Goldy301 wrote:purpleyoshi98 wrote:Yesterday my parents got back together.
My parents got back together then argue then got back together then argue then got back together then argue. WTF!
Not the case for me.
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How was your day?
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Re: How was your day?
by PurpleYoshi » August 25th, 2015, 11:53 pm
Not the case for me.
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Re: How was your day?
by Supershroom » August 26th, 2015, 11:40 am
Well, I guess it's time to write something.
Two days ago I was trying to get a written exam registration in the Study Office for an exam in informatics which I can't register for via Internet as a mathematician (I could do this so far for basic lectures of informatics but not for any advanced ones). Already the fact that I need a written registration is already annoying enough. But getting it can be really troublesome.
On Monday I went off by train to Karlsruhe (a single trip already takes half an hour) and asked for the thing, but they told me that this requires a special advisor who has a restricted opening time compared to the Study Office itself. I went off in the early morning but should have come in the afternoon. I didn't want to wait and I didn't want to go home and go back either. So I came back on Tuesday afternoon, assuming that they would always open on the afternoon, and guess what? They alter their opening times and they're opening on Tuesday morning! So then I've asked more precisely for that and came again on Wednesday afternoon, being already a bit pissed off.
Then the real fun began. When the service desk was open, there was already a gaggle of students waiting to get in, and I've had an unexpected waiting time of about half an hour. Not too much, but when I was finally in and wanted the stamp, I was told I would have needed a so called Prüfungsausschuss (examination board) for that. Nobody told me about this ♥♥♥♥. I've had some conversation with the advisor, and she tried to contact some professors but none of them was reachable via phone. She doesn't have the permission to give me the stamp. After I've described my previous attempts and being informed badly, we've got to an acceptable deal that she tried to get contacts later on and e-mail me the damn schedule, but I would definitely have to come again another time. She tried to help me as well as she could and was really engaged, but yet she also came with the usual phrases of "I'm sorry but I'm not allowed to." I've thanked her finally but yet this gives an extreme pressure and costs nerves on my preparation.
Just why has there to be so much bureaucratic nonsense. Just why.
Two days ago I was trying to get a written exam registration in the Study Office for an exam in informatics which I can't register for via Internet as a mathematician (I could do this so far for basic lectures of informatics but not for any advanced ones). Already the fact that I need a written registration is already annoying enough. But getting it can be really troublesome.
On Monday I went off by train to Karlsruhe (a single trip already takes half an hour) and asked for the thing, but they told me that this requires a special advisor who has a restricted opening time compared to the Study Office itself. I went off in the early morning but should have come in the afternoon. I didn't want to wait and I didn't want to go home and go back either. So I came back on Tuesday afternoon, assuming that they would always open on the afternoon, and guess what? They alter their opening times and they're opening on Tuesday morning! So then I've asked more precisely for that and came again on Wednesday afternoon, being already a bit pissed off.
Then the real fun began. When the service desk was open, there was already a gaggle of students waiting to get in, and I've had an unexpected waiting time of about half an hour. Not too much, but when I was finally in and wanted the stamp, I was told I would have needed a so called Prüfungsausschuss (examination board) for that. Nobody told me about this ♥♥♥♥. I've had some conversation with the advisor, and she tried to contact some professors but none of them was reachable via phone. She doesn't have the permission to give me the stamp. After I've described my previous attempts and being informed badly, we've got to an acceptable deal that she tried to get contacts later on and e-mail me the damn schedule, but I would definitely have to come again another time. She tried to help me as well as she could and was really engaged, but yet she also came with the usual phrases of "I'm sorry but I'm not allowed to." I've thanked her finally but yet this gives an extreme pressure and costs nerves on my preparation.
Just why has there to be so much bureaucratic nonsense. Just why.
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Re: How was your day?
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by Doram » August 26th, 2015, 8:52 pm
To Supershroom:
Well, the why of it is easy to understand, though it might be complex. The short version is simply this: Education is serious business. Serious business tends to build up processes which can become bureaucratic red tape.
