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In all of this, I actually went to uni for an exam. And I promised myself I would buy a book as a reward for passing each exam. But I had two I passed in June where I didn't buy anything (my mother would like to say that I went to ask book festival 10 days prior and bought enough books, but these are obviously two different situations so it doesn't count).
So there's that.
I have to hide them, Mom is going to throw me out with all my books.
I'm back, after a month from my last post. Im going to try to keep it short (as if).
It's complete madness. I log off from work right as classes start so I have to sprint from the study room to class (time-wise it's short as I have a fast pace, but I need to either use an old elevator or 2-centuries-old marble stairs).
I had a mandatory class on lab security for three Fridays, which is one of the days I work from the office. I agreed with my supervisor that I would start work earlier to leave earlier at 14:45 - the course started at 15:00. By car the journey should be 20 minutes but somehow these three days it was 40. But at least I got 30/30.
Also, last week I went looking for news about my application as a part-time student and the admin employee was like "What application? When did you send it? Did you pay the revenue stamp?" I sent the document via email, received a reading confirmation on a non-working day, brought it printed with the enrollment papers, and directly put them in the hands of the same person who was asking, who didn't remember who I was after I was in their office 5 times in 3 days with increasingly weird documents. I mean her colleague greeted me by name when I entered so they probably remembered me ("We can't remember all the students" - neither do I at work, but after they come to you 5 times in a week at least you recognise the face). I'll try again today, I need to find a day when the chief is there - their words.
Update about the part-time contract: I spoke with the chief of the admin office, who re-forwarded the documents to the head of the master's with me cc'ed.
For some weird coincidence, I met her in class (I should attend her class next year) and we went together to speak with the admin office chief. She didn't receive the emails because they used an old address. She gave me an appointment for the afternoon because she wanted to plan it together. She forgot (cue me spamming the group chat because she was having a lab with my classmates, "Oh yeah we finished late and went to get a coffee").
I sent her an MS Teams message, no answer. I sent an email, no answer. After two weeks I asked my classmates when are exactly her hours so I could speak with her, "She's in Chile until the exams. But you can send her a message on WhatsApp." I now have an appointment on the 10th of December, wish me luck.
Sooo....
That's all, folks!
I'm losing all hope:
January
Can't book an exam
Email the admin office (january 20th)
Open a ticket
"Please contact this person" (23rd)
No answer
February
Go physically to the admin office (february 3rd)
They can't check the problem because there are no active booking sessions, have to contact them when there are
One opens, write an email to the admin office (13th)
They ACTUALLY call me
"I have to check something I'll call you back in five minutes"
No contact till the next day
"It's worse than it seems, I had to contact the central office and the IT department, the new study plan doesn't speak with the old one and can't find exams, I'll let you know" (14th)
Two weeks later, as in two days ago was the last day to book the exam, still no news
Yesterday was exam day and I went to ask in person
"It's complicated, they're trying to find a way to make it work. I think maybe it'll be resolved by the end of March"
This story is definitely over (I hope). After months of being directed to from the department all the way to the main uni, it was finally fixed by someone else in the starting office. So now I can book exams and do everything else.
Until...
This morning I went to ask about the procedure to renew the contract for this year and how to enrol for the new year (it's been so long I forgot). I need to pay taxes (obviously, duh) but the system doesn't show them. The admin office had to add on my page an otherwise nonexistent section to pay the taxes.
Also, she was so proud "Look I have your file on my desk with all your documents" but it was my part-time paper inside the file of another girl with my same surname, and I wouldn't have noticed if she didn't shuffle until the enrollment documents with HER picture.
Yesterday I was wondering why I'm recently finding studying on the train to work (metropolitan) getting more difficult, besides the obvious different disposition of the seats compared to the train to uni (regional).
It's the announcements: the train I take every day to work (same line/company) has a different announcement in two/three languages EVERY 5 SECONDS at a loud volume, so much so that I repeat them unconsciously. The regional is so quiet that it doesn't even announce the stops.
I have to update my CV for something work-related.
The last time I worked on it was to put my photo on it for the examination to get my job (2021) and it was 1 page long, as I had just my high-school diploma. After working three days on it, it's now 5 pages in small font and it's still missing some little things.
When did I do all of this?
