Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[Cain]

Jesus, Cain, how much longer are you stuck there?

Precisely one more week.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The test is a trap.

Off I go.

Good luck!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's in sections, with a 1-minute break between sections and a 10-minute break after the first three sections. The current ("new") GRE is adaptive by section, rather than by question, as the old GRE apparently was.

I went in blind, and scored almost perfectly in thirds: 99th Percentile for Verbal Reasoning (as long as you don't fuck yourself up with second-guessing or overthinking, pretty much all of you are gonna nail this part), 66th for quantitative (the maths in these sections are weird and not at all like any math problems you may have dealt with in typical college math courses. Spending 2 years learning Calculus was not the best prep for this section), and 33rd for writing because, since I was flying blind, I had no fucking clue what format of essay response they wanted, and I had not written an essay like that in years.

Oh, I meant sections like, separate appointments for each section. Some tests are like that; like, come back Friday for the quantitative.

Looking through the book, most of it looks like stuff I have a good handle on, but you're right, the math is pretty WTF. Most of it is simple stuff I can do in my head, but then once in a while I look at something and I'm all, WHAT?

But the explanations are well-written and with a little practice I think it should be fairly breezy. OHSU's neuro program doesn't have a specific cut-off for the GRE, and with my research experience I will probably have a pretty significant edge, but I definitely will want to be in the 90th percentile for verbal and quant and at least in the 80th for analytical writing.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Students are desperately trying to drag me into their money disputes.  "Someone owes me £700!"  "Well he owes me £2800!"

Well, I don't give a shit.  You're stupid enough to lend your money out without guarantees, don't be surprised if someone takes you for a ride.  It's capitalism kids, ask your parents. 

Besides, this is all just residual butthurt over a finished friendship, manifesting through the lense of money owed.  I still don't care, however.

So, this escalated into a three-way streetfight today.

Well, four way with my involvement.  Police were called, but two of the students were leaving when the incident occured, and so are at the airport right now.

My boss is "talking" to the remaining student.  Because a stiff chat is clearly the correct response to a student who attempts to attack another student, and is violently trying to push and shove their way past a member of staff (ie; me) while shouting in their face.  Oh, and his director of studies will be informed. 

Wow, scary consequences.

I've taken the rest of the day off.  Well, I say rest of the day, this all took place in my off-duty time.  I have not yet decided whether I will come back tomorrow.  I may make it a condition that the remaining student is made to leave the building before I will work my shifts again.

I have been warning that this studen is short-tempered, threatening and violent since March, as well.

It's amazing how much bad behavior money can buy for these little shits. If these were poor kids, they'd be expelled, if not jailed, for most of the behavior you've described.

[Cain]

The student who has been left behind has also been sending numerous death threats to the other two via text message.  Those students have been forwarding it to us, and we have now passed them onto our boss.

They are multiple, explicit and detailed death threats, yet she still "doesn't know" if she can expel him.  Admittedly, she doesn't have the power, but given the multiple warnings that have been made about all of the students involved, none of them should have been here in the first place.  On attendance alone they should have been gotten rid of.

[Cainad (dec.)]

It's in sections, with a 1-minute break between sections and a 10-minute break after the first three sections. The current ("new") GRE is adaptive by section, rather than by question, as the old GRE apparently was.

I went in blind, and scored almost perfectly in thirds: 99th Percentile for Verbal Reasoning (as long as you don't fuck yourself up with second-guessing or overthinking, pretty much all of you are gonna nail this part), 66th for quantitative (the maths in these sections are weird and not at all like any math problems you may have dealt with in typical college math courses. Spending 2 years learning Calculus was not the best prep for this section), and 33rd for writing because, since I was flying blind, I had no fucking clue what format of essay response they wanted, and I had not written an essay like that in years.

Oh, I meant sections like, separate appointments for each section. Some tests are like that; like, come back Friday for the quantitative.

Looking through the book, most of it looks like stuff I have a good handle on, but you're right, the math is pretty WTF. Most of it is simple stuff I can do in my head, but then once in a while I look at something and I'm all, WHAT?

But the explanations are well-written and with a little practice I think it should be fairly breezy. OHSU's neuro program doesn't have a specific cut-off for the GRE, and with my research experience I will probably have a pretty significant edge, but I definitely will want to be in the 90th percentile for verbal and quant and at least in the 80th for analytical writing.