Ultimately, a lot of it comes down to relationships, responsibility, and trust. You want to get a job, right, so you go to the job, and tell them that you have completed this schooling. You are asking to be given responsibility, and as proof of your ability to handle responsibility, you provide a relationship you have with someone else, who is trusted, that says that you can be responsible. The symbol of that relationship is your diploma or certificate. This school say that you are educated, and I trust that school, so I can trust that you are educated. If that school turns out to not be trustworthy, then that reflects badly on you, just as the opposite is true, and that is a matter of your relationship with your school. But to be able to trust the school, the employer is also trusting that the government, which certifies schools, has determined that your school is a good one, and educates their students. Now we have another relationship in the chain, between the school and the government, where if they trust the government, they can trust the school. Now all these trust relationships are very important. Your potential employer is going to be giving you responsibility. They are going to start trusting you, in that you will work for them, and advance their goals. The important part here is that they are doing it blindly. The only proof that they have that you have this training, is the paperwork that you are showing them. That means that paperwork is vastly important, and whenever anything is important enough, they make a law about it. They make laws to protect it, they make laws to control it, and they make laws to support it. After a while, especially when important things start getting complex and complicated, those laws can start to pile up. They can pile up to the point that some people that have to deal with these things on a daily basis get trapped, and they can't move in any direction without tripping over a law. There's the point when the law becomes bureaucracy. When the law stops helping, and starts hindering. Unfortunately, it is an easy trap for the law to fall into, especially when all they are trying to do is protect this relationship that is the basis of your ability to get a job.
So, take some pity on your local bureaucrats. They exist for good reasons, and they are doing the best they can. They do not exist in a perfect system, but by the same token, we do not live in a perfect world. And trapped, my friend, is trapped, for good or for bad. They suffer under it as much as you.
Well, the why of it is easy to understand, though it might be complex. The short version is simply this: Education is serious business. Serious business tends to build up processes which can become bureaucratic red tape.
Ultimately, a lot of it comes down to relationships, responsibility, and trust. You want to get a job, right, so you go to the job, and tell them that you have completed this schooling. You are asking to be given responsibility, and as proof of your ability to handle responsibility, you provide a relationship you have with someone else, who is trusted, that says that you can be responsible. The symbol of that relationship is your diploma or certificate. This school say that you are educated, and I trust that school, so I can trust that you are educated. If that school turns out to not be trustworthy, then that reflects badly on you, just as the opposite is true, and that is a matter of your relationship with your school. But to be able to trust the school, the employer is also trusting that the government, which certifies schools, has determined that your school is a good one, and educates their students. Now we have another relationship in the chain, between the school and the government, where if they trust the government, they can trust the school. Now all these trust relationships are very important. Your potential employer is going to be giving you responsibility. They are going to start trusting you, in that you will work for them, and advance their goals. The important part here is that they are doing it blindly. The only proof that they have that you have this training, is the paperwork that you are showing them. That means that paperwork is vastly important, and whenever anything is important enough, they make a law about it. They make laws to protect it, they make laws to control it, and they make laws to support it. After a while, especially when important things start getting complex and complicated, those laws can start to pile up. They can pile up to the point that some people that have to deal with these things on a daily basis get trapped, and they can't move in any direction without tripping over a law. There's the point when the law becomes bureaucracy. When the law stops helping, and starts hindering. Unfortunately, it is an easy trap for the law to fall into, especially when all they are trying to do is protect this relationship that is the basis of your ability to get a job.
So, take some pity on your local bureaucrats. They exist for good reasons, and they are doing the best they can. They do not exist in a perfect system, but by the same token, we do not live in a perfect world. And trapped, my friend, is trapped, for good or for bad. They suffer under it as much as you.
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Re: How was your day?
by Supershroom » August 27th, 2015, 4:52 am
Normally registration for written exams is done through QUISPOS (an Internet system which is user-friendly yet not 100% reliable), and for oral exams you're already "sort of registered" by signing up into a time schedule, arranging the date and time you want to do the exam (days are offered by the professor and can be taken until they're booked out). This is usually done by going to the professor's secretariat or sending an email to them. And yet you also have to register yourself through Internet, or, if you can't because you're a foreigner to the faculty, get a stamped "blue slip" (that's how the form is called). I hope you agree if I say that two registrations is one too much and signing up into the time schedule would be already enough, not requiring any further official steps.
And about the examination board. For me the existence of this is rather a sign of distrust than a sign of trust. Why can't they trust us students that we know what courses we want to hear, what exams we want to take and how we're gonna fill our 180 credit points? Even if there has to be a double registration. Why not just go to the Study office with the form being filled out, get the stamp so the university has approved it, and then go to the exam.
We can take the more responsibility the less obstacles they put in our way, and not the other way round.