I'm back, after a month from my last post. Im going to try to keep it short (as if).
It's complete madness. I log off from work right as classes start so I have to sprint from the study room to class (time-wise it's short as I have a fast pace, but I need to either use an old elevator or 2-centuries-old marble stairs).
I had a mandatory class on lab security for three Fridays, which is one of the days I work from the office. I agreed with my supervisor that I would start work earlier to leave earlier at 14:45 - the course started at 15:00. By car the journey should be 20 minutes but somehow these three days it was 40. But at least I got 30/30.
Also, last week I went looking for news about my application as a part-time student and the admin employee was like "What application? When did you send it? Did you pay the revenue stamp?" I sent the document via email, received a reading confirmation on a non-working day, brought it printed with the enrollment papers, and directly put them in the hands of the same person who was asking, who didn't remember who I was after I was in their office 5 times in 3 days with increasingly weird documents. I mean her colleague greeted me by name when I entered so they probably remembered me ("We can't remember all the students" - neither do I at work, but after they come to you 5 times in a week at least you recognise the face). I'll try again today, I need to find a day when the chief is there - their words.
Update about the part-time contract: I spoke with the chief of the admin office, who re-forwarded the documents to the head of the master's with me cc'ed.
For some weird coincidence, I met her in class (I should attend her class next year) and we went together to speak with the admin office chief. She didn't receive the emails because they used an old address. She gave me an appointment for the afternoon because she wanted to plan it together. She forgot (cue me spamming the group chat because she was having a lab with my classmates, "Oh yeah we finished late and went to get a coffee").
I sent her an MS Teams message, no answer. I sent an email, no answer. After two weeks I asked my classmates when are exactly her hours so I could speak with her, "She's in Chile until the exams. But you can send her a message on WhatsApp." I now have an appointment on the 10th of December, wish me luck.
Sooo....
That's all, folks!
I'm losing all hope:
January
Can't book an exam
Email the admin office (january 20th)
Open a ticket
"Please contact this person" (23rd)
No answer
February
Go physically to the admin office (february 3rd)
They can't check the problem because there are no active booking sessions, have to contact them when there are
One opens, write an email to the admin office (13th)
They ACTUALLY call me
"I have to check something I'll call you back in five minutes"
No contact till the next day
"It's worse than it seems, I had to contact the central office and the IT department, the new study plan doesn't speak with the old one and can't find exams, I'll let you know" (14th)
Two weeks later, as in two days ago was the last day to book the exam, still no news
Yesterday was exam day and I went to ask in person
"It's complicated, they're trying to find a way to make it work. I think maybe it'll be resolved by the end of March"
I'm back, after a month from my last post. Im going to try to keep it short (as if).
It's complete madness. I log off from work right as classes start so I have to sprint from the study room to class (time-wise it's short as I have a fast pace, but I need to either use an old elevator or 2-centuries-old marble stairs).
I had a mandatory class on lab security for three Fridays, which is one of the days I work from the office. I agreed with my supervisor that I would start work earlier to leave earlier at 14:45 - the course started at 15:00. By car the journey should be 20 minutes but somehow these three days it was 40. But at least I got 30/30.
Also, last week I went looking for news about my application as a part-time student and the admin employee was like "What application? When did you send it? Did you pay the revenue stamp?" I sent the document via email, received a reading confirmation on a non-working day, brought it printed with the enrollment papers, and directly put them in the hands of the same person who was asking, who didn't remember who I was after I was in their office 5 times in 3 days with increasingly weird documents. I mean her colleague greeted me by name when I entered so they probably remembered me ("We can't remember all the students" - neither do I at work, but after they come to you 5 times in a week at least you recognise the face). I'll try again today, I need to find a day when the chief is there - their words.
Update about the part-time contract: I spoke with the chief of the admin office, who re-forwarded the documents to the head of the master's with me cc'ed.
For some weird coincidence, I met her in class (I should attend her class next year) and we went together to speak with the admin office chief. She didn't receive the emails because they used an old address. She gave me an appointment for the afternoon because she wanted to plan it together. She forgot (cue me spamming the group chat because she was having a lab with my classmates, "Oh yeah we finished late and went to get a coffee").
