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[Foxfyre]

Just got done with a test in my coding class.....I submitted the test, scrolled down to check my score, and it's a D. WTF? I wasn't sure about 2 questions, but otherwise I was pretty confident! I'm not happy I have gotten a couple of Bs on tests in the class, now a D?!

Well, I went through the questions and the answers which were given as correct. For 3 questions, I have the correct answers, but they were still marked wrong. Those 3 questions being correct would put me at an A. I also got 1 out of 3 parts incorrect on another question, and I'm not really sure it should have been wrong. I sent the teacher an email, hopefully it will get corrected soon.

I was starting to flip out before I saw that the questions seem to have been graded incorrectly.

My daughter called me in a panic when she looked up her finals grade and found out she failed her bio final. She was so confident, thought she did fine. She didn’t understand it. I told her she’s intelligent enough to know if she did well or terribly on the final, and she needed to call the professor and ask about it. She just cried, said she didn’t know, maybe she wasn’t cut out to be a doctor after all.

I insisted she call the professor. Her final grade didn’t match the rest of her class grades.

She called me back an hour later. It was a typo.

It is always possible that she will hit a topic that is difficult for her and she won't do well in without considerable extra effort. Our son hit that time with calculus. He was brilliant in basic math and algebra, but when he got to calculus, his brain just didn't think in calculus. He flunked Calculus I twice--and those grades were not the results of typos--and, like your daughter, was questioning whether he was up to his career choice. Then he took my advice and found a tutor. And once the concept of calculus kicked in, the third try he made a solid A and then effortlessly sailed through Calculus II and III with A's without needing a tutor. And now he is a very successful professional senior engineer. (He also says that after many years of doing intricate engineering, he has used calculus maybe twice if that. The guys doing the computer coding do use it some though.)

The old maxim is really good advice. Don't give up. If at first you don't succeed try again. The story goes that Edison failed 1000 times before constructing a light bulb that worked. And he is quoted as saying "I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was invented in 1000 steps."

 

[ricechickie]

Just got done with a test in my coding class.....I submitted the test, scrolled down to check my score, and it's a D. WTF? I wasn't sure about 2 questions, but otherwise I was pretty confident! I'm not happy I have gotten a couple of Bs on tests in the class, now a D?!

Well, I went through the questions and the answers which were given as correct. For 3 questions, I have the correct answers, but they were still marked wrong. Those 3 questions being correct would put me at an A. I also got 1 out of 3 parts incorrect on another question, and I'm not really sure it should have been wrong. I sent the teacher an email, hopefully it will get corrected soon.

I was starting to flip out before I saw that the questions seem to have been graded incorrectly.

My daughter called me in a panic when she looked up her finals grade and found out she failed her bio final. She was so confident, thought she did fine. She didn’t understand it. I told her she’s intelligent enough to know if she did well or terribly on the final, and she needed to call the professor and ask about it. She just cried, said she didn’t know, maybe she wasn’t cut out to be a doctor after all.

I insisted she call the professor. Her final grade didn’t match the rest of her class grades.

She called me back an hour later. It was a typo.

It is always possible that she will hit a topic that is difficult for her and she won't do well in without considerable extra effort. Our son hit that time with calculus. He was brilliant in basic math and algebra, but when he got to calculus, his brain just didn't think in calculus. He flunked Calculus I twice--and those grades were not the results of typos--and, like your daughter, was questioning whether he was up to his career choice. Then he took my advice and found a tutor. And once it kicked in, the third try he made a solid A and then effortlessly sailed through Calculus II and III with A's without needing a tutor. And now he is a very successful professional senior engineer.

The old maxim is really good advice. Don't give up. If at first you don't succeed try again. The story goes that Edison failed 1000 times before constructing a light bulb that worked. And he is quoted as saying "I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was invented in 1000 steps."

Absolutely correct.

But I trust she’s aware enough to know when she’s having trouble.

 

[Foxfyre]

Super Bowl Sunday! We are having guests and we are all divided on which team we are rooting for. In one way, I want to see the Pats pull it off again but in another way I want to see the underdog have it's glory day. So I am just going with, "may the best team win." The frigid weather may have an unexpected influence on the outcome.

Was looking a map Jesse Watters put up on "Watter's World" last night. After polling the entire country, only Minnesota and the New England states are pulling for the Patriots and all the rest of the states are pulling for Philadelphia. In our pro-pickems group, Hombre picked New England and I picked Philadelphia, again only because they are the underdogs. I do expect New England to win though and won't feel bad if they do because I do like the team.

 

[Ringel05]

Pretty much it's cleaning day, doing both bathrooms from top to bottom..... Oh happy, oh joy......

 

[ricechickie]

Pretty much it's cleaning day, doing both bathrooms from top to bottom..... Oh happy, oh joy......

I’ll give you my address. I have one and a half baths.....oh, and a kitchen that needs some attention!

 

[Ringel05]

Pretty much it's cleaning day, doing both bathrooms from top to bottom..... Oh happy, oh joy......

I’ll give you my address. I have one and a half baths.....oh, and a kitchen that needs some attention!

Did mine, thank you very much....... and I still have to tackle the kitchen....... later....... Unfortunately no matter how hard I try I still can't get the cats to do housework and earn their keep........
Then I took a large pallet apart, a combination of white a red oak, that was tough, I will have to sand and cut straight planks out of it later. See if I can find at least two more with the same wood and make a dresser out of the wood.

