#directed studies

[ambitiousauthor]

I meant to post this yesterday, but here are some funny things I heard in my directed studies class that can double as dialogue prompts:

“ I am Directing your studies, this is directed studies.”

“ Tommy I’m gonna get a squirt bottle.”

“ I love it when you’re NOT wasting time in my class.”

“ If you want a simple life, go to the woods and act like a goat.”

“ That’s why you square up and hiss.”

“ You look like dinner and you’re pissing me off.”

“ I’m gonna bring my pet raccoon to school one day.”

“ Oooh eighties hair, that is awesome.”

And my personal favorite...

“ I spend money like a drug addict at bike stores.”

[ayyellesrambles]

Do you know if any of the profs that accept direct studies students want to see the student's transcript first? I had a bad last semester so I'm a bit worried. I believe you didn't take it, but just hoping you've heard something from friends

Not always, but if it’s a popular lab with a lot of students wanting to work there, they’ll want to see transcripts to help them filter. 

[ayyellesrambles]

Do you know what directed studies is like? Any tips for applying?

Your department website probably has information on directed studies and steps on how to apply. 

[danceartpop]

Just Dance

Couldn't have asked for a better cast for my directed studies show "Just Dance." Oh wait... I did ask for them, because I know they are the best. muahahha. 

Can't wait to start the first dance "Teeth." 

I'll keep updating about my production on here, its the safer of the places to post about it. 

[18thvariation]

Last week of undergrad classes is on the horizon...

I'm unsure if I should be ecstatic, terrified, or something in between. I honestly thought I'd be more excited than this. Perhaps it's fatigue and general weariness of a long semester. 

Even though I keep a physical agenda and a to-do list on my phone, I find that creating an end-of-semester to-do list on tumblr oddly satisfying. (Not that anyone besides myself reads it!)

I'm so glad that all my immunology seminar presentations have already been given. One less thing to worry about. Here's what's keeping me busy in the next few weeks:

MICB 448B lab meeting presentation 

COMM 465 oral presentation 

MICB 448B Directed Studies report 

COMM 465 marketing plan report 

BIOC 403 enzyme report 

COMM 465 final

MICB 448B oral presentation/"defence"

BIOC 403 final

PAS poster-making

PAS conference

[lookscouldkale-blog]

All in all, I think the interview went pretty okie dokie.  I wish I was more pro-active and did some things differently.  But it didn't go too badly.

My classmate went before me and said that her interview was only 20 minutes long (mine was 40mins) and it was just him pop-quizzing her and talking about how every single student in the past 10 years has disappointed him.  And if you don't meet his criteria, you basically need to gtfo.

Also he was hooked up to an IV tube the whole time during the interview.  My friend freaked the freak out.  

[lookscouldkale-blog]

Joanne does interviews.

Omg I had an interview with my directed studies sponsor today.  I was interviewed by 4 people.  So I was sitting there while the one guy was talking super fast. Like duk duk duk (my  imitation of a machine gun) so then I was trying to wrestle my pen out of my binder clip asap to write notes  when the frikken pen clip LAUNCHES itself in between the two interviewers heads, ACROSS the room, and onto the table with the glass trophies /crystal sculptures.  I didn't even notice because everyone just pretended like nothing happened// everyone was too professional to say anything until one of the interviewers was like "i'M SORRY.   I JUST CAN'T." and then he BURSTED out laughing.  omg.  

[g-nomey]

The day i realized that i was going from paid work to free labour

Prof: so the main outputs of a directed studies course are usually a paper, a poster, and a presentation.

Me: presentation to whom??

Prof: to my health geography class of course! You don't expect me to give all of those lectures myself do you? That'd be ridiculous.