I sent her an MS Teams message, no answer. I sent an email, no answer. After two weeks I asked my classmates when are exactly her hours so I could speak with her, "She's in Chile until the exams. But you can send her a message on WhatsApp." I now have an appointment on the 10th of December, wish me luck.
Sooo....
That's all, folks!
At the beginning of the semester, our Genetics professor told us that he would be very happy if we found scientific articles regarding genes, DNA, researchers, and everything else related to Genetics.
I looked for all kind of scientific websites, journals, papers. In the end, I found this app called Researcher, where you can follow specific topics and journals, but it isn’t mainly scientific, as you can see from the various academic areas.
So, if you are in my same situation, or you just like to read academic papers, I strongly recommend this app. It literally saved my life.
Given that I recommended the Researcher app I feel now obliged to inform you that unfortunately, the app is closing.
I found another app, but I want to try it a bit more before giving a recommendation.
I'm back, after a month from my last post. Im going to try to keep it short (as if).
It's complete madness. I log off from work right as classes start so I have to sprint from the study room to class (time-wise it's short as I have a fast pace, but I need to either use an old elevator or 2-centuries-old marble stairs).
I had a mandatory class on lab security for three Fridays, which is one of the days I work from the office. I agreed with my supervisor that I would start work earlier to leave earlier at 14:45 - the course started at 15:00. By car the journey should be 20 minutes but somehow these three days it was 40. But at least I got 30/30.
Also, last week I went looking for news about my application as a part-time student and the admin employee was like "What application? When did you send it? Did you pay the revenue stamp?" I sent the document via email, received a reading confirmation on a non-working day, brought it printed with the enrollment papers, and directly put them in the hands of the same person who was asking, who didn't remember who I was after I was in their office 5 times in 3 days with increasingly weird documents. I mean her colleague greeted me by name when I entered so they probably remembered me ("We can't remember all the students" - neither do I at work, but after they come to you 5 times in a week at least you recognise the face). I'll try again today, I need to find a day when the chief is there - their words.
Update about the part-time contract: I spoke with the chief of the admin office, who re-forwarded the documents to the head of the master's with me cc'ed.
For some weird coincidence, I met her in class (I should attend her class next year) and we went together to speak with the admin office chief. She didn't receive the emails because they used an old address. She gave me an appointment for the afternoon because she wanted to plan it together. She forgot (cue me spamming the group chat because she was having a lab with my classmates, "Oh yeah we finished late and went to get a coffee").
I sent her an MS Teams message, no answer. I sent an email, no answer. After two weeks I asked my classmates when are exactly her hours so I could speak with her, "She's in Chile until the exams. But you can send her a message on WhatsApp." I now have an appointment on the 10th of December, wish me luck.
For context, my workplace is inside a public park.
To add, you should know that I say the wildest things with a serious face like it's nothing worrisome and then leave. It's my trademark.
Scene: it's 18:00 winter time so it's pitch black outside, and the lights in the park are mostly out.
Office guard: "Please be careful, there was a mugging in the park. I'll watch you until you reach the outside gate."
Me: "Oh, this year it's this. Last year a guard was stabbed, no sorry he was wounded in the face with scissors. Some crazy guy loitering in the park. I think the police came with helicopters."
Him: "Sorry what? Who, *other guard*?"
Me: "Oh yes, but that's what I was told. Bye, have a great weekend."
Side note, for them is more dangerous in the morning when there's a weather alert so the park has to be closed and usual park-goers go feral that they can't enter.
How I love it when I say to a coworker: "I'm doing you a favour, I'm not supposed to do this without authorisation. I prepared this thing beforehand, come when I officially write you that it's authorised." And they DO NOT wait for the email. It's not illegal but it's against internal procedures as there's a workflow. What does it cost you to wait an hour for the official authorisation?
And it's always the same people.
Other employees perched on my shoulder to see my colleague's answer to something they asked that I need to check quickly with her via chat - as if I can't just tell them: "Why are you shouting?" (we often type with capslock on)
Me deadpan while thinking they need to be behind the partition if not invited in: "She's too far away, it's hard earing each other."
I always pay by card, if it's an emergency with cash, and it's difficult for me to have coins - especially if I need a coffee from the vending machine at uni.
So let me tell you that I just found out that there's an app that connects to the vending machines at uni that you can charge with money - an evolution of the key. I really feel like an adult.