And about the servers telling "sorry, I understand, but I can't change it" with the unspoken "it will never change". I maybe take a pity for them being disrupted between strict obedience and permissive cooperativeness. But: They have obviously better chances to make future changes than me because they're a thousand times deeper in the business than me. Even if there can't be any changes at all because those ♥♥♥♥ bureaucrats / politicians up there are so incredibly unable to deal with critique. It's worth the try.
Will still try to see if I can take any steps on my own via talking to student council or such. Not being very confident with it but it's also worth to try.
And about the examination board. For me the existence of this is rather a sign of distrust than a sign of trust. Why can't they trust us students that we know what courses we want to hear, what exams we want to take and how we're gonna fill our 180 credit points? Even if there has to be a double registration. Why not just go to the Study office with the form being filled out, get the stamp so the university has approved it, and then go to the exam.
We can take the more responsibility the less obstacles they put in our way, and not the other way round.
And about the servers telling "sorry, I understand, but I can't change it" with the unspoken "it will never change". I maybe take a pity for them being disrupted between strict obedience and permissive cooperativeness. But: They have obviously better chances to make future changes than me because they're a thousand times deeper in the business than me. Even if there can't be any changes at all because those ♥♥♥♥ bureaucrats / politicians up there are so incredibly unable to deal with critique. It's worth the try.
Will still try to see if I can take any steps on my own via talking to student council or such. Not being very confident with it but it's also worth to try.
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Re: How was your day?
by ~MP3 Amplifier~ » September 10th, 2015, 11:58 am
So today I failed at life. Completely discharged myself from the hospital and now I've got no chance of recovery until I'm so sick I get forced there, and that's not gonna happen unless I'm dying. Brilliant. I think I can wave goodbye to all my dreams and goals now since doing that was the equivalent of flushing them down the drain. I wanna call myself all the insults under the sun right now.
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Re: How was your day?
by Kimonio » September 14th, 2015, 4:07 pm
So my days have been hell for the most part. My intestines and stomach are still ♥♥♥♥, but I'm working at getting that handled. I'm still terrified of leaving the house or meeting people, so I've been on some pretty strong medication for that. Problem is, one of those is addictive, and that is Xanax. Essentially, as of right now, I have what could be considered a mild addiction, as I either pop half a tablet or a whole one to subside the anxiety and nausea, numbing me to a somewhat tranquil state. I highly do not recommend taking this route at all if you have anxiety or depression, because it'll either hurt you or kill you in the long run. But as of this point, I really have no choice. I HAVE to find a way to control my mind to a degree to be able to essentially design a life in what could be considered this botched system of a nation(that's my anti-capitalism coming out btw).
Another thing that's been filling my life with stress is my nephew. The kid is cool, he's fine, and I have nothing against him. His mother, my sister, on the other hand, is a ♥♥♥♥ narcissist. You either do things her way or she'll ♥♥♥♥♥ at you. Hell, you do things her way and she still ♥♥♥♥♥ at you. It's her world, her universe, and we are meant to revolve around her. She can commit every action she gets mad at us for doing, and yet we can't call her out for it. The child sadly only has her to rely on as a parent, as his father is divorced from her and living miles away in Oklahoma. That, in turn, makes me the father figure of my nephew.
An anxious, cynical, med-addicted graphic designer with a wavering temper when correlated to stressful environments. That's nice to have for a father figure, right?
Because of my sister's dramatic personality and my nephew being sick constantly and under the age of 3, this leads my mother to babysit. My mother has what I consider to be mild depression. She's also developing joint and spinal problems, which I'm deducing to be either carpal tunnel, scoliosis, or even arthritis. So while I should be out getting a job and living my own life, I can't. She spent 18 years raising me and defending me against my sister, so I owe it to her to help keep the load off her back as much as I can, even if it means staying home taking one class a semester and helping to babysit.
And we already probably know of my dad's secret lottery addiction, so we won't go into that and how it affects their marriage.
Let's also throw in a house in need of repairs to the point where the foundation is falling apart, and the ♥♥♥♥ 60yo wiring is starting to fluke up.
So yeah, my life is nuts right now, but my humble personality is the reason I deal with all of this. If I don't, they will. If they do, it hurts them. I have what I call a messiah complex, where I take everyone's ♥♥♥♥ and carry it as my own, because I feel that is why I am here on this earth.
At least I take good pictures.
