[busy signaL]
[Thursday, September 15, 2005]
i. aftermath
this term i'm taking calculus 2 over. i'd enrolled into ms. raposa's class [for those not in the know, you can fail your finals and still get a 3.0 in her class], even if there was a large chance that profs would be shuffled.
sure enough, another teacher walked through the doors on the first day, and from her rather bulldoggish face, i feared for a split second that she may be the infamous anita ong*. judging from the collective sigh of relief in the classroom, though, it seems i'm in good hands after all.
aside from being mitch's aunt, sonia tan gives incentives for perfect attendees, and gives a seatwork before each exam practically identical to the actual test. if i flunk the finals, i'm still going to pass, and if by divine intervention i don't, then i have a good chance of erasing my accumulated units.
win-win-win-win-win.
ii. afterparty
with the conclusion of this year's mos**, the malate new staffers have started to band together instead of tailing us old staffers. although this also means that the gap between us will gradually widen, it's not a negative event at all. kinda nostalgic really, since it reminds me of our own grand conspiracy days back when we were cute staffers***.
the only downside to this is that we're now relegated to the background as the authority to rebel against. it's like that scene in the prisoner of azkaban where harry thinks he saw his father and goes back in time to double-check but then realizes that it was his future self he had glimpsed.
i used to think that pioneers had it easy; they don't have to be good, they just have to be first. in hindsight, it's harder to be a pioneer, since it's just as difficult to invent something new as it is to improve on something old, then of course in a few years some idiot will be looking back at you and saying "nah, he wasn't so good. he was just first."
during my own mos, i was the only person to garner two pages' worth of negative comments during the 'first impressions' exercise. now, two years later, most participants have equalled or exceeded my record. i used to be an upstart, but now all i can do is shake my head at the new ones. such pains in the ass. as pb put it: "i hope they remember that once upon a time, i was one, too."
iii. aftershocks
ironically, sir paul has conscripted me to go with him to zobel and say a few words to promote ccs. although 'promote' isn't exactly the word i'd choose to describe what i'll be doing, i do intend to recruit a few promising individuals, orochimaru-style.
this should be fun.
sige ingat.ΓΌ
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anita ong: a math teacher known for failing more students than she passes. she is also usually in charge of creating all calculus final exams, which is the reason why it is taken for granted that finals in such courses are meant to be failed. she is a member of the lotr group of terror math teachers, along with yvette lim, aurora trance, and tristan reyes.
mos: malate orientation seminar, also known as "make out session", and "meeting of ova and sperm".
cute staffers: a term coined by yot to describe our particular batch of malate staffers after the first year.
posted by stani at 9:30 AM
this term i'm taking calculus 2 over. i'd enrolled into ms. raposa's class [for those not in the know, you can fail your finals and still get a 3.0 in her class], even if there was a large chance that profs would be shuffled.
sure enough, another teacher walked through the doors on the first day, and from her rather bulldoggish face, i feared for a split second that she may be the infamous anita ong*. judging from the collective sigh of relief in the classroom, though, it seems i'm in good hands after all.
aside from being mitch's aunt, sonia tan gives incentives for perfect attendees, and gives a seatwork before each exam practically identical to the actual test. if i flunk the finals, i'm still going to pass, and if by divine intervention i don't, then i have a good chance of erasing my accumulated units.
win-win-win-win-win.
ii. afterparty
with the conclusion of this year's mos**, the malate new staffers have started to band together instead of tailing us old staffers. although this also means that the gap between us will gradually widen, it's not a negative event at all. kinda nostalgic really, since it reminds me of our own grand conspiracy days back when we were cute staffers***.
the only downside to this is that we're now relegated to the background as the authority to rebel against. it's like that scene in the prisoner of azkaban where harry thinks he saw his father and goes back in time to double-check but then realizes that it was his future self he had glimpsed.
i used to think that pioneers had it easy; they don't have to be good, they just have to be first. in hindsight, it's harder to be a pioneer, since it's just as difficult to invent something new as it is to improve on something old, then of course in a few years some idiot will be looking back at you and saying "nah, he wasn't so good. he was just first."
during my own mos, i was the only person to garner two pages' worth of negative comments during the 'first impressions' exercise. now, two years later, most participants have equalled or exceeded my record. i used to be an upstart, but now all i can do is shake my head at the new ones. such pains in the ass. as pb put it: "i hope they remember that once upon a time, i was one, too."
iii. aftershocks
ironically, sir paul has conscripted me to go with him to zobel and say a few words to promote ccs. although 'promote' isn't exactly the word i'd choose to describe what i'll be doing, i do intend to recruit a few promising individuals, orochimaru-style.
this should be fun.
sige ingat.ΓΌ
---
anita ong: a math teacher known for failing more students than she passes. she is also usually in charge of creating all calculus final exams, which is the reason why it is taken for granted that finals in such courses are meant to be failed. she is a member of the lotr group of terror math teachers, along with yvette lim, aurora trance, and tristan reyes.
mos: malate orientation seminar, also known as "make out session", and "meeting of ova and sperm".
cute staffers: a term coined by yot to describe our particular batch of malate staffers after the first year.
posted by stani at 9:30 AM