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Amazon always updates me with price changes with items in my cart and among the long list of things i see, i see this. what the ???
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
BR books arrival.
Came in 12/28. Still don't get why fedex always says i'm not home when i am. The UPS guy left this place after 12:30p and the fedex guy i believe just left a note on my door at 1:00pm and probably went straight to the office. Whatever happened to knocking.
Anyway, the ochem despite it's 2012 copyright looks like the old one i have. Now, i haven't perused the book yet but just skimmed quickly through it. The physics on the other hand has undergone a good deal of a make-over. Complete make-over in terms of formatting and not much of a makeover when in terms of content. it doesn't have the phases like the rest so i'm planning on using the 25 question review as phase one and the 52 question test as phase II. What will i use for phase 3? TPR passages and kaplan.come to think of it, it works out fine.
The gen chem looks pretty much the same and it should be because the copyright is 2010 which is the exact same one i had earlier this year.
Now, i need to finish my prelimary perusal of the material before i dive into these books. Tried to bid on the GS tests tonite and i didn't win. next one is up next week. Hope i win.
Anyway, the ochem despite it's 2012 copyright looks like the old one i have. Now, i haven't perused the book yet but just skimmed quickly through it. The physics on the other hand has undergone a good deal of a make-over. Complete make-over in terms of formatting and not much of a makeover when in terms of content. it doesn't have the phases like the rest so i'm planning on using the 25 question review as phase one and the 52 question test as phase II. What will i use for phase 3? TPR passages and kaplan.come to think of it, it works out fine.
The gen chem looks pretty much the same and it should be because the copyright is 2010 which is the exact same one i had earlier this year.
Now, i need to finish my prelimary perusal of the material before i dive into these books. Tried to bid on the GS tests tonite and i didn't win. next one is up next week. Hope i win.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
BR books
I was expecting Berkeley review to send me an email monday letting me know by books have been shipped. Nada. Last night at work, i decided i'll call them today and ask what's going on considering their check cleared my account first thing last monday which means they got it around wednesday and cashed it thursday or even Wednesday.
Anyway, the email is there. I'll get the item on the 28th. Looks like my initial estimate was right. Oh well, i hope they get here.
Anyway, the email is there. I'll get the item on the 28th. Looks like my initial estimate was right. Oh well, i hope they get here.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Associating phone voices with race
Considering i worked over the phones for 3 years, I think i've every right to comment on this issue. For all the years i worked for West, each time a person tried to guess my race,they'd think caucasian. Few times i've gotten asian (i'll say less than 5% of the time.) On rare occasions i've gotten german, it's the only other one i can think off. Most of the time, people think i'm from north carolina or they'll ask which part of the south are you from.
There's been times i've spoken over the phone with people, arranged to meet up and the first thing they tell me when we meet is "i thought you were white." I remember the first time i was supposed to meet Fred, i remember passing by him several times on Snyder and calling him and telling him what i was wearing and yet he said he couldn't locate me. So i went back to north philly, then he came to pick me up and said, i was expecting a white girl.
I've had people tell me "you don't talk black." Now, for those people, i'd like to ask, how is a black person supposed to speak? I've had few coworkers tell me i'm the whitest black person they've seen.
I usually expect patients to pick up an accent but instead they either think i'm from north carolina or from the midwest (Ohio is the most frequent guess). I'm still not sure where the north carolina vibe comes from.
Nevertheless, I've always felt all these people are colored by the stereotypes in the American society. Well, i guess i'm colored, too.
Today a young man called me and I think i coulda put my hands on a stack of bibles and sworn he was black. Did he sound black? I don't think so but he was overly polite over the phone. He called me ma'am,then miss and i don't know but come to think about it, i shouldn't have assumed that cuz i had a white prisoner for a patient the last time and he talked just like that - yes ma'am, thank you, etc. Anyway, guy shows up and out steps a white dude.
Guessing by the look on his face, he was a little surprised my color too. LOL...I guess we're all susceptible to a little misperception or what i call 'coloring' at one point in time. I didn't post the nitty gritty of the details but the whole thing just cracks me up.
There's been times i've spoken over the phone with people, arranged to meet up and the first thing they tell me when we meet is "i thought you were white." I remember the first time i was supposed to meet Fred, i remember passing by him several times on Snyder and calling him and telling him what i was wearing and yet he said he couldn't locate me. So i went back to north philly, then he came to pick me up and said, i was expecting a white girl.
I've had people tell me "you don't talk black." Now, for those people, i'd like to ask, how is a black person supposed to speak? I've had few coworkers tell me i'm the whitest black person they've seen.
I usually expect patients to pick up an accent but instead they either think i'm from north carolina or from the midwest (Ohio is the most frequent guess). I'm still not sure where the north carolina vibe comes from.
Nevertheless, I've always felt all these people are colored by the stereotypes in the American society. Well, i guess i'm colored, too.
Today a young man called me and I think i coulda put my hands on a stack of bibles and sworn he was black. Did he sound black? I don't think so but he was overly polite over the phone. He called me ma'am,then miss and i don't know but come to think about it, i shouldn't have assumed that cuz i had a white prisoner for a patient the last time and he talked just like that - yes ma'am, thank you, etc. Anyway, guy shows up and out steps a white dude.
Guessing by the look on his face, he was a little surprised my color too. LOL...I guess we're all susceptible to a little misperception or what i call 'coloring' at one point in time. I didn't post the nitty gritty of the details but the whole thing just cracks me up.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Mdapps
I spent the last 3 or so hours on mdapps looking at applications that i felt would be relevant to me and i have to say i'm going to have to fight an uphill battle. It was a little depressing. Lot's of rejections and not hearing back from schools. Kyrie Eleison
Friday, December 17, 2010
"Pay to Play"
While researching kaplan on mdapps, i came across this profile:
http://mdapplicants.com/profile.php?view=viewprofile.discussion&id=17481
WOW! Real trooper.
http://mdapplicants.com/profile.php?view=viewprofile.discussion&id=17481
WOW! Real trooper.
Running
It's been a while since i went to the gym. Put running on the back burner in the summer to study, then i got lazy. Anyway, i decided a little exercise won't hurt so i got on the threadmill today and it wasn't bad. Only did a little over a mile, ran half of it, walked the rest. I plan to at least get to the point of running 1 mile by the end of december. Then i'll up it from there.
I also read my kindle while i was on the threadmill. It actually kept me distracted which is a good thing.
I also read my kindle while i was on the threadmill. It actually kept me distracted which is a good thing.
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