Turn-about's fair play
Oct. 10th, 2003 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beandelphikiSo I spent two hours in a warm coffee shop last night, pouring over my last physics unit with my father so I'd be prepared for the make-up test. Then I went home and beat my brains out over the review questions...
A car is traveling north on a city street. It starts from rest at a stop light and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 1.3 m/s*s until it reaches the speed limit of 14 m/s. The car will travel at this velocity for 3.0 minutes and will then decelerate at a uniform rate of 1.6 m/s*s until it comes to a stop at the next stop light. How far apart are the two lights?
[Okay, that one isn't too bad, but it sure sounds nasty.]
Then I get into the exam and discover that all the written questions are from the beginning of the unit - really basic average velocity questions. I lost sleep over this damn test, and for what?
Can I get a moment of stunned speechlessness?
Also, the exam my teacher had sent down to the exam room for me has my female name on it. I was annoyed by that - I've been telling my teachers that I changed my name in the system, and writing "Daniel" on everything I hand in. Yet evidently, my physics teacher hasn't picked up the clue, and the school hasn't seen any reason to inform my teachers that my name is different.
So I guess I will have to drag each one aside, tell them again and show them the documentation this time, so they understand I really mean it. That this isn't a nickname game - I really changed it. Otherwise, not only is it annoying, but having the wrong name on documents is going to screw up the system.
I love the fact I can now turn around to the bureaucrats and tell them they HAVE to use my male name or screw up their precious system.
A car is traveling north on a city street. It starts from rest at a stop light and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 1.3 m/s*s until it reaches the speed limit of 14 m/s. The car will travel at this velocity for 3.0 minutes and will then decelerate at a uniform rate of 1.6 m/s*s until it comes to a stop at the next stop light. How far apart are the two lights?
[Okay, that one isn't too bad, but it sure sounds nasty.]
Then I get into the exam and discover that all the written questions are from the beginning of the unit - really basic average velocity questions. I lost sleep over this damn test, and for what?
Can I get a moment of stunned speechlessness?
Also, the exam my teacher had sent down to the exam room for me has my female name on it. I was annoyed by that - I've been telling my teachers that I changed my name in the system, and writing "Daniel" on everything I hand in. Yet evidently, my physics teacher hasn't picked up the clue, and the school hasn't seen any reason to inform my teachers that my name is different.
So I guess I will have to drag each one aside, tell them again and show them the documentation this time, so they understand I really mean it. That this isn't a nickname game - I really changed it. Otherwise, not only is it annoying, but having the wrong name on documents is going to screw up the system.
I love the fact I can now turn around to the bureaucrats and tell them they HAVE to use my male name or screw up their precious system.
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Date: 2003-10-10 09:21 pm (UTC)Cool for you that you can turn the tables on them about your name! :) The self righteous bastards. Give them hell!
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Date: 2003-10-10 09:35 pm (UTC)can you chat tonight??
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Date: 2003-10-11 12:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-11 12:47 am (UTC)am now.. but maybe you're asleep already :(
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Date: 2003-10-11 09:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-12 01:26 am (UTC)And yet, it's relieving too. Still, not a nice feeling, that you "wasted" all that effort.