Grades

It's funny how important grades become once you are an adult learner. I mean, I'm sure that they're important to some college-aged and high-school students today; but as a rule, I care much more now than I did then.

Anyway, here I am at the beginning of my third semester of full-time college and I got a B. A freaking B. I am so pissed!!!! It was in my Hispanic Literature class. Now, I have to admit, the paper I did was not my best work. It really was a let-me-do-this-damn-paper-and-get-on-with-other-more-important-work paper. In the past that was enough for an A. Not anymore I guess. Now I have to do even better on the remaining four papers to assure an A in the class.

Now onto Philosophy. Remember the previous posts about Who Am I? and Where Did The World Come From? Well, I got an A on that one!!! Yippee! Vindicated (not really sure how since they are two totally different classes and all; but w/e).

So now instead of working on my first Algebra exam (take home, thank God), I am sitting here effectively procrastinating. I have to drop it off at school tomorrow night. We have no class because of some professor professional day or something like that. The exam is only 15 questions, and I'm done with 12 of them leaving the three WORD PROBLEMS!!! dum dum dum...... If you read my previous posts, you know I have a mental block when it comes to those. Guess what I'm doing for lunch tomorrow? RIGHT!! Word Problems.

I'm heading off to bed now.

chat soon.

xoxo

Shoes

I'm not much for shoes. If I could, I'd go barefoot all the time. Society, however, dictates that I must cover my feet during certain activities. Work. When driving. In most public establishments.

This is not the case everywhere, though. Sometimes I drive with no shoes on!!!! I'm such a rebel! I have even gone into the grocery store in my slippers. hehe. So here I am wearing a pair of shoes that retailed for $75!! OMG I would NEVER spend that much on a pair of shoes. These shoes were on sale when I got them and they only cost me $25. Even that is more than I usually spend on work shoes.

I love these shoes and I am very surprised at that. Sometimes I plan my outfit around these shoes. Do I have a problem? I probably have a plethora of problems; these shoes being the least worrisome.

This shoe phenomenon got me to thinking: what exactly causes a person to go against their usual ways? What made me buy these shoes? I never shoe shop. I was looking for shoes for Mags for school and accidently bumped into these. I was stricken! I HAD TO HAVE THEM! The fact that they were on sale helped tremendously.

Guess what shoes I'm wearing today........

chat soon.
xoxo

Aristotle

Well, well, well. I'm not sure about this dude. He is known as one of the most significant thinkers in the history of Western philosophy; however, his views on women are ridiculous!

Apparently he felt that women were "mistakes" of nature! Can you believe it? We are "incomplete or misbegotten men".

I guess that a great number of philosophers of that time viewed women in a separate place than men. Plato felt that women were "lesser men".

The text we are using for my class encourages, "empathetic understanding before passing judgment on new ideas and those who advocate them", so I guess I'll refrain from any name-calling here.

Damping down my increasing anger, I think I can understand the thinking of those times. The ignorance. They were alive during a hierarchical time, when women were thought of as no more than servants and breeders.

I look forward to studying these ancient (ignorant) famous philosophers; and finding a great female philosopher!

Chat soon.

xoxo

Philosophy #2: Where Does the World Come From?

My world came from my parents. They designed it to the best of their abilities and I am left with the remains of that foundation. I have formed my adult world around what I was given in the beginning and am doing the best I can. The things that work for me to run my world may not work for others. The physical world in which we live has been here for millions of years, created in seven days by God.

Who created God? That is an illogical question. Questioning who created God leads one to believe that He was created. He exists outside time and space as He is the creator of time and space. God is outside of physical space, and outside of time. He exists as a being who is unlimited in time; having access to all time as if it were now.

Without faith, one cannot begin to perceive God. As it says in the Bible, “God is a spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth” (John 4:24).

We have all we need to survive; and must each find our way. The social world is dynamic: constantly changing as needs evolve. It is affected by culture and individuality. It was formed by those who were strong enough to continue when faced with adversity.

Each of us must create our own world to fit our needs. We must be conscious of the needs of self and family as well as the needs of society as a whole. We are all part of the big picture and share in the responsibility of it’s continued success.
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Let's see how this one goes over..... chat soon. xoxo

Who Am I?

First Philosophy paper: Answer the age-old question: Who Am I?

I am one of many, and I am an individual. I am happy and I am sad. I am serious and I am funny. I am a friend and I am an enemy. I lead, therefore I follow. I drive and I ride. I am employee as well as employer. I am busy and have nothing to do. I am tired but cannot fall asleep. I am mother and daughter alike. I am a Christian and form my own beliefs. I am strong and I am on my knees. I am complete and I am a work in progress. Who am I? Who knows....

I'll let you know the results....

Chat soon.

xoxo

Word Problem - UPDATE

Ok. I admit it. I am stuck on an intermediate algebra problem and can't get past it. It's one of those damn word problems and I have to know the answer AND how to do it by Friday. Really, I have to know it by Thursday because I have class Friday and will be at work all day. Enough of that..... Let's get down to it.

The land area of Rhode Island is 5213 sq. mi. less than the area of Hawaii. Together their areas total 7637 sq. mi. What is the area of each state?

