College
1) I got through the history paper without getting slapped as a plagiarist. I got a 90% on the paper and was told that it was a lot better than most of the papers she'd received so far. 90%, though... Eh. I suppose that's good. Would like a better explanation for why it wasn't higher. If I don't specifically ask for feedback, I won't get it, and when I do ask for it, it's vague... Oh well. I'll probably still get an A in History. Maybe. At this point? I really, really, really don't care. I don't think I'll get an A in English, because a few things have crept up on me and passed me by without telling me it was due. So... Really, "oh well." Just wanted to let you know that I'm not a plagiarist.
2) I've been having a horrible, horrible time scheduling my certification exams. 72-290 and 72-620: Microsoft Vista and Server 2003, respectively. Long story as short as I can tell it: January: Signed up for certification exams. March: No confirmation, so I contact my teacher. She says talk to Kokomo. I email Kokomo and that office is on vacation, which is shockingly similar to last year. April: Kokomo comes back and tells me that I can't take the class there and to go somewhere else. I talk to Marion and they say they can schedule me and send me papers before telling me that they lied and they couldn't offer the exams and to talk to Muncie. Muncie tells me that Marion can't offer the tests and I have to take it there. Then Muncie tells me that Marion CAN do it, but they're new and setting up. Then Muncie tells me that Marion CAN'T do it because they're new and setting up. Then Muncie says I really can take it there if I don't mind that it's new and setting up. I call Marion and they say it's new and being set up, but that I can walk in and take a test whenever I want to... No scheduling.
Two entire months of contacting people and now I'm told I can just walk in and take the test whenever I want to because they're set up to do it that way. Could this be the reason why I was never scheduled? Wouldn't it have made things easier on everyone to tell me this before I started bugging everyone? I guess not. Needless to say, now that I know this, I've rescheduled my exams from tomorrow to after the semester is over, because, as I also learned, I can take my certification exams anywhere between now and June 30th. So why should I bust my tail over cramming for tomorrow when I can schedule for AFTER class and have absolutely nothing to do in the mean time?