if i were a balance sheet, i'd be a current tangible asset.
albeit a liability to some. and intangible to most.
what has become abundantly clear is that this business school humor isn't going to cut it. we can only hope, for this blog's sake, that there will be enough nerdy and absurdly competitive of students to make fun of.
sigh.
i've been accused of not being in the mood before ... which is the only excuse i can give for the fact that i have had nothing substantial to say in over a week (and admittedly nothing witty or funny to say in about six months).
but in addition to the convention i chaperoned this past weekend (think: 23 teenage girls in a 12 x 12 room and 14 straight hours of high school seniors talking and sobbing about their last four years in youth group), i'm fighting the business school module* beast. (now that i'm using the last of my "sick days" to take fridays off until i'm done, however, my boss knows this phenomenon as the "module flu.")
*module: online courses and tests to be completed before starting business school in the fall (and by fall, i mean summer).
allow me to share harvard's "frequently asked questions" about previously said modules:
How long will it take me to do the modules?
Each of the Accounting, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis modules takes approximately 40-60 hours to complete. The Information Technology Concepts Module takes up to 10 hours.
How do I complete each module?
You complete each module by receiving a passing score on a pre- or post-test.
How many chances do I have to pass the tests?
One chance per test. Before taking any test, review any sections of the module that you are unsure about.
What happens if I don't pass the post-tests?
If you have taken both, but do not pass either of the post-tests, it means that you have not mastered the concepts necessary for your first two terms. Please contact Student & Academic Services immediately.
we clear now? i'll think of something obnoxious (and maybe even witty) to say about the world just as soon as i'm done slaying the module beast with my ritalin sword and xanax shield.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
not in the mood
Posted by: DBR @ 4:45 PM
I think the word is wow or amazed. I feel as if memories of the past, insights of the now, and the reality that we never really change is staring me in the face. I came by way of your blog via a mutual friend from our highschool days and as I have never forgotten you I of course logged on to see what you had to say. You are as ever eloquent as you were in highschool, sensitive, frustrated, cynical/sarcastic yet sweet all at the same time. Your securities and insecurities bleed through your pen and your passion and frustrations fall neatly on the keyboard as if you were begging them to analyze your feelings. Well my dear Debbs I commend you. I commend you on doing what everyone always knew you would; be successful yet scared. I can hardly say that from reading months worth of blogs I know who you are now. But, I must say you write like you did so many years ago, except more honest about your fears, more deprecating to yourself, and more realistic about the struggle to establish who you are and where you're going. As you have brought up in so many blogs the struggle of your twenties. But I do want to remind you of something I told you in highschool, it is you, your friendship and yourself I love not your accolades but that what makes you YOU. This includes your successes, your failures, your fears and your inner drive to do good. Despite the sudden end to a very treasured friendship your blogs bring back memories of a girl who I passed a wonderful year sharing my true self with, and vice versa, accepting my self and being accepted. You were the best friend I could ask for and I have never healed entirely from your loss no matter how many years. But my Dearest Debbie your blogs tell the tale of a phenomenal woman fighting for her place and her role in the prime of her life. They tell of a dynamic forthright, courageous, witty-humour filled mind, and honest individual. And of course the struggle to identify ourselves as who we are when we are stripped down to our core with no accolades, no degrees, and nothing but the choices we have made to defend ourselves by. You are more than your Harvard degree will ever define you by. I wish I could respond to every one of your blogs. I do have to mention I liked the one about your sister nearly the best particularly about never leaving the house without painted toes. Since my toes don't see the sun so often these days I don't follow that mantra anymore. However, I never forgot it and it makes me smile. You on the other hand describing yourself as an ungirlygirl well If that is really true hmm.... Debbie I have so much to say and so much to respond but it is midnight and taking care of young minds and budding tzadiks requires to much energy to respond to months of your blogs. However, one thing to you and all the other 20 somethings who feel your struggle. Why? Why do you have to struggle? We all have our struggles our life challenges, pains (illness/ parental illness and death) why does being 20 have to be a struggle? Embrace it Debbie your amazing at it and give yourself the gift of self confidence and powder your self respect lavishly. Its there. Debbie, take care of yourself and don't be afraid to have what you want and even to receive. From someone who saw you and will never forget you (PS- at 27 I am married, have 2 kids, a Masters and self confidence for the first time, to a certain degree everything else is just commentary)
All my love and a bite :)
LMP
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