The OOC Hangout Thread (New people introduce yourself here!)

[Mirouni]

I believe I have officially obtained Shikai!!
Yaay!!  

[Magni Prime]

Yoder

*is encouraged by seeing somebody striving for academic excellence* It and a good work ethic are so rare these days...

Perhaps it is a dying style because for so long that has not been valued? I worked my arse off for my job, sacrificing my time, health, and sanity- and am still doing the worst job in the store. My only hope is that the education I am fighting to strive in will allow me to do more than . . . this.

I would love to be rich enough to be a full time student, Tana. Alas, I do not have that kind of funding. Thankfully, my college is online, so rather than face frat parties and booze benders, I do my work in bed on my laptop and am generally leaving the negative experience of college physicality behind.  

[Magni Prime]

After being shafted by my 'team' in school . . . it is safe to assume that I am in a foul mood. evil  

[Mirouni]

What happened?  

[Magni Prime]

The Assignment

Altruism in Society Campaign (due Week Five)

a. Identify a social issue (e.g., domestic violence, child abuse, homelessness, ethics in business, international human rights violations) as the basis for this assignment. Be sure to obtain instructor approval of your selected issue prior to beginning this project.

b. Prepare a 1,750 to 2,100-word persuasive campaign for an intervention strategy that addresses your selected issue. In your campaign, be sure to include the following items:

1. Discuss the nature and history of your selected issue.

2. Examine the impact that the issue has on society.

3. Select at least two elements of persuasion to be utilized in your campaign. Justify the use of these persuasive elements by connecting them to the various motivations of altruistic behavior as identified in social exchange theory.

I was part of a four person team, each of us needing to contribute. I had been given the unenviable task of taking one element of persuasion. For days I had been begging for my team to do their parts so I knew what to take on. The first two items would give me background, and if two people did the same element of persuasion then somebody would have to do theirs over again. Instead a team member did the introduction and conclusion rather than the element she should have.

Thus, after a full day of work in blistering heat I had to come home and piece together the parts like a jigsaw puzzle, rework the intro and conclusion to fit the essay, do both elements of persuasion, overall editing, run it through the school's system to be sure it is acceptable, format it to APA guidelines, and post it. All this when it was due in only a handful of hours. Now I am exhausted and have to do yet another final for this class about conflict resolution. gonk  

[tobiwants2cookies]

lets face it we are all lazy idiots and we like to place it on one person to do the work instead of having to do what we were told to but my condolences (did you have to get Cornel Notes for it if so I'm ever so sorry about your predicament)  

[Magni Prime]

I have no idea what cornel notes are . . . though I did have to rewrite all their citations and the references they used as best as I could . . .

And yes, it was horrible. I'd of let them drown if doing so would not tank my grade further. I am finding it very difficult to concentrate at this point.

Educational Apathy indeed. *nods to Tana*  

[tobiwants2cookies]

Cornel notes are a weird type of notes where you get keywords on part of the paper then 'notes' which are bullets that are not full sentences from text your reading then to wrap it all up you have to write a 5 sentence summary of what you took notes on  

[Mirouni]

Yikes.. That's happened to me a couple times. It really seriously blows.
Sorry they were such dicks about it Magni. sad  

[Tanakietsu]

My first child had her first day of school yesterday [Monday].

AAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!

*hyperventilates*

I want to go with her...

*lip quiver*