 

[Foxfyre]

Pretty much it's cleaning day, doing both bathrooms from top to bottom..... Oh happy, oh joy......

Do you hire out your services?

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition and wellness for Gracie,
Mr. and Mrs. Peach174 for full recovery from setback,
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Drifter for the best job ever,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter,
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.

And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, Esthermoon, and all others we hope are okay and will return to us.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how many times you stumble, you will still be worlds ahead of the one who doesn't try at all.

 

[Ringel05]

Pretty much it's cleaning day, doing both bathrooms from top to bottom..... Oh happy, oh joy......

Do you hire out your services?

Yeah but different services........

 

[Nosmo King]

Mom's 84th birthday I see a week from today (if you're reading this on Tuesday February 6). There is something about being 84 that makes Mom think that if she can't do something nobody should even try. We got a dusting of snow last night, enough to make the asphalt white. When Mom looked outside this morning she immediately canceled her doctor's appointment because 'the roads might be bad'.

My brother and I like to take Mom out to a nice restaurant for her birthday dinner. Our place of choice is the Spread Eagle Tavern in nearby Hanoverton, Ohio. I posted a picture of it here last year. We have also taken her to the Springfield Grille up near SFC Ollie's place in Mahoning County. These are places with wine menus and snooty foodie fare with stuff like pesto and sun dried tomatoes.

This year Mom wants to go to Bob Evans, or Cracker Barrel's poor uncle. She likes the meatloaf there. She doen't mind the paper napkins or the waitresses calling her "Hon". So the evening of Tuesday February 13, 2018 we will tell the hostess at Bob Evans "Table for four" and open our laminated menus to the entree page. I'll try the meatloaf and get back to you.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition and wellness for Gracie,
Mr. and Mrs. Peach174 for full recovery from setback,
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Drifter for the best job ever,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter,
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.

And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, Esthermoon, and all others we hope are okay and will return to us.

 

[Dajjal]

 

[peach174]

It's been nice here, in the 70's .

 

[ricechickie]

I’ve been doing more around the house. Folding laundry, wiping down countertops, etc. Walking and standing for any length of time still wears me out, but I’m building endurance.

I just brushed my long-haired cat, who had some patches of matted fur. He is incredibly grateful and currently grooming himself on my lap. I’m glad he’s got such a sweet nature because I had to do some real tugging to get through his thick fur. I can’t be 100% sure, but we think he’s at least mostly Maine Coon, because he’s huge, but loyal and good-natured.

Life is slowly getting back to normal. Which is good, because I am going back to work in a few weeks.

 

[Ringel05]

Unfortunately some bad news, Yesterday dropped the wife at her new job and just after I got home she called to pick her up. After we returned home the staffing agency called and supposedly the company, BCBS, did a market review and decided they had too many people for the work load and fired a bunch of people including the wife. The most annoying part was her boss didn't tell her what was going on, security simply showed up at her desk and escorted her out of the office without explanation...... That was rude.
Well the hunt goes on.

 

[ricechickie]

Unfortunately some bad news, Yesterday dropped the wife at her new job and just after I got home she called to pick her up. After we returned home the staffing agency called and supposedly the company, BCBS, did a market review and decided they had too many people for the work load and fired a bunch of people including the wife. The most annoying part was her boss didn't tell her what was going on, security simply showed up at her desk and escorted her out of the office without explanation...... That was rude.
Well the hunt goes on.

That’s unfair!

 

[Ringel05]

Unfortunately some bad news, Yesterday dropped the wife at her new job and just after I got home she called to pick her up. After we returned home the staffing agency called and supposedly the company, BCBS, did a market review and decided they had too many people for the work load and fired a bunch of people including the wife. The most annoying part was her boss didn't tell her what was going on, security simply showed up at her desk and escorted her out of the office without explanation...... That was rude.
Well the hunt goes on.

That’s unfair!

Well, life's unfair at times.

 

[Foxfyre]

Unfortunately some bad news, Yesterday dropped the wife at her new job and just after I got home she called to pick her up. After we returned home the staffing agency called and supposedly the company, BCBS, did a market review and decided they had too many people for the work load and fired a bunch of people including the wife. The most annoying part was her boss didn't tell her what was going on, security simply showed up at her desk and escorted her out of the office without explanation...... That was rude.
Well the hunt goes on.

Sometimes I really hate corporate America.

 

[ricechickie]

Unfortunately some bad news, Yesterday dropped the wife at her new job and just after I got home she called to pick her up. After we returned home the staffing agency called and supposedly the company, BCBS, did a market review and decided they had too many people for the work load and fired a bunch of people including the wife. The most annoying part was her boss didn't tell her what was going on, security simply showed up at her desk and escorted her out of the office without explanation...... That was rude.
Well the hunt goes on.

That’s unfair!

Well, life's unfair at times.

Still, the way the boss handled it was bad. And you should fire at the end of the day. Why make people come to work only to have to go right back home again.

 

[Gracie]

Well, I am off in a bit to get Anne (Casey's mom) to take her to her storage unit. She wants to show me some stuff to either give me, or sell for her if its worth anything and if so, I get a commission. Seems her dad, who passed away recently, had a bunch of stuff sold at Christie's NY and this is what never got sold..and he had a storage unit for 30 years nobody knew about until recently that is supposedly full of chinese and japanese artifacts. I still have my old contacts from the coast, so...its not what you know, its WHO you know. I might be able to sell the whole lot for her. Should be interesting. And it will get me out of the house!