LLAB!!….and ….calc…

Well, today is the first Leadership Lab of the year for AFROTC. I am not really all that sure what to expect, but everyone I have talked to seems to like them as an “easy” class, so I can assume I will not be any different, I will update everyone tonight. I have been having quite a time with Calculus. The homework that is written is supposed to take an hour a night, so two hours per class. I, however, finished the first THREE assignments in 28 minutes. And from what I have heard, not a single person has spent over 50 minutes on all the assignments total. I guess my teacher was covering all his bases with the whole time thing. Hypothetically, it COULD take you two hours for the first assignment, but that would only be the case if you just had an abacus. The Maple takes a lot longer, but still, two hours?!?! The teacher is kind of odd and likes to prove every single equation and formula he uses… but does not expect us to do so… ever. Most of the 50 joyous minutes we spend together every other day is spent proving and reproving simple things like the Pythagorean Theorem and other such nonsence. Also, “junk” seems to be an acceptable math term to him. “So, if we integrate I times this junk, and divide by three times this junk…” Maybe on the next test I will use that in some of the proven identities for integrations… it seems a lot easier than actually doing the work.

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the LAUNDRY MONSTER

Laundry, you have to do it, the college WANTS you to do it, YOU want to do it, but the University sure does not want to make it easy on you. When you go into the laundry room, if there is a machine open, you jauntily step up to it and start loading your dirty clothes. You happily continue to separate the whites, colors, and miscellaneous items, then you close the door. You pay the money, and start the washer. You sit and read or chat while the washer does its thing, then…IT starts. At this point you have to go to the dark abyss of hatred that surrounds the dryers. You put in the load of laundry and pay to start the machine knowing full well that the quarter you just put in will only dry exactly half of the items you put in there. And the quantity does not matter. You put in twenty things, ten will come out dry, and ten will be soaked. You put in one sock, and when it comes out, the left half will be dry as a bone, the right half will be dripping. You place in four items, and…well, you get the picture. I would GLADLY pay for a longer drying cycle if I could be guaranteed I would not have to drape clothes all over my room after I was finished to be able to wear them again. I know they are trying to move you through the laundry area as fast as possible, but at what cost, AT WHAT COST?!!?!

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