(Yes, I get excited about the weirdest things)
I'm back, after a month from my last post. Im going to try to keep it short (as if).
It's complete madness. I log off from work right as classes start so I have to sprint from the study room to class (time-wise it's short as I have a fast pace, but I need to either use an old elevator or 2-centuries-old marble stairs).
I had a mandatory class on lab security for three Fridays, which is one of the days I work from the office. I agreed with my supervisor that I would start work earlier to leave earlier at 14:45 - the course started at 15:00. By car the journey should be 20 minutes but somehow these three days it was 40. But at least I got 30/30.
Also, last week I went looking for news about my application as a part-time student and the admin employee was like "What application? When did you send it? Did you pay the revenue stamp?" I sent the document via email, received a reading confirmation on a non-working day, brought it printed with the enrollment papers, and directly put them in the hands of the same person who was asking, who didn't remember who I was after I was in their office 5 times in 3 days with increasingly weird documents. I mean her colleague greeted me by name when I entered so they probably remembered me ("We can't remember all the students" - neither do I at work, but after they come to you 5 times in a week at least you recognise the face). I'll try again today, I need to find a day when the chief is there - their words.
After the test, I talked with my supervisor and my coworker about the courses the professor suggested I attend as a part-time student, which times are all over the place, as I still need to work on the days I have classes.
Long story short I already started looking for B&BS or hostels at my uni town to stay from Monday to Wednesday as on those days I will probably work remotely a bit, attend class, and then work remotely some more. To complete the minimum hours, I may finish working at 7pm, but uni closes at 6pm and on a good day, it takes an hour by train to go home, so it's best to sleep there as I have to start again the next day.
My to-do list due on the 30th of September is:
complete enrolling process
ask the IT department for the credentials to use the work phone on my mobile
book a room for the first week of classes and check if they have availability for the next 9 weeks or find another solution within my budget
prepare luggage for two days
find a way to carry both uni and work computer + notebook in one bag without breaking my back
Last night my mother said: "Why book a hostel for three days for 10 weeks when you can rent a room?"
Me: "So instead of paying for a few weeks per year, I rent for four whole years? Besides most won't rent to locals."
I kid you not, she just sent me a screen about a room from a Facebook group made for room offerings and whatnot specifically for my department. A private one.
I swear if I come home from work and she's like "I found a room, WE're going to see it on xxxday." I'm calling my uncle.
Here's a sort of recap of everything:
The current organization at work for the next month is:
On Mondays, I work remotely from uni, attend a class, work, class, work
On Tuesdays, I'm on PTO/vacation and attend classes (there's a lab in the afternoon that I don't know how long it will take)
On Wednesdays, I work remotely, attend a class and then work
On Thursdays and Fridays, I work from the office.
Here's the completion status on the to-do of the first post of this thread:
complete enrolling process - Halfway done, uni needs to verify the payment of taxes before giving me my student number, I will check the status both online and at the admin office
ask the IT department for the credentials to use the work phone on my mobile - I ASKED, but they still have to answer, right now I manually did the call forwarding on the office phone, but when someone calls, I only see my number
book a room for the first week of classes and check if they have availability for the next 9 weeks or find another solution within my budget - DONE, booked a hostel, and even if it's mixed dormitories, as it is low season, they put a single person per room. I already told the staff my necessities, and the receptionist told me to speak to his colleague tomorrow to see availability and if they can give me a discount on dormitories or single rooms. When he told us this my mom also changed her mind about renting a room, as here I only have to make my bed when I arrive and cook meals and pay dirty cheap for all of this, it's quiet, clean, down the street from the uni, and whatever I may need is close by
prepare luggage for two days - DONE, actually three days, I calculated that it would be easier for me to come here on Sundays as I have to log on to work at 8 am on Mondays and as it takes one hour by train I would have to wake up at 5
find a way to carry both uni and work computer + notebook in one bag without breaking my back - DONE, brought my work bag (a backpack) and the work computer bag
I forgot to bring some stuff, like a shower caddy/bag and a cup for my toothbrush, and I couldn't find my flip-flops so I took the gym ones. I think that by spending time here I will understand what stuff I actually need.
