laments though. The only commercialized software in my computer today is the Windows XP Operating System. Other than that, I have been using open source software like OpenOffice (equivalent of Microsoft Office) for my productivity suite, GIMP (something like Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady) to cure my insatiable desire to make graphics, Picasa for simple editing of pictures (equivalent of Microsoft Photo Editor), and ClamWin for my antivirus software (something like Norton and McAfee). Not only are open source software free, they can also let you edit their source code to suit your personal needs (This I will do someday when I become a great almighty programmer.). Aside from that, upgrade is no pain. You don't have to pay anything extra, and if the program screws up, at least you don't have to worry about the money you spent on commercialized software that failed to do its functions.
I would actually use Linux as my primary OS if only it had better support for hardware and if software companies would begin making more programs that are Linux-compatible. I only use Linux for my programming classes. It serves as some sort of backup OS in my computer for now. Looks like I'll be stuck with Bill Gates' brainchild for a while.
Anyways, I'm going to conduct an experiment and see how long I can stand not using commercialized software like Adobe Photoshop (which I am beginning to miss already, but I'm trying my best learning GIMP). Also, I plan to assess the performance of these open source software.
And, I swear, one day, if I have mad programming skills, I'm going to venture into the open source world. | | |
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