Yeah, no separate appointments for people who have actual human lives to schedule around. The test proper is 3 hours and 40 minutes, so basically it's a 4-hour test. Your brain will feel like a sad fart afterwards, so don't plan anything that you can't do on autopilot, if you can help it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The student who has been left behind has also been sending numerous death threats to the other two via text message.  Those students have been forwarding it to us, and we have now passed them onto our boss.

They are multiple, explicit and detailed death threats, yet she still "doesn't know" if she can expel him.  Admittedly, she doesn't have the power, but given the multiple warnings that have been made about all of the students involved, none of them should have been here in the first place.  On attendance alone they should have been gotten rid of.

Have the police and the parents of the other two been notified of the death threats? That's criminal action.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's in sections, with a 1-minute break between sections and a 10-minute break after the first three sections. The current ("new") GRE is adaptive by section, rather than by question, as the old GRE apparently was.

I went in blind, and scored almost perfectly in thirds: 99th Percentile for Verbal Reasoning (as long as you don't fuck yourself up with second-guessing or overthinking, pretty much all of you are gonna nail this part), 66th for quantitative (the maths in these sections are weird and not at all like any math problems you may have dealt with in typical college math courses. Spending 2 years learning Calculus was not the best prep for this section), and 33rd for writing because, since I was flying blind, I had no fucking clue what format of essay response they wanted, and I had not written an essay like that in years.

Oh, I meant sections like, separate appointments for each section. Some tests are like that; like, come back Friday for the quantitative.

Looking through the book, most of it looks like stuff I have a good handle on, but you're right, the math is pretty WTF. Most of it is simple stuff I can do in my head, but then once in a while I look at something and I'm all, WHAT?

But the explanations are well-written and with a little practice I think it should be fairly breezy. OHSU's neuro program doesn't have a specific cut-off for the GRE, and with my research experience I will probably have a pretty significant edge, but I definitely will want to be in the 90th percentile for verbal and quant and at least in the 80th for analytical writing.

Yeah, no separate appointments for people who have actual human lives to schedule around. The test proper is 3 hours and 40 minutes, so basically it's a 4-hour test. Your brain will feel like a sad fart afterwards, so don't plan anything that you can't do on autopilot, if you can help it.

Ugh, that sounds like a fairly shitty day!

[Cain]

The student who has been left behind has also been sending numerous death threats to the other two via text message.  Those students have been forwarding it to us, and we have now passed them onto our boss.

They are multiple, explicit and detailed death threats, yet she still "doesn't know" if she can expel him.  Admittedly, she doesn't have the power, but given the multiple warnings that have been made about all of the students involved, none of them should have been here in the first place.  On attendance alone they should have been gotten rid of.

Have the police and the parents of the other two been notified of the death threats? That's criminal action.

Not yet.  However, IMO, they should be, and if the school does not...well, there are plenty of newspapers who might like to hear from me about life in private education.

Each has involved the police against the other in order to try and get back their stolen money.  It's quite likely the police will arrest both for wasting their time, should this continue.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yeah, if threat kid actually does something injurious, at any point, and it comes out that the school didn't report the threats, they'll be criminally liable.

[Salty]

Went out looking for Saturday Night, found it, left because i was too tired.

Then woke up to find I never went into REM even a little last night.

Har har.

The wife stayed out and had a great time. All the fellas she's been with before were the possesive, WHERE ARE YOU?!?!, type. I am not. So she sends me texts, super grateful that I have no.problem with her having a random, TO THE WALL kind of night.

Apparently she found some weird Portland bike people to hang out with.

She also, at the concert we attended, unwittingly danced with my two exes who now date, and date this fucking guy that a bunch of PDers helped troll into a frothinf rage with me.

I sat and tried not to fall over from exhaustion.

FUCK DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT. DO THEM A LOT BIT.

[Cain]

The whole thing's a clusterfuck, and while I certainly don't want my students getting hurt, in some ways, it'd be worth it just to see the school made legally liable for the situation it has, via neglect, helped to create.

I suppose the upside is I got to see diffusion of responsibility in action today. I was out on the street, putting myself between two angrily shouting guys and a girl - a busy London street on a Saturday lunchtime - and not one person tried to intervene, call the police or see if I was alright after the event, except my coworker and the receptionist of the accomodation.

[Suu]

Done.

Vocab is solid. Math is lol. I'll get the official results in 2 weeks that include my essays. In good for URI and UConn, but not Harvard or Yale. So I'll be spending another $165 in 60 days.

[Suu]

And holy screen fatigue!! My eyes are bothering me.

[Suu]

Ugh, that sounds like a fairly shitty day!

Let's just say: Goodnight.

-Suu
Toast.