From the NYTimes, here is a slideshow of just before and after Bhutto’s assassination. This was a suicide bombing, so don’t expect G-rated images.
Atrocious.
It’s frustrating that those who disagree with another would resort to the lowest form interaction: violence.
And Pakistan's official position is not that she was assassinated, but that she bumped her head and died. Yeah, because that's what happens to the opposition. They bump their heads.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
“I Shall Return,” Said Someone Famous
It has been a long four months since I last posted. Kudos to the twelve of you who check in vain hope that I will have posted something that week.
This being in school thing is . . . all-consuming. It’s even harder when you have a big family and have to figure out how to make money in the mean time. Note to future generations: the big flub of the last fifteen years of my life was neglecting to do school while I had the freedom of being single with no kids. It would have been so much easier. And I would have remembered algebra and geometry.
This past semester (I took my last final yesterday) was the hardest so far: Psychology (Development Over the Lifespan), Algebra and Microbiology. In psych I submitted a position paper that was pretty decent. I got an A for the semester. In algebra I got a B, and I didn’t even do any homework. Sooner or later I’ll have to figure out how to factor and divide polynomials. But I’ll never use it in the real world.
This is one of the frustrating things to me about higher math . . . it is rarely used in real life. When is the last time you had to divide 2–7/4ths by 11/13ths? Sure you could do it if you absolutely had to, but most real world situations are quite simple.
I had an epiphany during math class. Most other subjects have natural problems that can be figured out. Science looks for DNA structure and enzymatic interactions, for instance. They didn’t create the problem, they’re just trying to figure it out. But math creates its own problems. It’s built-in job security.
More to come.
This being in school thing is . . . all-consuming. It’s even harder when you have a big family and have to figure out how to make money in the mean time. Note to future generations: the big flub of the last fifteen years of my life was neglecting to do school while I had the freedom of being single with no kids. It would have been so much easier. And I would have remembered algebra and geometry.
This past semester (I took my last final yesterday) was the hardest so far: Psychology (Development Over the Lifespan), Algebra and Microbiology. In psych I submitted a position paper that was pretty decent. I got an A for the semester. In algebra I got a B, and I didn’t even do any homework. Sooner or later I’ll have to figure out how to factor and divide polynomials. But I’ll never use it in the real world.
This is one of the frustrating things to me about higher math . . . it is rarely used in real life. When is the last time you had to divide 2–7/4ths by 11/13ths? Sure you could do it if you absolutely had to, but most real world situations are quite simple.
I had an epiphany during math class. Most other subjects have natural problems that can be figured out. Science looks for DNA structure and enzymatic interactions, for instance. They didn’t create the problem, they’re just trying to figure it out. But math creates its own problems. It’s built-in job security.
More to come.
Micro Grade
I’m still waiting on my Micro grade. Really bad stuff will happen if I don’t get a C. I’ve been on the edge the whole semester, so we’ll see. Twenty more minutes til it posts.
And counting.
Update: I got a C. Home-free.
On to the next semester.
And counting.
Update: I got a C. Home-free.
On to the next semester.
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