Another thing that's been filling my life with stress is my nephew. The kid is cool, he's fine, and I have nothing against him. His mother, my sister, on the other hand, is a ♥♥♥♥ narcissist. You either do things her way or she'll ♥♥♥♥♥ at you. Hell, you do things her way and she still ♥♥♥♥♥ at you. It's her world, her universe, and we are meant to revolve around her. She can commit every action she gets mad at us for doing, and yet we can't call her out for it. The child sadly only has her to rely on as a parent, as his father is divorced from her and living miles away in Oklahoma. That, in turn, makes me the father figure of my nephew.
An anxious, cynical, med-addicted graphic designer with a wavering temper when correlated to stressful environments. That's nice to have for a father figure, right?
Because of my sister's dramatic personality and my nephew being sick constantly and under the age of 3, this leads my mother to babysit. My mother has what I consider to be mild depression. She's also developing joint and spinal problems, which I'm deducing to be either carpal tunnel, scoliosis, or even arthritis. So while I should be out getting a job and living my own life, I can't. She spent 18 years raising me and defending me against my sister, so I owe it to her to help keep the load off her back as much as I can, even if it means staying home taking one class a semester and helping to babysit.
And we already probably know of my dad's secret lottery addiction, so we won't go into that and how it affects their marriage.
Let's also throw in a house in need of repairs to the point where the foundation is falling apart, and the ♥♥♥♥ 60yo wiring is starting to fluke up.
So yeah, my life is nuts right now, but my humble personality is the reason I deal with all of this. If I don't, they will. If they do, it hurts them. I have what I call a messiah complex, where I take everyone's ♥♥♥♥ and carry it as my own, because I feel that is why I am here on this earth.
At least I take good pictures.
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Re: How was your day?
by Worldsixthocean » September 17th, 2015, 5:05 am
All the things i did in sept is suicidal.
Ohhhh Grade 9, it should be the most bountiful year. I take part in the school union proposed cabinet, i have to do my homework, and i voluntary do math extra work, and the project in the science accelerated class. i thought i can done all this but i have to work until 2:00 am ALMOST EVERYDAY. Finally i get sick for one week but right after that i have to continue do all those thing! I feel very tired now. But no i cant rest cuz the work today is not done. This is not work hard. This is called suicide.
I wanna post this few days ago, but i just got no time even take a look at the forum.
Ohhhh Grade 9, it should be the most bountiful year. I take part in the school union proposed cabinet, i have to do my homework, and i voluntary do math extra work, and the project in the science accelerated class. i thought i can done all this but i have to work until 2:00 am ALMOST EVERYDAY. Finally i get sick for one week but right after that i have to continue do all those thing! I feel very tired now. But no i cant rest cuz the work today is not done. This is not work hard. This is called suicide.
I wanna post this few days ago, but i just got no time even take a look at the forum.
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Re: How was your day?
by Doram » September 17th, 2015, 7:17 am
Sounds like everybody is dealing with the Tower.
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Re: How was your day?
by Harmless » September 17th, 2015, 9:36 am
That's honestly what I thought as well. I really hope you get better Amp and Shad :s
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Re: How was your day?
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by Yoshi Boo 118 » September 21st, 2015, 11:45 am
I feel really happy right now. I've been in college about a month at this point. My first exam was last week, in Chemistry, and everyone was freaking out about it since it was pretty much the first college exam for most freshman. They always say that you'll do poorly on the first exam and that made me nervous because I didn't want to start out with a bad grade. Then I got to class and saw that the average grade for the exam was a 63%. Sure, you get a free dropped exam grade out of the 3 you take before the final, but I still didn't want to do badly. I even felt confident during the exam but the general anxiety made me feel otherwise. Then I got to see my grade.
I got a 96%!
I think I feel like I can settle into college life now. I'm starting to get used to the daily routine. I'm joining other clubs too so I can hopefully get some good medical experience during my undergrad years. I also started doing research that is related to medical anthropology. I think I'll be ok. I'm glad I have friends both in real life and here that I can share my experiences with. I love you guys.
I got a 96%!
I think I feel like I can settle into college life now. I'm starting to get used to the daily routine. I'm joining other clubs too so I can hopefully get some good medical experience during my undergrad years. I also started doing research that is related to medical anthropology. I think I'll be ok. I'm glad I have friends both in real life and here that I can share my experiences with. I love you guys.
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