catching up

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Yeah, yeah, barely posted in the past month, school, work, vacation, yada yada, so sue me.

Anyway.

I am driven to post today because I'm upset. Since one of my professors never got around to bringing back our midterms (which were when? in October?) as she *specifically* said she would, I finally wen to the department office and got mine. I knew I hadn't done fantastic, but I really didn't think I was so bad as to get a C. And this was 25% if my grade. So now I'm freaking. If I don'y make at least a B, I don't get reimbursed for school. Plus, it's almost impossible to get less than a B in grad school, it seems like.

She wanted me to cite the readings. Cite! I ask you. Now, it was an open-notes test, but not open book. I do not take notes on the readings - I just read, and maybe highlight. And I don't particularly pay attention to which book I'm in. Shouldn't it be enough to know the concept? Do I really need to know whose it is? I mean, it's one thing to know that stuff when you're taking philosophy, but in library science it shouldn't matter.

So now I need to do a really, really good job on my final presentation, even though it counts less than the mid-term. And I'm not sure if I can. I want to do something with how the internet has affected people with disabilities, which she approves, but I obviously need to narrow it down. I think I might do how web design can be improved to be more disability-friendly, which is primarily my inerest in this category.

Comments

[prizmdonna.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea for a presentation.

- donna

[resilient.livejournal.com]

A blind coworker of mine would use lynx, a text based browser for unix, since it had some sort of mode or interface for tools that allow him to hear and feel what's on the screen. He said he heard about it at a convention and decided to give it a try. You may want to take a look at any press involving that as it may help you get more ideas on things you can include in your paper.

[labellerose.livejournal.com]

Geeze, what a bummer! If you haven't narrowed your topic down, could I suggest looking at the Internet and and its impact on people with Asperger's Syndrome? For instance, there's an online class to help these folk learn social skills in a structured environment that they perceive as non threatening. It's fascinating.

Good Luck