I know it's simple. That's the frustrating part. The more I look at it, the more I think, "who needs math?" "really, I can graduate without this class" (which is, of course, not true).

I beg of all my blog-reading friends - PLEASE I IMPLORE YOU!! HELP ME OUT!! Please comment with the answer if you know it and also tell me how to set it up!! Please!! Danny? Josh? C'mon, Stephen? Andrea? DON'T LET THIS BE THE THING THAT RUINS MY GPA!! PLEASE!!

Thanks. Chat soon.

xoxo

So of course I can't let it go. I finally figured out how to set up the damn thing:

x=RI and X+5213=HI, right?
so therefore, x + (x + 5213) = 7637. Just solve for X!!!!! Thanks for the input, Maggie!

Love you!

xoxo (back to work now)

Watching TV

I remember when I was pregnant with Stephenie. Of course, I didn't KNOW it was Stephenie at the time. I just knew I was pregnant with my first baby. Anyway, I had a little problem during the pregnancy. I was pre-eclampsic. It means a lot of bad things, medically; however, I felt FINE. But, nonetheless, I was confined to bedrest for quite a bit of time during my pregnancy.

I was sitting around tonight effectively avoiding algebra and flipping the channels of the TV and came across The Little House on the Prairie. This brought up memories of my first pregnancy.

Since I spent so much time on bedrest, I watched a great deal of TV. There were not nearly as many channels as there are today. We had cable, of course; but it did not mean the same thing it means now. It just meant the TV was really clear. Anyway, I used to watch several old shows. Now, these shows were old 20 years ago -- imagine how old they are today!!

One of my favorites was Little House. I also enjoyed The Waltons. When I was a little girl, I was a fan of The Brady Bunch. I guess that whole "perfect family and all good things and happy endings" appealed to me -- apparently it still does.

Oooohhhhh!!!! Gotta run! Part 2 is on! Poor Laura. Her little brother just died (previous episode) and she is feeling guilty because she was jealous. Don't want to give away too much... Chat soon!

xoxo

Maggie's Chemistry Test

Here's an excerpt from my afternoon conversation with Maggie:

Maggie: ohmigosh
Me: what?
Maggie: i forgot to tell you
Maggie: about my quiz today
Me: oh?
Me: fail?
Maggie: nope
Me: good
Maggie: it wasnt a written quiz
Me: what?
Maggie: it was soooooooooooo incredibly cool
Me: oral?
Maggie: we used remotes
Me: WHAT?
Me: remote what?
Maggie: ok, get this
Maggie: she made something that looked like a powerpoint of all the questions she wanted on the quiz
Maggie: and each question had its own little page
Maggie: each student got these remotes that were blue, and it had buttons for the choices : a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h
Maggie: and on the front desk
Me: omgoodness
Maggie: there was this thing that looked like a spaceship
Me: lol
Maggie: and so when shes put a question on the board
Maggie: we'd have to click the letter of the answer we wanted
Maggie: but we pointed our remotes @ the spaceship thing
Maggie: and
Maggie: along the bottom of the screen were number, 1-17
Maggie: and each remote had a diff number
Maggie: and when someone put in their answers, the number of that remote turned blue
Maggie: not on the remote, but on the screen
Maggie: it was sooooo cool
Maggie: and then after each question, the teacher would hit enter on her lap top, and it showed us what the right answer was and how many people chose it
Me: was she able to grade you based on the spaceship?
Maggie: idk, but the program she had it on saved all of the things each remote put in
Me: wow how exciting
Maggie: yeah
Me: and technologically advanced
Maggie: it was soo cool
Me: i'm amazed
Maggie: yeah
Maggie: me too
Me: almost makes you want to have another test....
Maggie: shes like "has anyone used the remotes before for a test?"
Maggie: and im like... "remotes?"
Me: lmao
Maggie: and everyone was like "yeah, yupp, blah blah blah"
Maggie: and im like.... "wtf?"

Jaime and "Her Guys"

I was thinking, the other day, about when Jaime was a little girl. I mean, really little. She was almost 2 when we moved into our house; and the time I was thinking of was when we lived here, so she must have been between 2 and 3. Now that we have that all worked out, I'll tell you what I was thinking.

She was (and continues to be) very unique. She has her own thoughts as to the way things should be; and if the world does not adjust to those thoughts, well, she'll move it around until it does.

Jaime loved the 'keeping' of things and the 'storing' of things. Ever since she could walk (8 1/2 months old), she would gather up her 'stuff' - whatever it was at that particular moment - and carry it around with her. My mom used to tease saying Jaime would be a bag lady some day. She even went out and bought her a little kid sized shopping cart. You know Jaime loved it and packed it full of stuff every day.

Her favorite things were her 'Guys'. These were four small stuffed animals that I got from McDonalds. They were of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Roo. Each toy was about 3 - 4 inches in height; but keep in mind the size of the child loving these to death. She would gather all four of them up in her arms and waddle around the house. She would bring them with her to dinner, to watch TV (Winnie the Pooh, of course) and to bed.

It is one of my fondest memories of Jaime as a baby. Ahhhhhh, how sweet!

Chat soon.
xoxo