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Aug. 16th, 2004 06:10 pmI spent another day apartment hunting with limited success. We've only looked at about ten or twelve places so far, but it feels like more. I think I'm going to swallow the illegal security deposit and apply for the one really nice place that's still available. And then hope that the utilities don't kill us.
As a reminder of my fast-approaching departure from my current residence, I've been told that I need to be here from 1-4 on Wednesday for a pre-inspection of my unit (as opposed to the actual inspection, which takes place after I move out). I'm a little irritated by the whole thing. As a grad student I can be here during the day on a weekday, but it's rather presumptuous of them to assume that we can stay home from work for this. I'm also irritated that I'm irritated, because usually little things like this don't bother me. (My best self certainly wouldn't be looking forward with such delight to informing my landlords that they owe me $90 in interest, or be so annoyed by students emailing me for extra marks.) I suspect it's the result of stress, but I need to do better.
I just received yet another email from a student who thinks he deserves a perfect mark for his tutorial participation. I gave out three tens, and I've had about six other students email me to say they think they deserve a ten. If I gave all of them what they're asking for, more than ten percent of my students would end up with perfect marks. That seems excessive to me. I'll check with the other TAs and see what they think.
I have to apologize for the mundane and sometimes depressing content of my posts lately. I don't have time these days to do anything exciting or thing and write about the things that interest me. That will change, I hope, come September.
As a reminder of my fast-approaching departure from my current residence, I've been told that I need to be here from 1-4 on Wednesday for a pre-inspection of my unit (as opposed to the actual inspection, which takes place after I move out). I'm a little irritated by the whole thing. As a grad student I can be here during the day on a weekday, but it's rather presumptuous of them to assume that we can stay home from work for this. I'm also irritated that I'm irritated, because usually little things like this don't bother me. (My best self certainly wouldn't be looking forward with such delight to informing my landlords that they owe me $90 in interest, or be so annoyed by students emailing me for extra marks.) I suspect it's the result of stress, but I need to do better.
I just received yet another email from a student who thinks he deserves a perfect mark for his tutorial participation. I gave out three tens, and I've had about six other students email me to say they think they deserve a ten. If I gave all of them what they're asking for, more than ten percent of my students would end up with perfect marks. That seems excessive to me. I'll check with the other TAs and see what they think.
I have to apologize for the mundane and sometimes depressing content of my posts lately. I don't have time these days to do anything exciting or thing and write about the things that interest me. That will change, I hope, come September.