Tomorrow is the first day of classes and I'm so excited but also quite anxious about this new adventure. Probably by week three I will be a crying mess and cursing the day I decided to continue studying while also working.
Also, also, today is one year I graduated, time sure does fly.
P.S. Sorry for the long post I talk a lot, which means that I also write a lot, and I do not have the gift of conciseness.
After the test, I talked with my supervisor and my coworker about the courses the professor suggested I attend as a part-time student, which times are all over the place, as I still need to work on the days I have classes.
Long story short I already started looking for B&BS or hostels at my uni town to stay from Monday to Wednesday as on those days I will probably work remotely a bit, attend class, and then work remotely some more. To complete the minimum hours, I may finish working at 7pm, but uni closes at 6pm and on a good day, it takes an hour by train to go home, so it's best to sleep there as I have to start again the next day.
My to-do list due on the 30th of September is:
complete enrolling process
ask the IT department for the credentials to use the work phone on my mobile
book a room for the first week of classes and check if they have availability for the next 9 weeks or find another solution within my budget
prepare luggage for two days
find a way to carry both uni and work computer + notebook in one bag without breaking my back
Last night my mother said: "Why book a hostel for three days for 10 weeks when you can rent a room?"
Me: "So instead of paying for a few weeks per year, I rent for four whole years? Besides most won't rent to locals."
I kid you not, she just sent me a screen about a room from a Facebook group made for room offerings and whatnot specifically for my department. A private one.
I swear if I come home from work and she's like "I found a room, WE're going to see it on xxxday." I'm calling my uncle.
After the test, I talked with my supervisor and my coworker about the courses the professor suggested I attend as a part-time student, which times are all over the place, as I still need to work on the days I have classes.
Long story short I already started looking for B&BS or hostels at my uni town to stay from Monday to Wednesday as on those days I will probably work remotely a bit, attend class, and then work remotely some more. To complete the minimum hours, I may finish working at 7pm, but uni closes at 6pm and on a good day, it takes an hour by train to go home, so it's best to sleep there as I have to start again the next day.
My to-do list due on the 30th of September is:
complete enrolling process
ask the IT department for the credentials to use the work phone on my mobile
book a room for the first week of classes and check if they have availability for the next 9 weeks or find another solution within my budget
prepare luggage for two days
find a way to carry both uni and work computer + notebook in one bag without breaking my back
In less than 24 hours there's the test (unknown if written or spoken) to assess the minimum requirements to access the master's degree and I haven't prepared a bit. Nothing at all. And I bought the books in January.
I know why I still haven't opened a single book: I'm terrified of the outcomes.
What if I don't pass? Well, there's always another chance.
But what if I DO pass? This is what scares me most, and I've wanted to do this degree for four years now.
Time to skim these bad boys plus another 600-page book.
Couldn't live blog cause my uni was built in the 1800s and the walls are very thick, and I can't manage to connect to the WiFi.
In order (all of this happened while people were unloading lab equipment next to me):
Got there at 9:30, and found out that recently the room went from a library to a class. This is the reason why I had to ask someone to point me to the correct room (spoiler, it was the professor's TA, who started asking about my whole academic career)
10:00 comes and goes, I'm still the only one there, no professor in sight. At 10:25 I see a girl opening the room with her lunch and putting it into a fridge - apparently, the library is now used as a lunch room (not the first time I had to be examined with someone reheating their lunch in the vicinity). I ask her if I'm in the right place, and she inquires about who I have to meet: one doesn't work in my department anymore, another is in a completely different building, and the coordinator still hasn't arrived. Let's go ask the TA, who takes one look at me and goes: "What? Are you still waiting? I'll call the professor" - she's in the middle of a traffic jam.
10:40 the professor arrives: "I'm sorry, please give me 5 minutes."
11:00 during all the chaos I hear a "Doctor!" I think maybe it's for me, but I don't associate my name with "Doctor" (in Italy you are called a Doctor as soon as you graduate with a bachelor) - yeah, it was me she was calling for.
An interview starts: why do you want to do this master's, how do you think you can juggle work with this degree, you have to throw away your pride and ask for help from professors and students, if you want to study part-time I suggest you focus on these exams first, have you seen the minimum requirements? Let's talk about that.
So, long story short I can now enroll.